The country recorded 1,165 hate speech events last year, a 74.4 per cent increase from 2023, the report by India Hate Lab said. As many as 98.5 per cent of these events targeted Muslims ...

NEW DELHI: Hate speech in India targeting the country's religious minorities saw a "staggering" surge in 2024, a US-based think tank said Monday. The alarming rise was "deeply intertwined with the ...

India’s religious minorities have faced a “staggering” rise in hate speech over the past year, including from top leaders of ...

India Hate Lab said 80% of hate speech incidents last year occurred in states governed by the BJP and its allies. The group, founded by U.S.-based Kashmiri journalist Raqib Hameed Naik, is a ...

Anti-minority hate speech in India rose by 74.4% in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to a study published on Monday by Washington DC-based research group India Hate Lab. The study ...