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As mining lobby “hijacks” Ajmer public hearing, “tokenism” on Aravallis condemned
The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Rajasthan has raised serious questions on the tokenisms behind the recent public hearings on the Aravallis, and condemned the “hijacking” of the process by the “mining lobby”
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Eminent economist Jean Drèze arrested in Jharkhand
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NTUI calls out targeting of forest dwellers to ‘benefit big capital’
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