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Denials of Public Health in Odisha

Bhabani Shankar Nayak - January 3, 2024

As gods and goddesses receive the lion’s share in the Government of Odisha’s budget for electoral gains, the Chief Justice of the Odisha High...

Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

Assam: After taking an oath to uphold Ambedkar’s Constitution, the BJP CM invoked the Gita to promote caste-based occupation

ABHAY KUMAR - January 3, 2024

The servitude of non-Brahmins to Brahmins has no place in Ambedkar’s Constitution, a fact Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma unconsciously or consciously overlooked when he wrote a post on his social media account, telling the Shudras that their natural duty was to serve the upper castes. This was close to ten days ago.

Gender and Sexuality

IIT-BHU gangrape: 3 accused arrested, at least 2 associated with BJP IT cell of Varanasi

sabrangindia - January 2, 2024

Previous posts of accused with PM Modi, Minister Smriti Irani and BJP president JP Nadda go viral, opposition slams BJP for protecting rapists, mainstream media maintains mum

World

Israeli Supreme Court strikes down controversial judicial overhaul law

sabrangindia - January 2, 2024

Israel's Supreme Court on Monday narrowly struck down a controversial law that's part of the Netanyahu government's judicial overhaul and limited the court's ability to review government decisions, Axios.com reported

Labour

Aadhaar-linked wages for MNREGS workers mandatory from Jan 1, 2024

sabrangindia - January 2, 2024

The linking of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to Aadhaar – a scheme sharply criticised by experts and activists is set to be implemented from January 1, 2024. The move by the union government, makes it impossible for job seekers to secure payment under the scheme without an Aadhaar card connected to their job cards.

Minorities

Manipur: Fresh violence kills 4, curfew reimposed in 5 districts, why is the conflict intractable?

sabrangindia - January 2, 2024

Four people have been allegedly shot dead and five others critically injured in Manipur's Thoubal district, leading to the reimposition of curfew in five districts in the valley

South Asia

Bangladesh: Nobel laureate, Muhammad Yunus, convicted in Bangladesh Court in labour law case

sabrangindia - January 2, 2024

The 83 year-old, Nobel laureate economist was has been awarded six months of simple or non-rigorous imprisonment. He was, however, immediately granted one-month bail after a furnishing bond of Taka 5,000.

India

Assam: How ‘Historic’ is the peace accord with ULFA?

Sabrang Correspondent - January 2, 2024

On December 29, representatives of the union government and state government of Assam signed a Memorandum of Settlement which is just the latest addition to a slew of previous 'historic' agreements signed with some militant groups in the region. It was the pro-talk ULFA faction that was signatory in a document that mentions that Paresh Baruah is not part of the settlement

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