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Workers Cry for Justice!
The latest issue (dated April 25, 2026) of the popular magazine ‘Frontline’ has an incisive article entitled, ‘What Noida’s worker strikes tell us about the Labour Codes’ broken promise’....
WCD Ministry offers up cookie-cutter answers to queries on domestic violence
When asked about cases of domestic violence over the last three years, Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD) Smriti Irani responded in Parliament with old figures.
‘Government-backed attacks’: Google warned 500 Indians against hacking
The search giant issued over 12,000 warnings to users across the country against hacking state-sponsored attackers from July – Sept 2019
28 deaths in detention camps, detainees down from 1043 to 988 in 9 days: Assam
Questions related to detention camps in Assam have been repeated, time and again, during the winter 2019 session of Parliament. Last week saw a question in Lok Sabha, where the government claimed to know the nationalities of the detainees and this week the government stated that there have been 28 deaths in detention camps and also made tall claims about the facilities provided to the inmates.
Forum of Human Rights Defenders appeals to NHRC against DN Murthy arrest
Human Rights Defenders Alert (HRDA) has filed a plea before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking an intervention for the immediate release of Mr. DN Murthy, an eminent journalist, entrepreneur, and social activist who was arrested in an allegedly fabricated case of sedition.
So, what exactly is a ‘model’ detention camp?
The Modi government had released ‘model’ detention centre a manual in January 2019 containing provisions that would govern the functioning of such facilities across India. Though the manual has not been made public, some information has become available via answers to questions raised in the Parliament.
For Hiba, 18 months old pellet victim of Kashmir
She cries in pain, Mother, hold me tight, I feel cold. Mother...
Swachh Bharat: Who Will Clean & Empty Out 9.8 Crore Septic Tanks/Pits?
Ideally, there should be machines but there is no such plan. That means govt. wants people to continue with manual scavenging.
The ‘middle’ ground in Kashmir has been completely wiped out: Yashwant Sinha
Srinagar: – The central government has completely wiped-out the middle ground in Kashmir with its hardcore polices and this might push more and more people towards violence, former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha said while ending his four-day visit to Kashmir.
Mahul needs you
The residents who had been ‘rehabilitated’ to Mahul, today languish in apathetic conditions facing life-threatening diseases
Two Dalit teens assaulted for sitting on chair in Gujarat
A 14-year-old Dalit boy was assaulted by four members of the dominant Darbar community for sitting in a chair in their presence at a hotel in Banaskantha district, near Ahmedabad. A 19-year-old Dalit that tried to intervene was beaten up as well.
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