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The telegram NEET case and the expansion of platform-level censorship in India

The Court's judgment marks a significant shift in Indian digital rights jurisprudence by accepting that the very design and architecture of a platform may justify extraordinary restrictions affecting millions of lawful users

NPR database declared as ‘Critical Information Infrastructure’; needs to be updated soon: MHA

The MHA’s Annual Report states that NPR needs to be updated, however, still does not mention a specific time period for conducting the exercise

Broken promises: Assam govt’s decision to abolish 8,000 teaching posts widely condemned

Organisations cutting across sectors and ethnicities have widely condemned the decision proudly announced by Assam chief minister Himanto Biswas Sarma though it was taken six months back

Modi-phobia, spontaneous or enforced? Karnataka govt withdraws controversial circular

Karnataka hurriedly withdraws circular compelling principals to ferry students to PM Modi’s event

Collegium system & transparency of judicial appointments: a conundrun

Between criticisms of opaque-ness and an absence of transparency to concerns of brazen interference from an Executive that has shown no regard for Constitutional basics even niceties, the Collegium system of appointment of Judges is once again in public debate

Government v/s Supreme Court: a throwback to a tussle for judicial autonomy

Recent statements, particularly strident from India’s minister for Law and Justice, Kiran Rijiju, an Arunachal politician previously groomed under Amit Shah’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) offer a powerful throwback to similar attempts by a previously authroritarian government in the lead-up to the Emergency in the 1970s.

BJP has strayed away from Nehruvian vales of secularism: IAMC report

The IAMC report highlights global impact of spread of Hindutva ideology amidst increasing cases of violence and infringement of rights of minorities

It’s Welfare & Social Justice under the Indian Constitution, not “freebies”

Social justice read welfare is embedded in the constitutional vision and it's travesty to term such measures as "freebies"

The Tree of Life affirmed by Pope Francis in Bahrain

Image: AP/Alessandra TarantinoNovember 3, 2022, was a special day. On that day, Pope Francis...

400 academics & activists express solidarity with fish workers’ protest against Adani International Seaport at Vizhinjam, Kerala

Close to 400 prominent activists and academics representing many organisations, from across the country have endorsed an important statement in solidarity with the fish workers-led people's movement against the Adani International Seaport at Vizhinjam, Kerala and have also condemned the malicious slandering of activists who are questioning the socio - ecological and economic implications of the  Port Project.

WB: Tea Workers Struggling as Crony Capitalists Take Over Tea Gardens

Workers are being denied minimum wages, PF, bonuses, etc. As a result, many are migrating to other states.

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