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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
Farmers Protest: Bad journalism is doing more damage than water cannons!
Manipulated mainstream media launched a bigger attack at farmers cause, than water cannons, teargas and lathis did; independent journalists, social media are solutions
Dedicated courts set up to address Human Rights cases in Delhi
Very few states in the country have human rights courts as mandated by the law and the ones designated as such, are unclear about their jurisdiction and scope
Punjab CM did not stop farm bills when he could: Arvind Kejriwal
Launching attack on Amrinder Singh, Kejriwal says he’s pro farmer; asks Central govt to accept farmers’ demands, and provide a legal guarantee of MSP
We will gherao Delhi if laws are not withdrawn: Farmers’ leaders
Rejecting the central government’s suggestion of a farmers’ committee to oversee the three agriculture laws, farmers’ leaders warned that protesters would not hesitate to surround the national capital.
Govt must repeal the new farm laws: Civil society
Scores of civil society groups have demanded that government promulgate an ordinance to stop the implementation of these laws and withdraw cases imposed on farmers
CPI (M) leader moves SC against order allowing non-locals to buy J&K land
The plea has sought the top court’s intervention and a stay on Centre's order until the petitions challenging changes to Article 370 are heard
SC issues directions to implement video-conferencing for trafficked children to testify
The top court noted that the pilot project to provide video conferencing facilities will commence in stages keeping the vulnerability of children in mind
COVISHIELD vaccine trial participant sues Serum Institute
Participant experienced painful headaches, memory loss, disorientation and went into a coma-like state briefly
Govt buys itself time to negotiate, tells farmer unions to submit point-by-point objections
Farmers have been raising specific concerns for months, why has Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar called for ‘clause-by-clause’ objections, again?
Meeting adjourned, farmers to meet Agriculture and Railway ministers on December 3
Government proposed formation of a committee to discuss contentious provisions of the farm laws with protesting farmers
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August 11, 2026: A decade plus of students challenging a regime that seeks to control thought & ideas
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