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February 12: Workers and Farmers Forge a Historic Axis of Resistance Across India
For observers of general strikes and journalists covering trade unions and farmer movements, the February 12 General Strike did not unfold as a routine ritual. It unfolded as a...
20 years of FRA 2006, J and K appoints Tribal Ministry as Nodal agency
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Despite the Union government’s tardy approach since the passage of the historic Forest Rights Act in 2006, states such as Jammu and Kashmir are now taking the lead in securing indigenous land rights. Groups including the Wullar Bachav Front and the All India Union of Forest Working Peoples (AIUWFP) have been engaging with the state administration on the issue
Draft Seeds Bill must be withdrawn: SKM, AIKS
SKM leaders say the draft seed Bill surrendered the seed sovereignty of India and it is aimed at predatory pricing by corporate monopolies
When Conservation Becomes Coercion: The silent violence faced by the Tharus of Kheri
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Over 4,000 Tharu Adivasis in Lakhimpur Kheri — including a blind man, a chronically ill man, and several elders — have been wrongfully booked. This analysis shows how administrative discretion and recent forest-law amendments are further undermining the protections guaranteed to forest-dwelling communities under the Forest Rights Act, 2006
Supreme Court examines Forest Rights Act 2006 versus Conservation Law, makes national headlines
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The rights of Adivasis and forest dwellers are, once again under threat as India's highest court considers the impact of Parliament’s wide-sweeping changes to the Forest Conservation Law (2023)
The unsung architects of food security: India’s rural women demand recognition
The first struggle for every woman, before she can...
The Fight for Ancestral Forest Rights: Tharu tribe challenges seven-year administrative blockade
The petition seeks protection from forest officials and quashing of the order, arguing that the denial of land titles has criminalised essential community livelihood
Protest decision of Union Government to Scrap 11% Import Duty on Raw Cotton: AIKS
The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has called upon all farmers to launch an intense agitation against the Modi government
Gene-edited rice sparks alarms: Scientists back activists, warn of hidden dangers
Growing apprehensions over the safety and regulation of genome...
A Silent Emergency: Farmer suicides surge in Maharashtra amid apathy, debt, and systemic collapse
767 farmers died by suicide in just three months in 2025, yet the state's response remains bureaucratic, inadequate, and dispassionate. A ground-level crisis marked by despair, debt, and denial
As 30 crore workers, farmers join July 9 strike against govt.’s policies, will there be media coverage of the shut down?
Centrally recognised trade unions say workers have supported the 17-point charter of demands of the strike, called against Union Government’s policies
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