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‘Don’t deny govt welfare schemes if people don’t have Aadhaar cards or mobile nos,’ Orissa HC

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Hearing a PIL on the issue of acute malnourishment (and deaths) of Adivasi (tribal) children in Jajpur district, Chief Justice Dr S Muralidhar and G. Satapathy cautioned both the Centre and the State government that benefits provided under various welfare schemes cannot be denied to people belonging to poor and vulnerable sections of society on the basis that they do not possess Aadhaar card or mobile number.
Gender and Sexuality

Man allowed to change his name in service register after gender affirmation surgery: Rajasthan HC

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The issue of recognition of transgenders in government and policy making is mired in bureaucracy and an obstructionist attitude
India

Manipur Is Burning Because of BJP’s Divisive Politics: Civil Society Groups

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"Both the central and the state government are weaponising the constitutional provisions to destroy concepts of democratic dialogue, federalism and safeguarding of human rights.”
Freedom

No lungis or nighties outdoors: Greater Noida society dress code for residents, withdrawn later

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The controversial dress code was issued via a notice by the residents' body of Himsagar Apartments on June 10 following a complaint about 'objectionable dressing' by some residents
Education

Key challenge for Siddaramiah’s Congress Govt: review NEP, its “health & wellbeing” policy

Dr. Sylvia Karpagam -
The union government’s controversial NEP, adopted by the erstwhile BJP-led Karnataka government institutionalises discrimination and dogma in education, it’s important to document concerns around it before it becomes a template for other states. Although the stated objective of the paper is to illustrate the importance of health, it embroils itself in irrational and unscientific propaganda that can be disastrous within an educational space.  
Gender and Sexuality

Same-sex marriage an assertion of love, marriage & inclusivity

Sakshi Sharda -
This piece aims to explicate for the reader the juridical and political position of the institution of marriage. It further locates within these legal and political trends the case for same-sex marriage. The write-up dwells on the various instances where the State has intervened in the institution of marriage and how these interventions, accompanied by the laws and jurisprudence, lay the foundation for the current 18 petitions in the Supreme Court. This short article will also go on to explicate the understanding of same-sex marriage following the expansion of the Special Marriage Act of 1954.
India

K’taka to repeal BJP’s controversial anti-conversion law; to remove Hedgewar from textbooks

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Lessons on KB Hedgewar and Savarkar to be removed from textbooks, Poem on Ambedkar re-inserted
Media

Biden administration should press Indian Prime Minister on media freedom during his visit: CPJ

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An online discussion just before he Prime Minister’s visit to the United States, June 14, brings live the crucial issue of press freedom in India; India ranked 11th on CPJ’s 2022 impunity index, with unsolved cases of at least 20 journalists killed in retaliation for their work from September 1, 2012, to August 31, 2022.
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Surviving Communal Wrath: Women who have defied the silence, demanded accountability from the state

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Catch people’s attention on pollution narrative: “Switching to public transport can lower your heart attack risk by 10%.”

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Uttarakhand: Relentless Anti-Muslim Campaign Continues in Holy Month of Ramzan

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Month-old Muslim infant allegedly crushed during police raid in Alwar: No arrests made; three cops booked on murder charges

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On March 2, 2025, a tragic police raid in Raghunath Garh, Alwar, Rajasthan, resulted in the death of one-month-old Alisba. Without information, police officers entered the family’s home at 6 a.m., allegedly abusing them and causing the infant's death by kicking her. After initial inaction, a vociferous protest led to an FIR against the officers. Activists and politicians, including senior CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat, met with the grieving family, demanding justice and the arrest of those responsible
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