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WASHINGTON: The US has announced a grant of nearly $5,00,000 for organisations, which can come up with ideas and projects to promote religious freedom in India and Sri Lanka.

The apex court has also asked states to submit compliance reports based on its previous order on appointing district nodal officers to curb cow-related mob violence.

What India is witnessing today is not about cow protection, but a devious convergence of the interests of the state, religion and big business.

At a time when many Bollywood celebrities and politicians have criticized the ban on beef and cow slaughter, a Muslim ‘Gau bhakt’ (cow activist) from Raipur (Chhattisgarh) Mohammed Faiz Khan is in temple town Varanasi to spread the message of cow protection through a series of ‘Gau katha’.