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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
Ex-civil servants decry vilification of Harsh Mander for speech during anti-CAA protests
The former government officials allege that Mander’s speech was misconstrued for being hate speech and inciting violence
‘Convenient racism’, says Irfan Pathan, pointing to discrimination based on faith and colour
One of the biggest names in contemporary Indian cricket bravely called this ‘convenient racism’, perhaps the only celebrity to do so in recent times
AIKS congratulates farmers on protests against anti-farmer ordinances issued by Centre
Protests held across the country saw farmers burning copies of the ordinances
NGT imposes 25 crore interim penalty in Dahej chemical factory blast incident: Gujarat
The Tribunal has held the company strictly and absolutely liable for the damage caused to life and environment
Rural stay-safe campaign curbs spread of coronavirus cases, fosters communal harmony
The campaign was started by Maulana Adam Shafiullah and Abdur Rauf who went door to door to give correct knowledge of precautions to be taken in Dinhata, West Bengal
Dalit men assaulted, paraded with footwear around their neck in Uttar Pradesh
There has been no media outrage on the incident and no culprits have been caught yet
Covid-19 is a political Pandemic in Delhi
Passive aggressive political mood swings continue even as number of cases double every fortnight
Madhya Pradesh hospital sealed over reports of tying elderly man to bed with ropes
The man was allegedly tied to the bed over non-payment of bills, the hospital registration has been suspended and an FIR has been registered against the administration
Migrant Diaries – The story of Hurdanand Behera
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“I am haunted by the images of the thousands I saw walking home to escape the big city,” says a migrant worker from Odisha still bleeding from the emotional scars of a forced exodus
The price of profit, OIL’s misadventure threatens Tinsukhia’s reserve forests & wild life sanctuaries: Assam
Taking unscrupulous advantage of the opacity caused by the Covid 19 lockdown, the environmental clearance to OIL’s drilling in Assam severely endangered human and natural life: an Independent Inquiry is the need of the hour, writes Dr Gohain
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