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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
UN Report Warns Only Rapid and Transformational Action Can Stave Off Global Climate Disaster
An alarming United Nations report released Tuesday said global temperatures are...
An all-India NRC, coupled with CAB aims to threaten, destabilise & stigmatise Indian Muslims: Arundhati Roy
Roy delivered the Jonathan Schell Memorial Lecture for 2019 on November 12 in New York City organized by The Nation. The text has appeared in The Nation and The Caravan and is now being published here.
Centre not budging on paddy procurement: Chhattisgarh CM
On Monday, at the winter session of the Chhattisgarh legislative assembly, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel lashed at the Centre for refusing to procure paddy at the rate of ₹ 2,500 per quintal.
In Jharkhand, Forest Rights Could Decide Votes In 77% Assembly Seats
New Delhi: Tribals’ dissatisfaction with the slow implementation of...
Mamata seeks to give land rights to refugees in West Bengal
Mamata Banerjee seems to be at the forefront when it comes to speaking up against the National Register of Citizens (NRC ) and the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB). Now, she is going a step further.
All is not well for the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in India
The beginning of the second week of the Parliament’s winter session witnessed questions regarding the government’s Mid-Day Meal Scheme (MDMS), the responses to which can be regarded as a report card on MDMS.
Maharashtra gov’t formation: SC orders floor test
The political juggernaut that appeared to be hurtling at breakneck speed in Maharashtra appears to be sobering down with the Supreme Court passing an order, on Constitution Day no less, directing that a floor test be conducted.
India is not quite yet a Hindu Rashtra: 70th Constitution Day
In January 2018, four top Supreme Court Judges in...
Anti-Aadhaar to Pro-Aadhaar? Mamata approves proposal to link Aadhaar with ration cards
She took the move after her government convinced her that it would save Rs. 500 crore annually under the PDS
Tha Maharashtra circus and our reform agenda
On our 70th Constitution Day, the first change we should effect is that we should seriously consider, officially, running the government only at night
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