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Day 3 of Farmers’ Protest: More than 100 farmers injured by rubber bullets, solidarity protests by BKU and SKM in Punjab

sabrangindia - February 16, 2024

Punjab government to bear cost of treatment of those injured, Delhi police order 30,000 tear gas shells; Economist MS Swaminathan asserts that law on MSP is fiscally doable, debunks falsity of Indian economy falling into bankruptcy due to guaranteed MSP

Politics

Supreme Court unanimously hold Electoral Bond scheme to be unconstitutional, violative of right to information

CJP Team - February 15, 2024

The five-judge Constitutional bench has struck down the scheme and the amendments made to the RPA Act, IT Act and the Companies Act; observed the right to privacy donors is important, transparency in political funding cannot be achieved by granting absolute exemptions

Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

Tiruppur district administration breaks down ‘Untouchability Wall’

sabrangindia - February 15, 2024

The revenue department’s takes a step closer to dismantling casteist practices. A demand to bring down the caste wall was advocated by several advocacy groups against untouchability

Farm and Forest

Protesting farmers spend Basant Panchami facing government’s water cannons and tear gases’ government withholds social media accounts of farm leaders, journalists

sabrangindia - February 14, 2024

Haryana police uses drones to throw tear gas at farmers, Daughter of Professor MS Swaminathan requests government to not treat farmers like criminals while celebrating the Bharat Ratna awarded to her father

Rule of Law

Section 144 order set aside in Calcutta High Court, no such relief by Punjab and Haryana High Court in farmer’s protest

sabrangindia - February 14, 2024

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the parties to find an amicable solution; visuals from protest show farmers facing water cannons, tear gas and rubber pellets

Gender and Sexuality

Telangana: Transgender individual brutally lynched by mob in Nizamabad

sabrangindia - February 14, 2024

A transgender person, Raju, accused of kidnapping children was killed by a mob who attacked them. They succumbed to their injuries despite being taken to the hospital.

Farm and Forest

Two journalists seriously injured amid Farmers’ Protests, DUJ condemns police action, ask for farmers demands to be settled

sabrangindia - February 14, 2024

The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) is deeply concerned that journalists are among those injured by police action during the farmers’ protests. Two journalists, Satender Chauhan and Niel Bhalinder Singh, suffered injuries while covering the protests at the Shambhu border yesterday.

Rule of Law

Delhi Riots 2020: Umar Khalid withdraws plea from Supreme Court citing “change in circumstances”

sabrangindia - February 14, 2024

The bench led by Bela Trivedi dismissed Khalid’s as withdrawn, allowed for fresh filing for bail before the trial court

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