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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
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While presenting dismal numbers of rising crimes against women, the Minister of Women and Child Development displays shocking callousness.
The era of the SC’s glorious jurisprudence has vanished: Justice AP Shah
Justice Shah delivered a lecture at an event organized to honour Justice Hosbet Suresh and to speak about the decline of the Supreme Court
Amendments to agricultural laws, dangerous for farmers: National Unions
SabrangIndia delves deeper into the three agricultural Bills and the complaints held against these policies.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal’s resignation, a public warning from Punjab farmers?
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Natasha Narwal of Pinjra Tod gets bail in Delhi riots case
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Strike three and counting! Centre says it no data on death of sanitation workers during Covid-19
The Centre seems to have given up on keeping records as yet again it says it has no data on the death of 'Safai Karmachari' or sanitary workers employed during the pandemic
Do not be scared, raise your voice against injustice: Dr Umar Khalid
Dr Umar Khalid recorded this video statement just before his arrest on Sunday
Strike 2: Centre now says no data on Covid-19 deaths of medical staff!
Shortly after the Centre claimed no data on death of migrant workers, the Ministry of Health and Welfare now says that it maintained no data on the death of medical staff during the on-going pandemic.
In Madhya Pradesh, eggs blur the line between religion and nutrition
SabrangIndia talks to people from both sides of the argument to understand the long-stretched debate on egg-consumption in Madhya Pradesh.
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