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Rajya Sabha passes Vande Mataram bill as NCRB data reveals high pendency, low convictions

While Parliament broadens the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, crime records show only 60 convictions from over 1,100 arrests between 2014 and 2024

Apathy kills Agra woman’s unborn baby

The healthcare facility where she was taken after going into labour, asked her husband to first get surgical gloves as they were not available there

Government risking lives of fishermen by letting them venture into rough seas?

National Fishworkers Forum asks Fisheries Minister Giriraj Singh to revoke the order reducing the uniform fishing ban to 47 days.

Wheat procurement soars despite Covid-19, but challenges remain for farmers

Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh have contributed the most to the kitty

Jharkhand Journalist Association decries scribe’s arrest for questioning authorities

Journalist Basant Sahu was arrested for asking the deputy commissioner about Covid-19 cases in a village in Jharkhand and circulating his response on social media

ICMR removes Covid-19 price cap, asks states to negotiate with private labs to lower price

Currently, private labs charge Rs. 4,500 for a Covid-19 test

Nehru and the culture of ‘Scientific Temper’

Remembering India's first Prime Minister and a true visionary

Vegetable prices shoot up as Cyclone Amphan damages supply chain

Betel crops, banana and mango orchards, jute cultivation have suffered destruction due to the calamity

Has allowing non emergency air travel so soon given wings to Covid-19 pandemic as well?

Two domestic passengers have tested positive, air crew quarantined, as onus of the information shared in self declaration and Arogya Setu, lies with the individual.

Maulana Saad deliberately neglected verbal warnings of COVID19: Delhi Police

A status report submitted by Delhi police in Delhi High Court states that Markaz management failed to inform the govt about the gathering

SC: Notice issued to 4 states over Sharjeel Imam plea for clubbing of FIRs

Imam, who has been booked for hate speech, sedition and anti-terror law, has asked the SC to let a single agency investigate the case.

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Rajya Sabha passes Vande Mataram bill as NCRB data reveals high pendency, low convictions

While Parliament broadens the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, crime records show only 60 convictions from over 1,100 arrests between 2014 and 2024

The Supreme Court’s Uneasy Middle Path on Protest Policing

The July 28 interim order preserves evidence and contemplates an SIT, but leaves unresolved who should investigate when the police themselves stand accused

The Republic Speaks Back: How Student Power Reminded Authority of Its Limits

The author argues that varied protests and movements of the past dozen years --from the anti-CAA/NRC protests, to the farmers’ mass mobilisations to the recent Gen ‘Z’ upsurge --these movements may differ in their immediate demands, but they share a common democratic foundation: Citizens do not take to the streets because they have abandoned faith in the Republic. They do so because they believe the Republic can still be made to listen.

Maharashtra: After backlash, govt. moves to withdraw FIRs against student protesters but questions remain

Following weeks of pressure from student groups and opposition parties, the state has begun withdrawing police cases linked to the NEET protests, while assuring there will be no coercive action during the legal process

The country they called home, the identity they had to defend

An elderly couple’s journey through fear, evidence and the law ends with two Foreigners Tribunal victories aided by CJP’s legal aid team

From Feeding Students to Fighting in the Supreme Court: The story of Mohammad Junaid Malik

How a young law graduate who spent 35 days feeding student protesters became a petitioner before the Supreme Court, alleging illegal detention, intimidation and coercive action against his family

Governments begin rolling back cases against protesters, but questions over violence, arrests and accountability remain

Official notifications in Bihar and Assam mark the first implementation of commitments made to protest leaders, even as fresh arrests in West Bengal, allegations of police excesses and questions over protest violence keep the movement alive