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Indian Agriculture: Between the 2026 Union budget & US-India trade deal, a huge setback for Indian farmers
While the Indian corporate media has hailed the reduction of tariffs to the US, now at 18 per cent (still up from the previous single digit figures), it is the blanket non-tariff barriers to US agriculture goods that will hit Indian farmers hard
Centre refuses compensation to martyred farmers claiming it has “no record”
Farmer leaders reminds the government that it paid homage to martyrs during talks last year
Teesta Setalvad calls out modern day “zamindars” who are trying to usurp control of India’s forests
Setalvad was the keynote speaker at the inaugural event of the AIUFWP’s 2nd National Conference being held in New Delhi
MEA lashes out against OHCHR comment on Khurram Parvez’s arrest
Arindam Bagchi, spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs defends Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, says OHCHR doesn’t understand the security challenges of Jammu and Kashmir
Are Bengaluru authorities promoting the ‘cancel culture’ of the right wing?
Comedian Kunal Kamra was forced to cancel his upcoming shows in the city; has alleged “threats'' and the audience numbers being restricted
AIUFWP’s 2nd National Conference begins in New Delhi
Adivasis, forest workers, activists and farmers come together to discuss land and forest rights
Bhima Koregaon case: Bombay HC grants Sudha Bharadwaj bail
The activist had spent three years behind bars and applied for default bail; court rejected bail for eight others
SKM decries Centre’s tyranny in disallowing debate on farm laws
While triumphant of the repeal of the laws, farmers note the unilateral and undemocratic attitude of the ruling regime continues
Parliament repeals farm laws sans discussion, but what’s next?
Farmers reiterate that the struggle has always been peasant rights not just the three farm laws
Undermining the idea of India
The following is the text of the speech delivered by Justice G.S.Patel, Judge of the Bombay High Court, on the occasion of The Leaflet's Constitution Day Talk on November 26
Disturbing trend in direction of country’s governance has become discernible: Constitutional Conduct Group
An open letter by retired senior bureaucrats puts on record that “foundational values of our republic” have been under “relentless assault of an arrogant, majoritarian state”
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