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Samyukta Kisan Morcha: Appeals to farmers to vote against the BJP
The platform representing several farmer organisations has urged farmers, workers, women and the common man to teach a lesson to the BJP in the 18th Lok Sabha elections
Why Somaiya School principal in Mumbai should not be asked to resign over her social media posts critical of PM Modi
Parveen Shaikh, who has served in the school for a dozen years has stood her ground, has parents’ support, the campaign against her was launched by the OpIndia portal which criticised her likes and comments on X platform in support of Palestine on April 24, two days later, the management asked her to resign
Why Modi’s poll histrionics accusing Congress of potentially fracturing away SC/ST quotas to Muslims is a spurious claim?
Muslim SEBCs enjoy the benefits of reservation under the OBC category in Gujarat –under BJP rule since 1995-- and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have a constitutionally mandated provision for reservation which cannot be taken away without amending the Constitution
Free speech “eroding”: report details 137 incidents of free speech violations in the past 4 months
A report by the Free Speech Collective has warned about losing “last remaining” space for free speech as it notes that a huge number of free speech violations have taken place between January - April 2024.
Swiggy’s tiered insurance scheme for delivery fleet & the inherent nature of the Gig economy
In the name of flexibility and independence, differential insurance slabs come at the expense of workers’ rights and protections. Companies like Swiggy leverage this flexibility to implement performance-based incentives that may inadvertently contribute to a culture of overwork and stress among their workforces; by intervening the Congress ruled governments of Karnataka and Rajasthan (formerly) have shown the way
From the farm to the poll booth, the BJP has lost farmer trust
Rajasthan, UP, Punjab, Haryana and Maharashtra, simmer with farmers’ anger as polling dates for other states in the northern belt come closer.
Why is Ladakh Protesting?
Elections to this carved out Union Territory (UT) are scheduled for the fifth phase on May 20 along with Baramulla, while the other seats in the Jammu & Kashmir UT vote(d) on April 19 (Udhampur), April 26 (Jammu), Anantnag (May 7) and Srinagar (May 13)
Farmers’ demand to ‘Quit’ WTO explained: Elections 2024
On February 26, 2024, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM)...
AIKS, Karshaka Sangham and rubber farmers take on tyre cartel; file Intervention Application (IA) in Supreme Court
Legal battle against monopoly tyre companies represents the interest of millions of rubber farmers, states a press release issued today
Revoke suspension of Dalit scholar, Ramadas: TISS action condemned
The United Students of India have strongly condemned the debarring and suspension of Dalit scholar Ramadas from TISS; Ramdas is also a leader of the PSF
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Open Letter to an Imaginary Supreme Leader of a country of billions
An Open Public Letter to an imaginary Supreme Leader of an imaginary country of a billion suffering fools.
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BHU students granted bail 17 days after Manusmriti protest arrests
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Hate Speech
Communal Campaign: CJP approached CEO, Delhi against the MCC violation and hate speech by BJP Councillor
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Education
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