Using cows as excuse for extra-judicial killings; communal agenda in coastal Karnataka; Walmart swallowing Flipkart; and more.

[View this email in your browser]( Top Story [For Haryana Police, the Holy Cow Is an Excuse for Extra-Judicial Killings]( Neha Dixit [The Wire meets families of 16 people who lost their lives in extra-judicial killings by the police on the suspicion of smuggling cows in the Mewat region of Haryana.]( [With Modi's Blessing, BJP's Communal Agenda Gets a Boost in Coastal Karnataka]( Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta [Fuelled by Modi's recent speech in Mangaluru, BJP’s last-minute push to further polarise the political space comes on the back of a few campaigns that failed to get traction.]( [In Karnataka, Implementation of Health Schemes Doesn't Match Policy Aspirations]( Oommen C. Kurian and Rakesh Kumar Sinha [Ambitious-sounding policy conversations notwithstanding, the actual performance of the state in terms of health and nutrition outcomes leaves much to be desired.]( [A Scrapped Clinical Trial Shows How a Drug Might Work While the Trial Fails]( David Dobbs [An early halt to a trial of deep brain stimulation for depression reveals little about the treatment but more about the changing nature of clinical trials.]( [Israel and Iran Trade Fire in the Heaviest Barrage in Syria Since 2011]( Dan Williams and Angus McDowall [The Israeli military says it has attacked dozens of Iranian targets in neighbouring Syria in response to an Iranian rocket barrage on Israeli positions in the long-contested Golan Heights.]( [As Walmart Swallows Flipkart, the Dream of an Indian Alibaba is Dead]( M.K. Venu and Noor Mohammad [The bigger story is how the fight between Walmart and Amazon will shape and alter India's larger retail landscape.]( [The Death Penalty Ordinance Only Serves to Worsen India's Extradition Problem]( Darshana Mitra [The Freddy Peats case from the early '90s where thousands of children were sexually abused in an orphanage in Goa, and others of travelling sex offenders, acquires fresh significance in light of the recent death penalty ordinance.]( [The Dreamtime, Science and Narratives of Indigenous Australia]( David Lambert [New techniques for genetic analysis are helping us build more detailed and accurate stories about the ancient histories of the first Australians.]( [The Two Faces of Hindutva’s Dalit Agenda]( Harish S. Wankhede [On the political front, the BJP is showcasing its inclusive character; however, in the social sphere, the right wing is using anti-Dalit sentiments to consolidate its political base.]( 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](