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Noida Protest 2026: A labour uprising the state refused to understand

The protests that paralysed Noida’s industrial belt in April 2026 exposed not only worsening labour conditions but also the growing tendency of the state to treat democratic labour mobilisation as a law-and-order problem

WHO bats for ASHA, calls them India’s ‘Global Health Leaders’

Union leaders argue true respect for ASHAs would entail payment of proper wages and job permanency

AMSU leader Dharitri Sarma released!

Estate workers resume their protest against the development project in Doloo tea estate

Women construction workers fear job loss, suffer silently amidst growing pollution

A local NGO talks to nearly 400 workers to raise awareness and understand women’s experience regarding air pollution

Doloo estate trade union leader detained!

According to AMSU members, the police as of Monday, are yet to state the reason for the detention

Assam: Doloo Tea Estate workers out on streets in protest

Other tea estate workers also join the protest highlighting the cultural diversity of tea estate workers

India’s tribal groups demand justice for Assam’s tea estate workers

AIUFWP and Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan express solidarity with workers in tea estates being cleared for an airport project

Doloo tea estate workers protest Greenfield Airport project

Amidst heavy rains and surrounded by security forces, Assam’s tea estate workers decry plans that leave them on the brink of unemployment and economic ruin

West Bengal: BSF personnel forcibly strip search, physically assault Muslim daily wage worker

Two women targeted the middle-aged woman's private parts while beating her

Chennai sanitation workers to go on indefinite strike!

Tired of contractual labour, workers write a letter to the city demanding job permanency with a stable income

Gujarat: Harassed, discriminated, Muslim fishermen plea for mass euthanasia

The fishermen say they are facing “political persecution,” and seek permission “to end their lives"

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Noida Protest 2026: A labour uprising the state refused to understand

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Cracks in Indian Environment Jurisprudence: An examination of High Courts of central India

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UAPA: ‘99% Possibility of Acquittal’: What the SC said on Conviction Rates

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India Economic & Social Justice Report 2025: First-ever study measures constitutional justice across union and state governments, have they delivered?

India Economic & Social Justice Report, 2025, Author: Prof K S Chalam, published by: Institute for Economic and Social Justice, Vishakhapatnam, price: Rs 500, Pp: 180 (A-4 Size): This report is first of its kind to measure and indicate where both the Union and State governments stand in providing constitutional guarantees of Justice --both economic and social--- equally and to all citizens of the country.