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Data is real, true wealth: SC issues notice in yet another plea challenging DPDP Act; highlights privacy concerns
This petition, filed by journalist Geeta Seshu, along with the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) that also challenges the constitutional validity of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 will now be heard with other petitions filed in the matter by Reporter’s Collective, Nitin Sethi and Venkatesh Nayak, on March 23
100 years later, country still makes the same old demands: Madpaule
Creator of the popular political page Madpaul Diaries tells us what motivates him to talk about social issues and the role of art in fighting social evils.
Farmers organisations announce nation-wide road blockade on November 5
A coalition of farmers’ organisations in Delhi announced two major agitations in November to decry the agriculture laws enforced by the BJP-led government.
Act is being misused against innocent persons: Allahabad HC on UP law against cow slaughter
The High Court was hearing the bail plea of a man who was accused of taking a cow for slaughter
Farmers resolve to continue dissent continues on Dussehra
Punjab and Haryana farmers burn copies of 'anti-farmer laws' and effigies of union government members and business personalities instead of Ravana during Dussehra celebrations.
Punjab BJP Kisan Morcha President resigns!
Former BJP member Tarlochan Singh Gill said he cannot in good conscience continue working for a party that has grieved the farmer community.
Kaimur firing: Fact-finding report makes startling revelations!
Report co-published by AIUFWP, CJP and DSG showcases regime’s excesses against Adivasis demanding forest rights
Repressing academic freedom is a known feature of authoritarian regimes: InSAF
International Solidarity for Academic Freedom (InSAF India) and the Global Diaspora Alliance express solidarity, demand release of academics, artists, writers, activists jailed under UAPA
Books, winter clothes, fresh air for Umar Khalid; but it took a Court to direct police to do so
Khalid had told court he was being treated like a zoo animal in solitary confinement, court tells police to give him what he needs, extended judicial judicial remand till November 20
Bihar Govt has worst record on Land Rights to Adivasis: Brinda Karat
Speaking at the release of a fact-finding report about the firing in Adhaura block, Brinda Karat exposed the deeds of the Bihar Govt while lauding the democratic struggle of the Kaimur’s Kharwar Adivasi communities against an oppressive forest department
Kerala: New base prices for 16 agricultural produce won’t benefit rubber farmers
Although state government’s new policy has been hailed by farmers, NGOs and public officers alike, the scheme fails to bring plantation farmers under its purview
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Data is real, true wealth: SC issues notice in yet another plea challenging DPDP Act; highlights privacy concerns
This petition, filed by journalist Geeta Seshu, along with the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) that also challenges the constitutional validity of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 will now be heard with other petitions filed in the matter by Reporter’s Collective, Nitin Sethi and Venkatesh Nayak, on March 23
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Religious Freedom: How the USCIRF continues to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC)
For another year running, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has in strong recommendations, urged the US government to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), “for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA)”
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USCIRF’s Call for Sanctions on the RSS Is a Major Moral and Political Marker
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has apart from continuing to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), also recommended targeted sanctions against the RSS; this is a first.
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Evicted, Accused, and Deleted: The shrinking space for Muslim citizenship
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Union government revokes Sonam Wangchuk’s detention under NSA after nearly six months!
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Allahabad High Court orders 24/7 armed protection for Bareilly Muslim man allegedly prevented from offering namaz at home
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