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From Assam’s Soil to Detention and Back: The tragic death of Amzad Ali

Locked up in Matia detention camp despite generations-long roots in Assam, 49-year-old Amzad Ali dies of cancer as authorities ignore medical appeals; family finally lays him to rest in his native village

Controlling Dissent: Ramchandra Guha, left leaders detained for anti-CAA protests

Yogendra Yadav and Left leaders like Sitaram Yechury, Nilotpal Basus and Brinda Karat detained in nation-wide protests against CAA.

BJP in Assam coming to its senses?

Senior BJP leaders in Assam meet with CM Sonowal to discuss the problems with the CAA

Protesters Gather to Protest the CCA 2019/NRC in Mumbai

Mumbai's August Kranti Maidan has thousands of people who have come from all over the city to protest the unconstitutional Citizen Amendment Act of 2019.

UP police detain, lathi-charge peaceful Samajwadi Party protestors

Police crackdown on demonstrators for defying Sec 144 imposed in the state

Julio Ribeiro condemns “atmosphere of fear”

Julio Ribeiro, who is best remembered as one of Mumbai's most fearless policemen, and someone who has remained committed to upholding and defending India's secular and democratic values even after retiring from the force, will not be able to attend the Hum Bharat Ke Log protest supported by various citizens groups including Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP). He has therefore sent us this written message to inspire and encourage us to continue fighting the good fight.

Celebs join anti-CAA chorus, condemn police brutality against students

Many among them have previously been staunch supporters of Modi

In times of CAA & NRC remember the words of Kakori martyrs

Image Courtesy: thewire.in  The Kakori conspiracy (or Kakori train robbery...

Bollywood’s clarion call against the CAA and police brutality on students

Moving over social media, celebrities ask people to join them in the protest against CAA

Anti-CAA protests intensify across India, security tightened

2,000 plus security personnel deployed at site of protest in Mumbai

Bollywood’s Conscience Speak: Celebs against anti- CAA violence at Jamia, AMU

Young and old, celebrities speak up in a collective voice against police brutality

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From treating Adivasi communities to being branded an instigator: Odisha jails doctor Randall Sequeira

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Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance

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Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Need for a shift from food security to nutrition justice.

In Karnataka, during the pandemic and lockdown, mid-day meals in government schools and anganwadis under the National Food Security Act (2013) [1], shut down indefinitely [2,3] amidst growing concerns about how this would affect vulnerable communities. In spite of demands, the state government has not yet undertaken a detailed post pandemic and lockdown survey to identify the immediate and long-term interventions to address and prevent malnutrition. Several visits have been made by civil society organisations, students, nutritionists and academics to different districts of Karnataka, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic and this commentary gives a broad overview of the observations made. There is a need for an in-depth quantitative and qualitative study.

Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses

A four-day door-to-door audit in Trilokpuri found voters marked absent, shifted or dead who were still living at their registered addresses, with 47.57 lakh names missing from Delhi’s draft roll, affected voters have until October 30 to file claims

SIR’s elusive illegal immigrants: Bogey Busted but will the injustices heaped be corrected?

Barely 771 “foreign nationals” identified in Karnataka and a miniscule 1,600 in six other Indian states; yet the hysterical bogey of the “ghuspetiya” (illegal immigrant) has been used to render 130 million plus Indian without the right to vote?

2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death

The Court holds that failure to identify who inflicted the fatal injuries does not absolve the accused under Section 149 IPC, relying on evidence of their participation in an armed mob that assaulted the victim, Monish