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Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance
Communities resisting the proposed 11,200 MW project fear the loss of ancestral land, livelihoods and cultural heritage, with activists detained under the APUAPA
Indian traders unite against Amazon CEO, call him ‘Economic Terrorist’
Jeff Bezos was in India to announce the investment of $1 billion to digitize small businesses
Intense harshness of the state action to crush the voices of dissent in UP: People’s Tribunal
An investigation into multiple instances of police excesses committed against people peacefully protesting the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) across Uttar Pradesh throws up horrifying revelations about how the regime is going about implementing it ugly communal agenda.
After Kerala, Punjab Assembly passes resolution against CAA
“It is divisive and stands for everything opposed to a free and fair democracy” the resolution stated
Christian hymn dropped from Republic Day celebrations
Gandhi’s favourite “Abide with me” hymn will not be played by the military band, replaced by Vande Mataram
Students of UBKV and Trinamool Chhatra Parishad accuse BJP of violence
The students allege that the attack on them was similar to the one at JNU
Global funds staying away from India, Modi magic failing?
Cite concerns over political instability and economic downturn
Davinder Singh stripped of gallantry medal
J&K has ‘forfeited’ the Sher-e-Kashmir medal given to the cop arrested with Hizbul Mujahiddin terrorist group members
RBI notification includes “letter from NPR” as KYC document
Central Bank of India and SBI have already included a non-existing document in their KYC documents list
WB becomes first state to declare it will skip NPR meet in Delhi
A preparatory meeting is scheduled to be held on January 17 in Delhi for upcoming Census and NPR
Dilip Ghosh’s Gorkha comment angers GJM
Binay Tamang threatens protest if statement is not retracted.
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India
Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses
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India
SIR’s elusive illegal immigrants: Bogey Busted but will the injustices heaped be corrected?
Barely 771 “foreign nationals” identified in Karnataka and a miniscule 1,600 in six other Indian states; yet the hysterical bogey of the “ghuspetiya” (illegal immigrant) has been used to render 130 million plus Indian without the right to vote?
Rule of Law
2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death
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Rights
Jamia’s Answer to Student Protest: Online exams, hostel closures and police detentions
As the hunger strike enters its third week, students allege that the administration is using disciplinary action and restrictions on campus life to weaken a movement demanding elected representation
India
Assam NRC: Seven years after 19 lakh people were excluded, rejection slips remain a non-starter
Separate Supreme Court proceedings concern the failure to issue rejection slips to nearly 19.07 lakh excluded people and identity cards to more than 3.11 crore people included in the final register
