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Need for Clarity on the SIR: An Open Letter to the Congress Leaders of Karnataka
While the national leadership of the party, leads and articulates the national campaign for the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, the state leadership of Karnataka, a state governed by the party, gives conflicting statements almost endorsing a process that has disenfranchised close to 10 million there
What they don’t want you to know: youth protests against Modi government
As farmers’ protests continue to take place and meet brutal state repression, the rest of the country is also not calm and youths across the country are being seen protesting against the central government for basic issues such as employment, paper re-tests, and so forth
The UP government cancels constable exam after youth protests ‘paper leak’
A paper leak led the state government of Uttar Pradesh to cancel the UP Constables Recruitment exam. The government had announced that it will be held again in 6 months, although a date has not been announced
Modi’s engagements with Temple Events is not Decolonisation
The recent (January 22, 2024) Pran Pratishtha (consecration) of Lord Ram...
Lest we ever forget: Maulana Azad whose death anniversary is today, February 22
On the 55th death anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a doyen of India’s freedom struggle, India’s first Union Minister for Education and a man whose contribution the present far right regime wants to erase from all record, we must always remember the man who was President of the Indian National Congress twice. In memorium
‘X’ distances itself from the clampdown on freedom of expression by blocking accounts on the executive orders of the Union government
As ‘the social media giant states that they are complying with the orders of government, what are the legal consequences it would face if it does not?
Exceptional is the Word
On Fali S. Nariman (96), who passed away yesterday, February 21, 2024
10 Suggestions to government for achieving Viksit Bharat from “Delight Days” (CUDD) to an “Intimacy Bureau” to Ministry of Mandatory Hobbies (MoMH)
Have you ever wondered- “How much is too much?” Because those who drafted Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code that has been passed by the state assembly did not. Legislations are either drafted from an intellectual viewpoint or from a place where there is lack of such intellect. However, some provisions of Uttarakhand look like they have been introduced on the basis of ‘vibes’- a word that has been used by young people to indicate that they have done something because they could.
Electoral Bonds Scheme ‘Unconstitutional’: How do countries across the world deal with Campaign Finance?
How can the damage caused by the unconstitutional Electoral Bonds Scheme be undone and a level playing field be assured? Will answers become more clear after March 13 when the Election Commission of India (ECI) always opposed to the non-transparent scheme prone to an unhealthy non-transparency and possibility of unethical quid pro quos makes public the List of Donors that have contributed substantively to the coffers of the ruling Party? This explainer explores such schemes world-over.
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Need for Clarity on the SIR: An Open Letter to the Congress Leaders of Karnataka
While the national leadership of the party, leads and articulates the national campaign for the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, the state leadership of Karnataka, a state governed by the party, gives conflicting statements almost endorsing a process that has disenfranchised close to 10 million there
Environment
From Arunachal to Delhi, anti-dam protesters face state crackdown; detained allege sexual assault
Around 40 protesters from Arunachal Pradesh were detained during a solidarity demonstration, as the crackdown on indigenous resistance to the proposed mega dam intensifies
India
Beyond Appropriation: Vidya Bhushan Rawat’s recovery of Bose’s inclusive nationalism
Rawat’s book emerges from a unique perspective that argues –among other things – that Bose and Nehru must be understood through their competing strategies, and historical circumstances— not recruited retrospectively into opposing political camps; neither does the book place Bose beyond criticism, affirming however his intrinsic secular outlook while stressing on diverse networks that helped sustain the struggle for independence’ not a biography of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose but a chronicle of Indian National Army as well as India’s freedom Movement.
Minorities
After 22 years under suspicion, Assam’s Kashem Ali declared Indian by Foreigners Tribunal
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Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
From treating Adivasi communities to being branded an instigator: Odisha jails doctor Randall Sequeira
Arrested in a case in which his name did not figure in the original FIR, Dr Randall Sequeira faces serious criminal charges amid an intensifying crackdown on Adivasi communities resisting bauxite mining in Odisha
Rights
Nearly two decades without elections, Jamia students’ agitation forces administration to set deadline for union revival
The university has agreed to implement the students’ union constitution by May 15, 2027, and conduct elections under Lyngdoh Committee guidelines
India
Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance
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