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Religious Freedom: How the USCIRF continues to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC)

For another year running, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has in strong recommendations, urged the US government to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), “for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA)”

Our father, Sanjiv Bhatt is paying the price for being, honest, upright, courageous: Aakashi & Shantanu 

Sanjiv Bhatt has now spent over two years, and three months in jail, for a 30 year old case, his children wrote an open letter on his birthday December 21

AIFRTE slams Centre for suggesting scrapping reservation in IIT faculty recruitment

The move was also condemned by IIT Bombay’s Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle for its casteist ignorance

CITU grieves the loss of beloved Punjab leader Raghunath Singh

Party members paid homage to the beloved leader who struggled for the state peasantry

Gopesh Das: A victim of institutional murder

As his wife rotted behind bars in a detention camp, Das died alone of a broken heart and crushed hopes of her release

Adani buys ad space in Punjab paper to advocate for farm laws

Amid intensifying protests, Adani Group decides to put up an advertisement in Punjab Kesari, a local newspaper, to distinguish ‘truth’ from ‘lies’

Farmers’ leaders at Jaipur-Delhi highway promise growing strength over next few days

Leaders assure that the Modi-regime will fail to dissuade India’s farmers in their opposition to the three anti-farmer laws

Amit Shah welcomes Suvendu Adhikari in Bengal BJP

Huge exodus from TMC and other parties as 1 MP, 9 MLAs, and multiple local body officials switch to BJP

Maharashtra farmers to leave for Delhi on December 21

On-ground reports of farmers' movement prove contrary to the mainstream narrative of dwindling momentum

Wistron Factory violence: AICCTU blames State and management for exploitation

Compulsory 12-hour shifts, delay and non-payment of wages, no grievance redressal mechanism, night shifts for women are just some instances that pushed helpless workers to a point of desperation

Right to Food Campaign demands changes in Budget 2021-22 based on Hunger Watch survey

Members said that while the survey does not represent the overall district, state or country, it shows the severe hunger situation and points towards necessary measures

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Religious Freedom: How the USCIRF continues to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC)

For another year running, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has in strong recommendations, urged the US government to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), “for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA)”