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The State Wants the Delete Button: India’s new architecture of digital censorship
Nearly 1.95 lakh blocking directions in five months raise urgent questions about transparency, due process and the constitutional limits of government control over online speech
Union Govt Withdraws Indian Forest Act Draft Amendment
On November 15, 2019, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that the government has withdrawn the draft amendment of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (IFA) in order to remove any misgivings about taking away the rights of the tribals and forest dwellers.
Amnesty International targeted once again, this time by CBI
The government’s veiled efforts to completely clamp down human rights activists in India has now become quite apparent.
Children’s Day – Remembering Chacha Nehru and his indispensable legacy
‘Chacha Nehru’ as he is fondly called held a special place for children in his heart
SC refuses stay on Bombay HC Order protecting Indira Jaising & Grover from arrest
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a petition filed...
The Plight Of The ‘Nowhere People’ — Of Pain, Labour and Humiliation
Imprisoned by barbed wire, lacking basic amenities and rights, people trapped within the enclaves along the India-Bangladesh border lead wretched lives, writes filmmaker Aparna Sen
As Crisis in Kashmir Enters 100th Day, Tension Continues to Grip People
Even as the situation appears to have improved on the ground, beneath this veneer of normalcy is a population choked to silence due to fear and intimidation from the authorities.
Director of play based on Batla House encounter, allegedly detained for few hours
A probable attempt by the police to intimidate the theatre person to restrain him from showcasing a play which could hurt the image of the police force.
What is Ravishankar Prasad Hiding on WhatsApp Hack?
AS many as 1,400 smartphones worldwide – including 140 of Indians – have been hacked. This hack used Pegasus, the software tools from the notorious hacker-for-hire Israeli company NSO or Q Cyber Technologies. The fundamental question for us, is who-dun-it? The simple question that the government refuses to answer.
Phone tapping and now face scan, Govt. creeping into our privacy
The discourse on right to privacy is seemingly open before the Supreme Court, once again. This also brings to the fore the discussions on surveillance laws in India and the existing lacunae in policy, which have endangered the personal data of the entire citizenry.
You can’t stifle them all – IIT B students
Students of IIT Bombay hold event about Art 370 in park, after permission for seminar hall gets cancelled last minute. Many universities have prevented such discussions from taking place in their campus, across India, ever since Article 370 was abrogated.
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The State Wants the Delete Button: India’s new architecture of digital censorship
Nearly 1.95 lakh blocking directions in five months raise urgent questions about transparency, due process and the constitutional limits of government control over online speech
India
Punjab SIR draft roll published; 20 lakh electors marked ASDD, claims open till September 12
Nearly 1.94 crore (19.4 million) enumeration forms digitised during SIR; over 20 lakh electors categorised as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate (ASDD), Voters whose names are missing from the draft can file claims for inclusion till September 12, even as complaints on social media during the enumeration phase highlighted difficulties faced by electors
Communalism
When Faith Becomes a Licence for Control: The 2026 Kanwar yatra, violence, vigilantism and the politics of meat
From attacks on vehicles and commuters to the targeting of Muslim-owned businesses and meat shops, the 2026 pilgrimage raises urgent questions about vigilantism, selective policing and the State's accommodation of majoritarian demands
India
Maharashtra SIR: 2.08 crore (20.8 million) voter forms “uncollected” hence may not be listed in August 24 draft electoral roll
More than 1 in 5 voter enumeration forms have remained “uncollected” on the final day of Maharashtra’s SIR exercise, with urban districts accounting for a large share of those bureaucratically “excluded”-- nearly 95 lakh forms were uncollected in Thane, Mumbai and Pune, though voters left out of the draft will get a month to seek inclusion or correction
Minorities
Jharkand government accused of continued communal lynchings by fact-finding team
The fact-finding team that comprised representatives of Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha, Karwan e Mohabbat, Sajha Kadam and United Milli Forum has demanded that both the family of the deceased (lynched) man and victim survivor be provided protection and an impartial probe be conducted
India
Sumit Sarkar: Engaged scholarship, ways of historical thinking, an enduring legacy
Scholar of modern India with a path breaking approach to research and his discipline, historian Sumit Sarkar transformed how modern Indian history was understood, bringing ordinary people and their experiences to the centre of historical scholarship
Gender and Sexuality
When Family Becomes Custody: Allahabad HC holds adult women’s faith, residence and liberty cannot be placed under parental control
Holding that an alleged unlawful conversion cannot become a licence for private confinement, the Court separates the legality of religious conversion from the legality of detention—and holds the father and Uttar Pradesh State jointly liable for ₹25 lakh in constitutional compensation