South Asia

FIFA World Cup 2026 reflects global inequality, with restrictive visa rules, high costs, and unequal treatment of Global South teams and fans.

In a significant ruling on liberty, prolonged incarceration, and the limits of anti-terror bail restrictions, the Delhi High Court held that constitutional protections cannot be rendered meaningless by endless pre-trial detention

From Assam's alleged pushbacks to West Bengal's detention centres, India's expanding deportation drive is reshaping the lives of thousands while testing the limits of citizenship, legality and constitutional protections

The Archaological Survey of India (ASI) has demanded that the 700 year old Jama Masjid in Bharuch be protected since a right-wing organisation named Rashtriya Dharohar Sanrakshan Samiti has been coordinating signature drives and public events as part of a ‘campaign to reclaim’ the centuries-old Sunni mosque as a Jain religious site. Jains are today been seen to be an aggressor minority be it in Gujarat or Mumai

The third UCC law enacted by a BJP-governed state has reignited concerns over whether the promise of gender justice is being pursued through a communally charged political framework

Holding that the prosecution rested on legally untenable allegations and a misconceived theory of criminality, the Court struck down both the EOW FIR and the ED's money laundering case, calling the investigation a "fishing and roving exercise" against an independent news organisation

From NEET to CBSE, India's examination infrastructure has collapsed twice in two years. Students are bearing the cost in debt, despair, and lives lost.