Tral, Indian-administered Kashmir – Like many people from his nomadic tribal community, Bashir Ahmed Gujjar, a 70-year-old shepherd, never went to school. Poor and often on the move, formal education was not an option. Things changed for the Gujjars, his community, after the government introduced quotas for what are known in India as Scheduled Tribes (STs), in state-run educational institutions and government jobs in 1991 as part of...

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Military says it destroyed vessels and missiles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen that were aimed at the Red Sea. The United States claims to have conducted fresh strikes against Houthi targets, destroying missiles, unmanned vessels and a drone. The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the attacks late on Monday. It reported that it had struck three unmanned surface vessels and two antiship cruise missiles that were in...