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Stop construction of Vadhavan Port, have open discussions with local communities: Climate change activists
Arguing that the Vadhavan Port Project in Maharashtra has not emerged from the needs of the local communities, and instead threatens the livelihoods of fisher folk, Adivasi lands, agriculture and orchards, the sea, and coastal biodiversity, the NAPM has demanded that the project “should be scrapped immediately”
Jharkhand: Attempt to create red scare for ‘brutal crackdown’, increase loot of resources
The civil rights group Forum Against Corporatization and Militarization...
Narmada floods: Why no output at 1200 MW dam power house for 10 days? asks SANDRP
Continuing its analysis* of unprecedented floods of the Narmada river both upstream and downstream of the Sardar Sarovar dam, the advocacy group South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) has said that the “avoidable” disaster, caused by “unaccountable” Sardar Sarovar operators could have been minimised if the River Bed Power House at the dam site had continued its operations by releasing 1200 cumecs or, 42000 cusecs of water over ten days.
Why are villagers protesting against sand mining in Bundelkhand’s lifeline Ken river
While the famous Ganga and Yamuna rivers have at...
25 persons arrested in southern Odisha in the last three weeks through police-corporate nexus
Three influential corporations, including Vedanta, Adani and HINDALCO are allegedly behind attacks on 25 Adivasi human rights activists in three southern districts of the state
Human rights lawyer and activist Ebo Mili Mejo Mihu detained over indigenous land and river protest
Advocate Ebo Mili and Mejo Mihu from Lower Dibang...
#NoToBarsuRefinery: Protest in Mumbai to demand permanent deportation of the refinery project
Alternatives were presented at the protest in an effort to persuade the state administration to embrace a different development strategy that generates environmentally responsible employment based on Konkan's natural resources.
Haridwar: Kanwar Yatra ends, leaves behind 30,000 metric tonnes of garbage
Locals and authorities decry the environment damage done, reports suggest open defecation along the Ganga contributed approximately 10,000 tonnes of faecal waste into the river
Parliamentary Committee Gives Nod to Proposed Dilution of Forest Rights
Proposed amendments to pivotal 1980 law draw objections from forest rights activists and critics as it gains support from parliamentary committee
Vanishing villages depict struggle of erosion-affected families, impact migration: Assam
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For so many like 80-year-old Ziad Ali erosion and displacement have been a mental trauma. The octogenarian has been displaced a dozen times as Beki river’s destructive current has eroded Rasulpur village in Barpeta district almost every flood season “, especially since 2004”. Despite the existence of erosion benefit schemes (2021) these have not reached Barpeta district.
Environment is impacted by Bakri Eid but is the outrage selective?
There is no defending the cruelty of mass sacrifices of goats during Bakri Id in public places but speaking of environmental concerns, is people’s outrage conveniently targeting only religious practices be it of any religion?
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After 22 years under suspicion, Assam’s Kashem Ali declared Indian by Foreigners Tribunal
With 18 years passing between the registration of the case and service of notice, and nearly a year spent fighting to prove his citizenship, Kashem Ali finally wins legal relief with CJP’s assistance
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From treating Adivasi communities to being branded an instigator: Odisha jails doctor Randall Sequeira
Arrested in a case in which his name did not figure in the original FIR, Dr Randall Sequeira faces serious criminal charges amid an intensifying crackdown on Adivasi communities resisting bauxite mining in Odisha
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Nearly two decades without elections, Jamia students’ agitation forces administration to set deadline for union revival
The university has agreed to implement the students’ union constitution by May 15, 2027, and conduct elections under Lyngdoh Committee guidelines
India
Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance
Communities resisting the proposed 11,200 MW project fear the loss of ancestral land, livelihoods and cultural heritage, with activists detained under the APUAPA
India
Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Need for a shift from food security to nutrition justice.
In Karnataka, during the pandemic and lockdown, mid-day meals in government schools and anganwadis under the National Food Security Act (2013) [1], shut down indefinitely [2,3] amidst growing concerns about how this would affect vulnerable communities. In spite of demands, the state government has not yet undertaken a detailed post pandemic and lockdown survey to identify the immediate and long-term interventions to address and prevent malnutrition. Several visits have been made by civil society organisations, students, nutritionists and academics to different districts of Karnataka, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic and this commentary gives a broad overview of the observations made. There is a need for an in-depth quantitative and qualitative study.
India
Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses
A four-day door-to-door audit in Trilokpuri found voters marked absent, shifted or dead who were still living at their registered addresses, with 47.57 lakh names missing from Delhi’s draft roll, affected voters have until October 30 to file claims
India
SIR’s elusive illegal immigrants: Bogey Busted but will the injustices heaped be corrected?
Barely 771 “foreign nationals” identified in Karnataka and a miniscule 1,600 in six other Indian states; yet the hysterical bogey of the “ghuspetiya” (illegal immigrant) has been used to render 130 million plus Indian without the right to vote?
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2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death
The Court holds that failure to identify who inflicted the fatal injuries does not absolve the accused under Section 149 IPC, relying on evidence of their participation in an armed mob that assaulted the victim, Monish