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Daily briefing: What went wrong in Manipur; Brij Bhushan touched breast, stomach, wrestlers tell police; ‘The Kerala Story’ review and more
In today's edition: What went wrong in Manipur; Brij Bhushan touched breast, stomach, two women wrestlers tell the police; 'The Kerala Story' review and more
Get your weekend started with the top 5 stories from The Indian Express.
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1. Ground Report: With Manipur witnessing violent clashes over the last three days, close to 20,000 residents of Haokip Veng, an old settlement of the Kuki tribe have taken shelter in relief camps after their vehicles upturned and homes and buildings were torched. In the area, just metres away from CM N Biren Singh’s official residence, there is no sign of life.
👉Counter-mobilisation by some Meitei groups against a demonstration of Kukis, the state police reacting late, and growing anxiety among the two communities – these are some of the factors which resulted in the violence.
👉The ongoing violence between the Kuki-Zomi tribals and the largely Hindu Meiteis is the first time in three decades that the state has witnessed direct clashes between two ethnic groups. We explain
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2. From groping and inappropriate touching to physical contact during tournaments, and warm-up sessions, multiple incidents of sexual harassment and misconduct have been placed on record in complaints filed by two of the seven women wrestlers against the federation’s president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
3. “The NCP patriarch has laid out his complex chess board. How the game will progress depends on a host of imponderables, including his opponent’s counter moves”
In her weekly column, Neerja Chowdhury writes on how what will happen when 83-year-old Sharad Pawar who works round the clock for his party, starts to speak of the betrayal of the very people whose political careers he built.
4. After three years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that Covid-19 was no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and that the focus would now be on the long-term management of the infection. We explain what it means for the world.
5. 🍿What to watch this weekend
This week, Shubhra Gupta reviews Sudipto Sen’s ‘The Kerala Story’: The film itself is nothing but a poorly-made, poorly-acted rant which is not interested in interrogating the social complexities of Kerala, an India state proud of its multi-religious, multi-ethnic identity. (1 ⭐)
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