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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
Jharkhand Polls: Where Is the Mineral Wealth Going?
The state has 40% of the country’s mineral resources but it continues to be home to poorest people.
D Litt to former Ajmer dargah terror blast accused at Lucknow minority varsity opposed
In a surprise move, Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti Urdu Arabi...
In Odisha’s Residential Schools For Tribal Girls, Education Comes At A Cost
Momita Batra (left) and Karma Mandali, both aged 14,...
UN Committee Takes Stock of the Status of Child Rights on World Children’s Day
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN-CRC)...
“Citizen/Cane: Surge of protests in North over CAB”
From Monday, eight student bodies under the North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) umbrella have been holding protest marches against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) across all states in North-East India. Here is a breakdown of what has transpired
Kashmir Chamber seeks to sue Govt. as economic losses reach a billion dollars
The Modi-led Indian Govt. revoked its autonomy and statehood in August after the abrogation of Article 370
AJSU breaks alliance, BJP will now contest the assembly elections alone
The BharatiyaJanata Party’s (BJP) political standing has been shaken again. After Maharashtra, it has now received a setback in Jharkhand, after the All Jharkhand Student Union (AJSU) which ran with the BJP for 19 years, has withdrawn its support. The BJP will now contest in the assembly elections alone.
“There are detention camps only in Assam, but Centres being set up in States/UT”: MHA
The current session of the Parliament is prompting many revelations from the central government. While the environment is getting increasingly tense in the background of NRC, detention camps and “illegal immigrants”, the government seems to be busy being either politically correct or assumptive
Demand for the appointment of a non-partisan State Co-Ordinator at NRC
Pratidin Sangbad reports that a delegation of the Assam...
Nation-wide NRC confirmed; Assam will cover FT related expenses for people
The entire nation is in anticipation of the proposed CAB and NRC as their modalities have not been finalised yet and it has created an environment of fear and distress amongst the minorities, especially the Muslim community. Today’s Rajya Sabha session revealed quite a few crucial points as the Muslim community grows more and more anxious.
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Minorities
After 22 years under suspicion, Assam’s Kashem Ali declared Indian by Foreigners Tribunal
With 18 years passing between the registration of the case and service of notice, and nearly a year spent fighting to prove his citizenship, Kashem Ali finally wins legal relief with CJP’s assistance
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
From treating Adivasi communities to being branded an instigator: Odisha jails doctor Randall Sequeira
Arrested in a case in which his name did not figure in the original FIR, Dr Randall Sequeira faces serious criminal charges amid an intensifying crackdown on Adivasi communities resisting bauxite mining in Odisha
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