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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
Over 4,000 signatories petition to PMO to deploy central forces to help migrants return home
The petition was filed by Aajeevika Bureau and Working Peoples’ Charter
Help the Sundarbans recover from the impact of Cyclone Amphan
The Paschim Radhanagar Sundarban Jana Sramajibi Manch is working with allied organizations towards the relief and rehabilitation of those affected by the cyclone in Sundarbans
Ahmedabad BJP city chief tests Covid-19 positive
No respite as confirmed cases exceed 15,000 statewide, with over 11,000 just in Ahmedabad
Attack on anti-CAA activists continue, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students arrested
One gets bail, another sent to jail, these arrests mirror those taking place in Delhi, as the national Covid-19 lockdown continues
Junagadh couple allegedly killed in caste-based murder amid national lockdown
The police said that the woman’s family members were being seen as suspects
Homes of migrant labourers burnt down my miscreants in Bengaluru
The migrants were residents of Kachakaranahalli and had valid ID to show they were residents of the area
Don’t let people instigate law and order issues: SC on communalisation of Covid-19
The court has combined 3 petitions and asked for NBA to be impleaded as well
Why are only trains carrying migrants being ‘diverted’ to take longer routes?
Operations, and conditions abroad the so called Shramik Specials, are a train wreck that has shamed Indian Railways like never before. When will the Rail Minister take note?
Covid-19 pandemic has cost one in six young people their jobs: ILO
Those still employed have seen 23 percent reduction in work hours
Apathy kills Agra woman’s unborn baby
The healthcare facility where she was taken after going into labour, asked her husband to first get surgical gloves as they were not available there
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August 11, 2026: A decade plus of students challenging a regime that seeks to control thought & ideas
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