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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

Uttar Pradesh: Dalit teen allegedly shot by upper caste men for praying at village temple

The incident took place in Domkheda village, Amroha district, 400 kms northwest of Lucknow

Where are the Hospital Beds?

As the number of people requiring hospitalization multiply steadily, where are the hospital beds? The confusion, gate-keeping, and mismanagement of health facilities signals worsening of the pandemic crisis.

Migrant Diaries: The story of Tinku Sheikh

“If not for obhab (want), why would we leave our birthplace,” asks the migrant worker from West Bengal

Farmers stood up for basic rights, were shot at, six died: Mandsaur, MP, 2017

All India KisanSangharsh Coordination Committee honours martyred farmers, demanded loan waivers and fair prices once again, aise the slogan: “KarzaMukti, PooraDaam”

Safoora Zargar denied bail under UAPA, on grounds for blocking a road

The court has held that the action of blocking a road during anti-CAA, NPR-NRIC protests brought the “city to its knees” and also led to violence

Bengaluru Police must stop targeting Aakar Patel: Amnesty International India

The renowned human rights organisation issued a statement in solidarity with its former chief, veteran journalist Aakar Patel, who is being targeted for tweeting about protests.

Will Maharashtra Covid-19 testing prices in private labs go down soon?

Civic officials say prices could reduce to Rs. 2,000 – Rs. 2,300

Reason for Exclusion from NRC only available for 3 lakh people in Assam?

Were the rest of the numbers buffered artificially to serve a political agenda?

CITU denounces ‘Farming Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020’

Calls it hasty and beneficial to a handful of big landlords and corporate agri-business

No Maoist links, NIA trying to smear anti-CAA agitation: KMSS

The organization said that the investigative agency was falsely trying to prove that its incarcerated leaders had Maoist links

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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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