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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

JNU admin moves Delhi HC against students, JNUSU and police

As protest enter its 24th day, other universities extend their support in the fight against fee-hike

Ramifications of Govt approval for strategic disinvestment of 28 PSUs

MoS Finance tells Lok Sabha profitability not criteria for selection

Venkaiah Naidu to review design of RS marshals’ new uniforms

Move comes after the staunch criticism of the military-style outfits by army veterans

BPCL Divestment: Who Benefits?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman's recent announcement on divesting two state-run companies, Air India and BPCL has created a furore.

Did GOI just admit in Lok Sabha to using Pegasus to spy on activists?

For the past two weeks, the central government has been mum about the issue of a spyware used on Indian lawyers and human rights activists. It seems to have finally broken its silence by justifying its actions under the IT Act, while the same is being hailed as a blatant violation of constitutionally guaranteed Right to Privacy

Mamata Banerjee Calls CAB a Trap, continues to challenge NRC

The WB chief minister has been staunchly anti-NRC for the past year but has, years ago also known to have brought lawmakers’ attention to supposed Bangladeshi infiltration in the state.

ECI Silent on Serious Irregularities in May 2019 Gen Election: Constitutional Conduct Group

A vocal group of thinkers, 64 retired civil servants, have, in a third reminder to the Election Commission of India(ECI) reityerated their demand for a social sample of EVMs/VVPATs used in the Lok Sabha elections to assess the integrity of the results, given as they have provided proof of serious irregularities. Despite seeking a meeting with ECI, the Commission is silent.

Jagmel Singh murder: Family ends protest, accepts compensation

Jagmel Singh, a Dalit, he was murdered in Punjab over a minor dispute by upper-caste Hindus

Rajasthan Local Body elections: Congress wins (863) over BJP (661)

Image Courtesy: PatrikaRajasthan Local Body Election Results 2019: The...

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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

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.

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SIR’s elusive illegal immigrants: Bogey Busted but will the injustices heaped be corrected?

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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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