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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

Despite Green Revolution success, rate of malnutrition in India remains stubbornly high

Excerpts from “Food and Nutrition Security Analysis, India, 2019”,...

Tobacco Gives J&K Its Highest Tax Revenue, And A COPD Crisis

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), among the four Indian...

Lawyers, Artists, Academics Condemn Criminal Action Against Lawyers Collective

Several lawyers, writers, artists, journalists and academics have issued...

‘I Shot at Narendra Dabholkar Twice’: Sharad Kalaskar Confesses

The accused also admitted to being linked to two...

India Must Shift Rice Growing East From Punjab & Haryana To Prevent Desertification

Mumbai: Shifting the major chunk of rice production to...

The vanishing green belt of Kashmir !

(One of the main causes for drastic climate change...

The Cult of Ram

Written by Valay Singh and published by Aleph (2018), Ayodhya:...

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