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Telangana: Stop forcible ‘re-location of Chenchu Adivasis from Amrabad Tiger Reserve

Adivasis and supporting activists have petitioned the authorities against what they term as the ‘forcible re-location” of Chenchu (PVTG) Adivasis in the Amravad Tiger Reserve and urged a ‘co-existence’ model of conservation

Communal and Targeted Violence Bill: Why it must be codified into law

Re-plug: Originally published in November 2011, we are revisiting this piece as we remember the Kandhamal carnage and other acts of targeted violence against minorities

Denial of medical bail is gross injustice: Friends of Sudha Bharadwaj

Peers of Sudha Bharadwaj expressed outrage in a letter at the attempt of jail authorities to hide facts of her health condition.

India tops Global Covid-19 trajectory, will the Health Minister speak up?

On Saturday, India’s total reached 34,63,973 cases, the third consecutive day when over 70,000 cases have been recorded

EXCLUSIVE! NRC Rejection Slips to be issued only after Covid-19 is brought under control

NRC State Coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma says timelines are difficult to commit to at this point as everything is in a flux due to the pandemic

Scapegoats and Holy Cows

Media, Police and Tablighi Jamaat in the Times of Covid 19

Rona Wilson worked for release of political prisoners, now a prisoner himself

The state must either prove its grave charges against him conclusively or set him free along with all other political prisoners.

How courts rescued the Tablighi Jamaat from further hatred

Courts are increasingly finding that police acted without application of mind and the Tablighi members were made into scapegoats

J&K LG assures action of demands of Kashmiri Pandits

A delegation of the minority Hindu community in the Union Territory met the LG in Srinagar today

Canadian legislator honoured for standing up for Kashmir and minorities in India

Ravi Kahlon has written to the United Nations on behalf of his constituents, raising concerns about the plight of their relatives in Kashmir asking for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in the region

IIT entrance exams amidst Covid-19?

How students may be selected for IITs without any entrance examination in the time of pandemic and beyond

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