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A Long Battle, A Swift Stay: The Fight for Equitable Campuses
It took the Supreme Court just two days to stay the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions Regulations, 2026. Compare this with the grueling...
ECI must announce elections only after SBI provides details of corporate purchase of electoral bonds: Ex-Civil servants
In a strongly worded public appeal to the Election Commission of India (ECI), 80 former public servants have argued for a moral and legal compulsion for elections to be held only after SBI makes corporate purchase of electoral bonds public
Ankita Bhandari Case: Protests for justice enters 7th day, victim’s parents leading the protestors, condemning the arrest of the journalist seeking action in Ankita’s...
Independent journalist Ashutosh Negi, who frequently raised his voice in support of Ankita, was arrest on March 5 by state police, booked under SC/ST Act, sent to 15-day judicial custody
Three Banes of India’s Muslims: Victimhood Syndrome, Power Theology, Obsession with Identity Politics
The author makes a convincing argument –based on a close study of the past century --for doses of rationality and soul-searching in the ongoing battle for minority rights and dignity, urges Indian Muslims to make their own contribution to invest in secularising India, and baldly asserts that minority communalism is no antidote to majoirtarianism
Creating an NPR for an all India NRC without informed consent?
Citizens activism through the Right to Information Act (RTI)...
Report: 294 houses demolished on a daily basis in 2023 in India
In a recent report, the Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) has unveiled stark figures and has shed light on the current situation that has resulted out of forced evictions in India during the years 2022 and 2023.
UN High Commissioner of Human Rights raises concerns about minorities in India, government calls them ‘unwarranted’
In an address to the UN Human Rights Council, Volker Türk, who is the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, raised concerns regarding the escalating ‘constraints on civic freedoms’ in India.
SBI ‘openly complicit’ in Electoral Bonds scam? Apex Court’s Constitutional dilemma
In a short time from now, the Election Commission...
Article 370: Calculated timing, one-sided narrative, unfounded justification of human rights violations
PM Modi hailed movie is nothing short of thriller disguised as propaganda, fiction mixed with reality, provides a biased take on a complex issue, lays ground for 2024 general elections
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The ‘Food Transition’ Is a War on Food, Farmers and the Public
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