Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
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
Whither PMAY? Affordable housing in decline as Indian real estate shifts focus to premium segments
A leading property consultant that seeks to provide comprehensive...
Why Sayyid Qutb’s Symbolism during a Waqf Protest Was dangerous and self-defeating
Controversial figures like Sayyid Qutb can undermine the legitimacy of the movement and distract from the genuine concerns of the Muslim community in India
My Ambedkar is a leftist Ambedkar
Since school textbooks are often designed by those who...
Over 130 opposition MPs urge MeitY Minister to scrap Section 44(3) of the DPDP Act 2023
Opposition MPs have sounded the alarm over the controversial amendment, warning that Section 44(3) of the DPDP Act strikes at the heart of transparency by altering a key safeguard in the RTI Act— amending the crucial exception in Section 8(1)(j), which affirms that ‘information which cannot be denied to Parliament or a State Legislature shall not be denied to any person’, they allege that the changes pushed through the DPDP Act drastically weaken the RTI, dealing a serious blow to the public's right to know
Memo to ECI: Make Voter’s Form 17Cs list accessible on Commission website, clean up existing, technologically messy EVS structure, say citizens
A wide collective of over 80 individuals, organisations and people’s movements has demanded a complete overhaul of India’s Electronic Voting Infrastructure to make it technologically efficient, transparent and accessible to all citizens. In the absence of this technological accessibility, the existing process is flawed and open to manipulation, states the Collective. Following a three-hour long National Consultation, a Campaign for Accountability in the Election Process among wider sections of the citizenry has also been launched
Remembering Mahatma Jyotirao Phule
The good and the less known; here’s the wonderful legacy left behind by the revolutionary figure.
RGI warns hospitals over delay in birth and death reporting
Non-compliance with registration norms hindering India’s goal of universal coverage, says RGI in latest circular — hospitals told to report events within 21 days and issue certificates within seven.
28,000 cases withdrawn or votes secured? Assam CM’s move to drop ‘Foreigner’ cases against Koch Rajbongshi promise under scrutiny
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s pre-poll declaration to revoke Foreigners’ Tribunal cases against Koch Rajbongshis raises key questions about community identification, implementation, and political intent
Rethinking the Indian Response to Trump’s Tariff War
A bold policy shift aimed at recovering national sovereignty, economic justice, and strategic autonomy is needed.
The Waqf Bill 2024: An Open Letter to the Joint Committee of Parliament, the Opposition, and India’s Muslim Communities
First Published on : August 20, 2024The United Waqf...
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
Rights
Nearly two decades without elections, Jamia students’ agitation forces administration to set deadline for union revival
The university has agreed to implement the students’ union constitution by May 15, 2027, and conduct elections under Lyngdoh Committee guidelines
India
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
India
Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Need for a shift from food security to nutrition justice.
In Karnataka, during the pandemic and lockdown, mid-day meals in government schools and anganwadis under the National Food Security Act (2013) [1], shut down indefinitely [2,3] amidst growing concerns about how this would affect vulnerable communities. In spite of demands, the state government has not yet undertaken a detailed post pandemic and lockdown survey to identify the immediate and long-term interventions to address and prevent malnutrition. Several visits have been made by civil society organisations, students, nutritionists and academics to different districts of Karnataka, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic and this commentary gives a broad overview of the observations made. There is a need for an in-depth quantitative and qualitative study.
India
Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses
A four-day door-to-door audit in Trilokpuri found voters marked absent, shifted or dead who were still living at their registered addresses, with 47.57 lakh names missing from Delhi’s draft roll, affected voters have until October 30 to file claims
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
The Court holds that failure to identify who inflicted the fatal injuries does not absolve the accused under Section 149 IPC, relying on evidence of their participation in an armed mob that assaulted the victim, Monish
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