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‘Forum for Electoral Integrity’ petitions NHRC over mass voter disenfranchisement under SIR

The Forum for Electoral Integrity has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission to urgently intervene in the Election Commission’s SIR process, citing UN concerns, the coalition alleges the arbitrary, mass deletion of 52 million voters, disproportionately targeting Muslim and Bengali citizens through organised campaigns and opaque AI systems

Release Bhima Koregaon accused: Senior police officials on impact of rising cyber crimes

Senior retired police officers say cyber hacking operations revealed in Bhima Koregaon case and Pegasus attack have serious implications for police functioning, rule of law

Don’t maintain records of telephone interception: MHA

The communication ministry has informed the Rajya Sabha that telephone interception records are destroyed regularly as per law

The DNA Bill: A perfect recipe for absolute surveillance and zero privacy

The Bill which was introduced in July 2019 poses a threat to right to privacy of individuals as it provides for permanent retention of DNA profile of all samples collected during criminal investigation which could include people not even remotely associated with the crime and their data stay be with the government without their knowledge, leaving it exposed to potential misuse

AIFAP voices support for pan-India strike against Electricity (Amendment) Bill

Despite promises to do away with the Electricity Bill, electricity distributor workers and farmers are protesting yet another attempt to amend the Electricity Bill

Prevent Government takeover of Gandhian Institutions: Activists

Hundreds of activists and concerned citizens are raising their voices against the government’s Rs 1,200 crore proposal to alter Sabarmati Ashram

Pegasus Project: 5 targeted journalists move SC, say have been subject to intrusive hacking

This is the first time, that directly aggrieved persons have moved court for disclosure of information

941 deaths while cleaning sewers, septic tanks: Centre informs Rajya Sabha

However, no reports of death due to manual scavenging have been provided by the Centre

Are India’s official Covid-19 mortality numbers grossly under-reported?

Gaslighting the victims of Covid-19 is an all-time political low for any government; official machinery now denying independent data analysis too

Central universities falling short of filling up posts reserved for SC-ST-OBC

During the monsoon session of Parliament, The Education Ministry stated that out of 18,353 total sanctioned reserved teaching posts in central universities, 8,773 continue to remain vacant

Over 8,000 children died by suicide in 2019: Centre

There is also a rising trend in the number of suicides due to unemployment, and amongst students from 2016 to 2019

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‘Forum for Electoral Integrity’ petitions NHRC over mass voter disenfranchisement under SIR

The Forum for Electoral Integrity has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission to urgently intervene in the Election Commission’s SIR process, citing UN concerns, the coalition alleges the arbitrary, mass deletion of 52 million voters, disproportionately targeting Muslim and Bengali citizens through organised campaigns and opaque AI systems

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