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Maharashtra’s schools are struggling to survive as students protest, infrastructure crumbles and Marathi-medium institutions disappear

From Adivasi students on hunger strike to Class 10 students demanding teachers, government schools without electricity and internet, and hundreds of schools facing the loss of grant-in-aid, Maharashtra’s education crisis is increasingly visible on the streets

Decorating the Branches of Trees While Felling Their Roots

Jharkand Govt’s Welfare Schems are the Branches, Adivasi Land...

4 dead, one injured after falling in harvesting tank in Ghitorni: Delhi

News agency ANI just reported that  four sanitation workers on...

Who Ate the Cows in Ancient India? Part 2

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Why We Must Say No to Vizhinjam Project

The Adani-owned port is estimated to cost a huge...

Complaint Against Met Dept for Colluding with Seed & Pesticide Makers to Predict Rainfall: Farmers, Maharashtra

Farmers from a village in Marathwada’s Beed district  filed...

Amarnath Yatra Victim’s Son Refused Bank Insurance Payout: The Hindu

The Hindu reports that apathetic bank officials of the Canara Bank...

Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Laureate While Jailed, Dies at 61

The New York times reports that Liu Xiaobo, the rebel...

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Maharashtra’s schools are struggling to survive as students protest, infrastructure crumbles and Marathi-medium institutions disappear

From Adivasi students on hunger strike to Class 10 students demanding teachers, government schools without electricity and internet, and hundreds of schools facing the loss of grant-in-aid, Maharashtra’s education crisis is increasingly visible on the streets

The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen

Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile

Six-year-old detained during Patna teacher aspirants’ protest, parents allege police assault

Patna Police say the child was ‘rescued’ from a potentially dangerous crowd, while his parents allege that the family was taken to a police station, where they were assaulted and kept for nearly seven hours

The ‘Reservation Hatao Andolan’ Isn’t a Gen Z Uprising. It’s a Rerun

The demand to “remove reservation” is one of the oldest, most recycled slogans in independent India’s political life, and it has failed, in more or less identical form, every single time it has been tried.

112 Years Ago, Raksha Bandhan Stood for Hindu-Muslim Unity

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Eid Milad 2026: Processions, clashes and the politics of communal provocation across India

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