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SRFTI Under Siege: ALIFA Demands VC’s Removal, Independent Inquiry into Campus Violence

13th Nov, 2026: All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA) expresses immense concern at the disturbing developments on the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI-Kolkata) campus since late September. We note...

Elections 2021: Mixed bag for Future of Indian Democracy

Understanding the outcome of the Assembly elections, especially the performance of the BJP

Why did Twitter CEO give millions to RSS-affiliated Sewa International?

The US-based organisation's affiliation with the right wing RSS, and its Hindutva ideology has been questioned by many

Around 140 bodies found in river Ganga, officials yet to confirm them as Covid deaths

Residents of Purvanchal and Ghazipur districts were shocked to find more than a hundred bodies along the bank of River Ganga

Cow dung, urine don’t prevent Covid-19, can cause infections: Doctors

A dangerous myth has taken root in Gujarat where many are going to a gaushala to smear themselves with cow excreta mix to ‘protect’ themselves from Coronavirus

Jabalpur: VHP leader caught administering fake Remdesivir to Covid patients in his hospital!

Sarabjeet Singh Mokha is Director of City Hospital which has reportedly administered fake Remdesivir drug to many Covid-19 patients under its care

Indian coronavirus variant classified as one of global concern: WHO

Named B.1.617, the mutation spreads more easily than other variants and requires further study stated the World Health Organisation

Covid-19: Over 40 bodies wash up on Ganga banks in Bihar!

Local administration tells media the corpses may be of Covid patients, and may floated down the river from Uttar Pradesh

Covid lockdown: Over 150 academicians voice migrant workers’ demands

Observing the condition of India’s working class in 2020, a group of academicians reiterated in a list the various needs of migrant workers that need to be addressed in the face of an impending lockdown

Bodies, believed to be of Covid patients, found floating in Yamuna

The locals and government officials have claimed that fear of cremation is leading to bodies being immersed in rivers

All you need to know about Mucormycosis

What is this “Black fungus disease” affecting Covid-19 patients?

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