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May Day Dramatised
When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.
Eminent environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna succumbs to Covid-19
He died at noon at Rishikesh’s AIIMS hospital where he was undergoing treatment
Israel faces both a military and political defeat
The Palestinian National Resistance remains resolute and has emerged victorious!
Scientist and activist Prof. Dinesh Mohan passes away
The 75-year-old dedicated life to both science and human rights
Narada case: House arrest for four accused, HC divided on bail
Split among judges on the bench about granting interim bail, matter to be referred to larger bench
TN’s IVC facility is lying dormant, use it for Covid vaccine production: Experts to CM
Civic organisation People First gathered signatures of over 50 experts in Tamil Nadu to suggest the use of the IVC facility at Chengalpattu, lying dormant since 2017
India records fewer new cases, recoveries rise too
National Recovery Rate is 86.74%, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala account for 75.11% of this
Assam: 25 hutments demolished by Sonitpur district administration amidst Covid’s deadly second surge
These hutments belonged to settlers who had allegedly encroached upon government land and the administration carries out such eviction drives from time to time
MHA relaxes validity of FCRA registration certificates, deadline for opening bank accounts
Measures taken in wake of Covid-19, even as Delhi HC hears plea for exemption for organisations engaged in relief work
Is the right to health a forgotten constitutional mandate?
CJP Team -
How Indian governments have systematically violated the constitutional mandate, the right to health and what needs to be urgently done given the harsh lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
Israel’s attack on Palestine: Imperialist designs?
A closer look at the Israel-Paletine conflict that has been reignited recently and has led to death and destruction in the Middle East
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Media
Caged Voices, Silenced Truths: FSC’s expansive indictment of India’s press freedom crisis
On World Press Freedom Day 2026, the Free Speech Collective (FSC) assembles a powerful, deeply layered account of repression, incarceration, and systemic silencing—centring the stories of jailed journalists Rupesh Kumar Singh and Irfan Mehraj to expose the widening fault lines in India’s democratic promise
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP
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Minorities
Delhi: Ayaan Saifi, a 16-year old, stabbed to death in nation’s capital on April 30
Man stabbed in Trilokpuri: While media focusses on the just concluded state polls, and television channels turn the other way, two media outlets, The Tribune and Observer Post report the stabbing of 19 year old Ayaan Saifi on April 30
India
UP: Women protest installation of prepaid smart electricity metres in several districts
At least ten districts of Uttar Pradesh have witnessed widespread women led protests against the hasty, untested installation of pre-paid smart metres that women claim have been programmed to run fast to “inflate” electricity bills
Minorities
As lynchings “normalise” in ‘New India, a Bihar imam is ‘thrashed, pushed’ from train to die in Bareilly
While the incident reportedly took place on April 26, it took sectional media and social media coverage for the Bareilly police to finally admit that the beating to death of Maulana Tausif Raza Manzari was a targeted attack, not an accident on May 1; his wife provided details of a call to her from the dead cleric where he narrated he was under attack