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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
ILO bats for making the future of work inclusive of persons with disabilities
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has just released a report that highlights how challenges to participation in the workforce make persons with disabilities vulnerable to poverty and social exclusion.
Half and Half: A community that is both Hindu and Muslim
The Cheeta-Merat(Kathat)community of Ajmer, Rajasthan practice a unique syncretic religion combining Hinduism and Islam
Maha Vikas Aghadi’s boiler-plate Common Minimum Program
While at first glance, the Maharashtra government’s recently released Common Minimum Program (CMP) appears to have its heart in the right place, it fails to scratch beneath the surface and offers little more than band-aid solutions and platitudes.
A deep cut in your pocket: Onions being sold for over Rs. 100 per kg throughout the country
NAFED director says prices of the bulbous crop will only come down in January
Sedition plea against Kanhaiya disposed of by Delhi HC
Delhi HC refused to direct AAP government to sanction prosecution
Deportations to Bangladesh: Only 43 from Assam in last 4 years
The number of questions revolving around the topic of “illegal immigrants” or “intruders” have increased in the Parliament. And now some shocking statistics are emerging.
Only 12.31% women cops in Delhi Police!
In the background of sudden rise of cases of sexual assault on women, an answer in the Rajya Sabha from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) sheds light on the missing women in our police forces.
Haryana govt denies social boycott of Dalits, SC takes tough stand
On December 4, Kumari Selja, who was recently appointed as Congress party chief in Haryana, raised a question in Rajya Sabha to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment if the government was aware about Dalits being boycotted in a village in Haryana.
Lakhs of people protest CAB, 2019 in Assam
Protest by cotton College Student's UnionGuwahati, December 6, 2019:...
CAB reaction: Security tightened in BJP, RSS and AGP offices, not in vulnerable Assamese-Bengali areas
Representation Image / PTIGuwahati, December 6, 2019: Amidst...
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