Kumaraswamy’s swearing-in; measuring mass extinctions; Gandhi on vegetarianism; and more

[View this email in your browser]( Top Story [At Kumaraswamy's Swearing-In, Political Rivalries Set Aside For Fight Against BJP]( Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta [With party equations and alliances yet to be ironed out for the 2019 general election, the coming together of anti-BJP leaders at Kumaraswamy’s swearing-in will likely kickstart the battle to counter BJP nationally.]( [A New Way to Measure the Five Death-Blows Earth Dealt to Its Life]( Sarah Iqbal [Scientists extended the idea behind a discovery made in 1981 – and combined it with an insight from the US presidential elections.]( [UN Body Seeks India's Response to Charge of Complicity in Abduction of Dubai Princess]( Rejimon K. [The princess was sent back to the UAE after the yacht she was travelling in was allegedly forcibly boarded by the Indian Coast Guard in international waters.]( [Gandhi Would Have Resisted Today's Forceful Imposition of Vegetarianism]( Venu Madhav Govindu [The recent proposal by the Railway Board to serve only vegetarian food on Gandhi Jayanti is not in line with the Mahatma's principles.]( [Over Two Lakh Young Girls Die Every Year in India Because of Their Gender]( Amanat Khullar [A recent study of excess under-five female mortality in the country has also found that the problem is most pronounced in four states: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.]( [No, the President Was Not Stopped From Entering the Pushkar Temple]( Shruti Jain [Despite the local administration claiming that the prayers were offered from outside the temple because the president’s wife had difficulty in climbing the stairs, various posts and tweets asserted that the president had been a victim of casteism.]( [Hollywood Knows What the Indian Market Wants – Dubbed Superhero Franchises]( Tanul Thakur [Hollywood production houses have realised that genres like superhero, fantasy and action – something Bollywood doesn't offer – are doing well in India. Therefore, for a diverse market comprising several regional centres, films are not just dubbed in Hindi, but also in other Indian languages.]( [Why the UNFCCC Must Rush to Kill Conflicts of Interest in Carbon Markets]( Zeenat Masoodi [Carbon markets pose a serious threat to the Paris Agreement’s potential to prevent the world from reaching the 2º C degree temperature rise threshold.]( [India Tells Germany, Canada to End Racial Profiling; Speaking Hindi in North Korea]( Devirupa Mitra [A weekly round-up of diplomatic matters that went below the radar.]( [Delhi's 'India and the World' Exhibit Shows How Exclusion Can Change History]( Meera Menezes [The ongoing 'India and the World: A History in Nine Stories' exhibition has raised questions due to the omission of several works that were on display in the Mumbai leg of the show.]( Copyright © 2018 The Wire, All rights reserved. You're getting this email because you recently subscribed to receive email digests from The Wire via our website. Our mailing address is: The Wire 13, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg Gole MarketNew Delhi 110001 India [Add us to your address book](//thewire.us11.list-manage.com/vcard?u=6b988b13445248b1268a308f2&id=4808224841) Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](