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Goa protests: Why is an ex-RSS chief demanding to DNA test the body of a 450-year-old sacred saint?
Former RSS chief Subhash Velingkar's demand for a DNA test on St. Francis Xavier's relics has spark…
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Between 1930 and 1970, around one third of all women in Puerto Rico were sterilized to address concerns of 'surplus population'
After Puerto Rico became a US colony in 1898, the federal and local governments pushed sterilizatio…
DeArbea Walker
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Russian tourists have been deported from Bali for taking nude photos with sacred landmarks as the island's Russian population grows
Luiza Kosykh is just one of 59 Russian nationals deported from the island since last year. She was …
Marielle Descalsota
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Elon Musk reveals 3 existential threats he's scared of, including a declining birthrate, religious extremism, and 'artificial intelligence going wrong'
"I spent a lot of time talking about the birthrate thing," Musk said. "That might be the single big…
Hannah Towey
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The number of religious Americans has been declining for decades, but a new study suggests that trend is stalling
The number of white evangelical Christians, often considered a significant political demographic, h…
Kelsey Vlamis
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'Ray of hope' for India as national survey finds two-thirds of its population has antibodies for COVID-19
A recent survey shows 67.6% of India's population has developed antibodies against COVID-19, an ind…
Matthew Loh
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United is forcing its employees who don't get vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons to stay home mostly unpaid
United Airlines has updated its employee vaccination policy again, making it even stricter.
Taylor Rains
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Delta the 'most transmissible' of variants identified so far, spreading rapidly among unvaccinated populations, says WHO chief
"I know that globally there is currently a lot of concern about the Delta variant, and the WHO i…
PTI
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Biden urges religious leaders to tell people to not be 'fearful' of the COVID-19 vaccine: 'It's about protecting people'
"When they're in your sanctuaries, you can talk to them about what we have to do, what's available,…
John Haltiwanger
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Police are searching for a religious 'healer' who reportedly convinced a pregnant woman that hammering a 2-inch nail into her skull would give her a son
The woman was taken to the hospital, where surgeons were able to remove the nail.
Cheryl Teh
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Experts feared India's farming protests would be COVID superspreader events. Poverty, misinformation and a younger population may explain why cases plummeted instead.
India's coronavirus cases have plummeted and it may be on the cusp of herd immunity. Poverty, misin…
Nilanjana Bhowmick
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Trump’s zero-tolerance policy hits Indian migrants fleeing religious persecution
These immigrants are primarily South Asian who speak Hindi and Punjabi but reports indicate that…
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Yogi Adityanath administration looking to tap development funds for statue building
Other projects in the prospectus include the 100-crore redevelopment of a pilgrimage route …
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This fascinating map shows the new religious breakdown in China
The map, based on information from Professor Fanggang Yang, the director of the Center on Religion …
Alana Yzola
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A religious site in the most contested city in Israel with a complicated, bloody history is the center of gravity for the Israel-Palestine conflict
Referred to as Ibrahimi Mosque by Muslims and Palestinians and the Tomb of the Patriarchs by Jews a…
Harrison Jacobs
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The level of religiousness has huge effects on how much men and women are paid
Traditional expectations - which are often more pronounced in religious communities - can infl…
Sonam Sheth
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How the world's religious demographics are going to be transformed by 2050
Christian and Hinduism are expected to keep up with the pace of global population growth (so keepin…