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Bikaner House censors 75 photographs of Delhi protests from Raihan Vadra’s exhibition, leaving empty walls behind
The photographs documenting youth-led protests were removed hours before the exhibition opened, with the venue reportedly threatening cancellation
Wistron Factory violence: AICCTU blames State and management for exploitation
Compulsory 12-hour shifts, delay and non-payment of wages, no grievance redressal mechanism, night shifts for women are just some instances that pushed helpless workers to a point of desperation
Right to Food Campaign demands changes in Budget 2021-22 based on Hunger Watch survey
Members said that while the survey does not represent the overall district, state or country, it shows the severe hunger situation and points towards necessary measures
We believe that the Indian government should repeal recent farm laws: Economic experts
Months spent by farmers arguing the impracticality of the farm laws have finally been rewarded as a group of economic experts analyse and raise serious concerns regarding the three laws.
Parliament’s Winter Session cancelled, Shiv Sena smells a rat
Government does away with session citing Covid concerns, but Opposition parties see refusal to hold even a truncated session as means to avoid addressing pressing issues
Is the PMCARES Fund using the national emblem illegally?
Activist Saket Gokhale writes to Home Secretary seeking prosecution sanction against the non-government organisation for misusing State Emblem of India
India drops two ranks in the Human Development Index
The report published by United Nations Development Programme has ranked India at 131 among 189 countries
Union government announces sugarcane subsidy, farmers remain unimpressed
While some farmers responded positively to the news, farmers committed to the national struggle insist the central government is trying to distract them
Bombay HC stays order shifting metro car shed
The shed was to be moved from Aarey Milk Colony to salt pan land in Kanjurmarg
Jamiat Ulama to contest decision to convert all madrasas into regular schools in Assam
State gov’t to table bill in Assembly on December 28
Talking down to farmers is the worst way to engage with them
First they were silent, then they said things which made the silence seem more appealing. Here are some things senior politicians should not have said to farmers at all!
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