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May Day Dramatised
When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.
Communalisation of COVID-19: A Bebaak Collective report
Human rights defender Teesta Setalvad and feminist historian Uma Chakravarti applaud the initiative and discuss the rampant communalism observed during the coronavirus pandemic.
Farmer leaders consider Centre’s proposal to suspend farm laws for 18 months
Farmers organisations said they demand a complete repeal of laws, but will discuss the proposal that has come from the central government.
144 peasants died during farmers’ struggle since November 24, 2020
Farmers organisation maintain an updated blog to honour all peasants who died for farmers’ cause in the last month or so.
Why is NIA seeking to question Khalsa Aid, other volunteers now?
The NGO has recently been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Canadian politicians Tim Uppal and Patrick Brown
Three protesters die as farmers and Centre fail to break stalemate
While leaders bicker and avoid issues at hand, the death tally kept by farmers' organisations continues to rise
Kangana Ranaut is whining about Twitter, on Twitter, for Twitter restricting her!
Her account reportedly got restricted for some time after she ranted against Tandav creators and allegedly tweeted that it was “time to take their heads off”
Adani defamation case: Guj court issues arrest warrant against Paranjaoy Guha Thakurta
The 2017 case relates to an article in The Wire about changes to SEZ rules to favour Adani
Illegal Rohingya migrants arrested in Delhi and Tripura
While two were arrested in Delhi, 10 more were caught on a Delhi-bound train
Of fishes and fouls
Presumably the contract of getting Nidhi Razdan off the track and keeping her absorbed in a delusory prospect had been assigned to one of the many seedy but well-equipped agencies so thriving now in the land of liberty
Gujarat: 15 people including toddler killed after being run over by truck
A group of migrant labourers was asleep on a Surat footpath when the mishap occurred
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