'The Hindu' posts cartoon showing coronavirus in Muslim attire, faces backlash on Twitter
One of the country’s leading news paper, 'The Hindu' on Friday published a cartoon showing coronavirus pointing a AK47 assault rifle towards the earth. The odd part of the cartoon that caught the eyes of many readers who called on the news agency for publishing the cartoon was that cartoonist had depicted coronavirus in a Muslim attire ‘Pathani”.
The cartoon was reportedly designed by The Hindu’s National Design Editor Deepak Harichandran.
Readers took note of the cartoon and called on the newspaper for equating the deadly virus with Muslims and normalizing Islamophobia.
"The Hindu" news paper displays a cartoon of Corona virus with Muslim attire. What does this indicate. Are not these blood thirsty mainstreams done with Muslim hatredness?
— Ladeeda Farzana (@ladeedafarzana) March 26, 2020
Condemn #Islamophobia pic.twitter.com/pci9ELTMlV
So Coronavirus kills people wearing a Pathani suit. Even though the virus originated in a non-Muslim country. But because it is ‘terrorising’ the world, it must be caricatured wearing an attire traditionally worn by Af-Pak Muslims. Shame on @the_hindu for promoting Islamophobia https://t.co/ZxC6yl5kHm
— Irena Akbar (@irenaakbar) March 26, 2020
This is extremely distasteful @the_hindu You owe everyone an apology. Fallen for the “recognise them by their clothes”? @nramind @nistula pic.twitter.com/XNFxkZAxvL
— Murali Neelakantan (@grumpeoldman) March 26, 2020
Saw this on my TL- the editorial cartoon of @the_hindu
— Sidrah (@SidrahDP) March 26, 2020
The Corona catastrophe is depicted as Muslim men in Pathani suits pointing their assault rifles to the earth.
What an utterly shameless, bigoted publication colouring a pandemic with filthy propaganda!
cc: @MaliniP pic.twitter.com/ciy03wGUlu
This cartoon published by @the_hindu is nothing short of a hate crime. The virus is dressed in a Muslim attire. This is highly islamophobic. This issue is already furthering xenophobia, do not use it to further religious intolerance.
— Arya (@RantingDosa) March 26, 2020
Apologize now! pic.twitter.com/7Sb1boT4eP
This cartoon published by @the_hindu is nothing short of a hate crime. The virus is dressed in a Muslim attire. This is highly islamophobic. This issue is already furthering xenophobia, do not use it to further religious intolerance.
— Arya (@RantingDosa) March 26, 2020
Apologize now! pic.twitter.com/7Sb1boT4eP
This is a gross misrepresentation of Islam, it's culture, tradition and the oeuvre. The cartoon by @the_hindu is full of undertones and Islamophobic connotations. https://t.co/hl6u3bbH4r pic.twitter.com/crX3G6N8o6
— Ushaym Tariq (@UshaymTariq) March 26, 2020
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ICSE, ISC results: Girls outperform boys, pass rate over 99%
New Delhi (PTI): The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations on Thursday announced the Class 10 and Class 12 results for 2026, with overall pass percentages of 99.18 per cent and 99.13 per cent, respectively.
A total of 2,58,721 candidates appeared for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), or Class 10, examination.
About 1,03,316 students took the Indian School Certificate (ISC), or Class 12, exam.
Girls outperformed boys in both examinations.
In ICSE, girls recorded a pass percentage of 99.46 per cent compared to 98.93 per cent for boys.
In ISC, girls achieved a 99.48 per cent pass percentage, while those of boys stood at 98.81 per cent.
Students can now access their scorecards on the official website cisce.org.
