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Manipur Year 4: Guns Without Justice
Three years into the worst episode of ethnic violence, marked by grave allegations of state failure and complicity, in post-independence India, the central government is preparing to deploy around...
Is India exploiting its ASHA workers?
Successive governments have ignored these baseline health workers who receive low remunerations that are often delayed; they aren’t even given proper Covid kits
“My Ganga, my son… is back!”
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CJP reunites Gangadhar Pramanik, a West Bengal man dubbed “foreigner” and thrown into a detention centre in Assam, with his mother
Civil society stands in solidarity with Harsh Mander, CES
Leading activists, writers, lawyers, economists, teachers, filmmakers and intellectuals condemned the Enforcement Directorate raids on Harsh Mander
300 Mumbaikars object Metro 7A and bullet train activities
Citizens call for strengthening of existing infrastructure, claiming that new projects are not implemented with environmental and socio-economic concerns.
Enforcement Directorate raids activist Harsh Mander’s home, orphanage, offices
Human Rights Activist and former IAS officer, Harsh Mander found himself in the regime’s crosshairs yet again with these raids early on Wednesday
Border Police barred from referring Gorkhas to FTs in Assam
Assam gov’t reiterates commitment to protecting Gorkhas excluded from NRC
UNHRC raises concern over Pegasus, rampant use of UAPA in India
Over the course of two days the UN Human Rights Commissioner has raised concerns over state surveillance, and in the global update mentioned concerns over use of UAPA in India
Politics in education or politics of education?
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I have opposed Muslim fanatics: Javed Akhtar
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The bogey of ‘Love Jihad’
Both, the Kerala Bishop who accused Muslims of making Catholic girls in the state victims of love and narcotic jihad, and the former Gujarat CM who wanted to take action against those who trap innocent girls, disregard the agency and wisdom of adult women
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