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Documents Cannot Decide Democracy: How CJP is training communities to navigate the SIR process

Through a series of trainings in Maharashtra with community groups and civil society organisations, CJP and VFD are helping vulnerable communities understand the SIR process, resist panic, and protect their voting rights amid growing fears of exclusion and disenfranchisement

Wide Gender Gap In Mobile Phone Access Is Hurting India’s Women

Mumbai: A 33-percentage-point gender gap in mobile phone ownership...

Tribal Protests, Black Balloons Cloud Modi’s Unveiling of ‘Statue of Unity’

Activists, villagers detained as PM inaugurates world’s ‘tallest’ statue...

Rahul Gandhi writes to Kancha Ilaiah, expresses support

He opposed DU’s move to drop his books and...

DD Cameraman killed in poll-bound Chattisgarh, another beaten to death in Jharkhand

A Doordarshan cameraman and two policemen were killed in...

In-depth analysis of NRC Coordinator, Prateek Hajela’s Affidavit reveals stand based on hypotheses

Poses danger of diluting NRC processThe affidavit submitted by...

Indian Fishworkers protest at 23 ports and harbours against proposed shipping corridor

Fishworkers from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,...

The Sabarimala Verdict: Whose Morality, Whose Freedom?

A significant social and political churning is underway on...

The Tall Price That Gujarat’s Tribals Are Paying for the ‘Tallest’ Statue

Their land gone and facing displacement, tribals in some...

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