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Gene-edited rice sparks alarms: Scientists back activists, warn of hidden dangers
Growing apprehensions over the safety and regulation of genome editing in agriculture have reportedly received "validation" from peer-reviewed scientific studies, backed by civil society advocacy efforts. The Union Government’s...
WB potato farmers celebrate govt schemes but voice need for more initiatives
Potato farmers held on to their produce to reap major benefits, which shows better financial conditions, say government officials
Kisan Shaheed Smarak: A memorial to those who died during the nationwide farmers’ protest
Metallic flames, anthems and earthen pots full of India’s soil; India’s local artists use their talents to honour the martyrs of the farmers’ struggle.
Back-to-back farmers’ events in coming days: SKM
Farmer leaders announced a series of events that will also honour local citizens and Bahujan supporters for their contribution to the struggle
Haryana Property Damage law, an attempt to kill democracy: Protesters
Haryana farmers and other citizens demand the repeal of the recently passed state law that holds protesters accountable for property damage
Stop attack on farmers, repeal hike in fertilizer prices: AIKS
Farmers have demanded an explanation for the exorbitant increase in prices, especially amidst an economically crippling lockdown
Employees to strengthen farmers’ protests during wheat harvest time
Farmer unions warn the Centre against reversing any commitment made to farmers on Draft Electricity Amendment Bill
Government is bent on ending the mandi system: Yogendra Yadav
Farmers MSP Calculator continues to look at market prices in states across India
MSP Loot Calculator: MP farmers lost more than Rs 200 crores in March
As the farmers’ movement enters a new month, farmers look back at March mandi sales to put the government's MSP assurances to the test
GoI blindly following Shanta Kumar Committee recommendations for private sector benefit: AIKS
AIKS leaders write to Prime Minister Modi, asserting that protecting India’s national security is the Centre’s responsibility
Haryana: Farmers condemn police lathi-charge on peaceful protesters
Farmer leaders stated that such attacks on peacefully protesting farmers will only intensify the struggle
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As the acquittal of 12 innocent men wrongfully confined for the 7/11 (Mumbai 2006) blasts is welcomed, we must remember the grief of 189 victims of the blasts; the state failure, and a failed system that let the real perpetrators go free
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This Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) is qualitatively different in methodology (including sampling) from the earlier Household Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) last conducted in 2011-12, and therefore the two are not comparable. So the claim that India’s poverty has declined to below 5% doesn’t hold water: Second, the NITI Aayog has made no effort to even determine an official poverty line, last defined in the Census 2001.
Freedom
Gauhati High Court demands Centre’s deportation order amid mounting legal questions over re-detention of bail-compliant individuals
Counsel for petitioners’ Abdul Shiekh and Majibur Rehman argue detention violates unrevoked Supreme Court–granted bail; Court directs State to place MHA’s May 2025 deportation notification on record to examine legal justification
India
ECI to SC: Voter ID insufficient for Bihar roll, defends citizenship verification power
Bihar’s electoral roll crisis: ECI defends excluding Voter IDs for new entries and power to citizenship verification; ECI’s revision flags 52.3 Lakh (6.62%) electors not found at their addresses (including 18.6L deceased, 26L shifted, 7.5L multiple entries and 11K untraceable voters), amid concerns over disenfranchisement of genuine voters and procedural hurdles, opposition stages black-clad protests outside the Bihar assembly
Rule of Law
“A Constitutionally Imperative to Ensure Justice”: Supreme Court Orders CBI probe, arrests, and ₹50 Lakh compensation for brutal custodial torture of constable in J&K
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Communalism
How deviant acts mar the sacred Kanwar Yatra
A tide of lawlessness, marked by widespread hooliganism, identity-based assaults on eateries, and highway obstruction, grips the Kanwar Yatra across UP and Uttarakhand, amidst alarming reports of assaults on eatery owners based on their identity, SC refused to examine controversial QR code directives issued by UP and Uttarakhand authorities, mandating hotels must display licenses and registration
Communalism
A Spectacle of Injustice Undone: After 19 years, Bombay HC’s acquittal in the 7/11 Mumbai train blasts case recognises the (mis) use of ‘torture for confession’
Nearly two decades after the devastating blasts, that took place on July 7, 2006, the Bombay High Court exposes fabricated evidence, custodial torture, and investigative tunnel vision—overturning death and life sentences in a damning rebuke of India’s anti-terror justice system
Rule of Law
Recalibrating Free Speech: The Supreme Court’s constitutional turn in the digital age
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