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August 11, 2026: A decade plus of students challenging a regime that seeks to control thought & ideas
The pushback to the Modi 1.0 regime came within months of it being sworn into office, and it emerged from the student of the Central University, Hyderabad & JNU among others, that had been creations of independent India’s intellectual and organisational fashioning; while Gen Z’s 2026 protests are a breath of fresh air to the battle weary, India’s students in universities have never been silent
SC issues contempt notices to Rachita Taneja and Kunal Kamra
Supreme Court has decided to go ahead with legal proceedings against the two, who have been accused of ‘scandalising’ the court with their tweets
Right to Food Campaign demands changes in Budget 2021-22 based on Hunger Watch survey
Members said that while the survey does not represent the overall district, state or country, it shows the severe hunger situation and points towards necessary measures
Every workplace must declare zero tolerance for Gender insensitivity: Delhi HC
The court observed that internal committees need not demand high standard of proof in complaints of sexual harassment
We believe that the Indian government should repeal recent farm laws: Economic experts
Months spent by farmers arguing the impracticality of the farm laws have finally been rewarded as a group of economic experts analyse and raise serious concerns regarding the three laws.
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Khap Panchayats from Uttar Pradesh are ready to join protest on Delhi’s border
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India drops two ranks in the Human Development Index
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Union government announces sugarcane subsidy, farmers remain unimpressed
While some farmers responded positively to the news, farmers committed to the national struggle insist the central government is trying to distract them
SC to decide on contempt notices against Rachita Taneja and Kunal Kamra
The comedian and cartoonist have both had contempt proceedings initiated against them for tweets against the apex court
Karnataka’s peasant organisations to go on strike till December 31
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