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Caged Voices, Silenced Truths: FSC’s expansive indictment of India’s press freedom crisis

On World Press Freedom Day 2026, the Free Speech Collective (FSC) assembles a powerful, deeply layered account of repression, incarceration, and systemic silencing—centring the stories of jailed journalists Rupesh Kumar Singh and Irfan Mehraj to expose the widening fault lines in India’s democratic promise

NCPCR suggests extending RTE to all minority institutions

As per a countrywide assessment done by the body, 62.5 percent of students in minority schools belong to non-minority communities

‘NEP Quit India’ campaign begins

Students and teachers collectives share AIFRTE’s letter rejecting the policy, take to social media to voice their concerns

AIFRTE announces NEP Quit India campaign

The group that works in the field of education, called for a pan-India protest to reject the National Education Policy 2020.

A song known by it’s lyrics, it’s singer, not the author 

Santosh Anand  "Ek Pyar ka Nagma Hai" is a famous...

Pegasus Project: 5 targeted journalists move SC, say have been subject to intrusive hacking

This is the first time, that directly aggrieved persons have moved court for disclosure of information

Central universities falling short of filling up posts reserved for SC-ST-OBC

During the monsoon session of Parliament, The Education Ministry stated that out of 18,353 total sanctioned reserved teaching posts in central universities, 8,773 continue to remain vacant

Gyan Vapi mosque and Kashi Vishwanath temple exchange land

Mosque authority's general secretary SM Yasin rubbishes rumours of handing over more land

India’s Deep State: Is any citizen safe?

Crucial questions raised at online discussion co-organised by Free Speech Collective , NWMI and SabrangIndia on the implications of Pegasus Project, targeted surveillance and violation of privacy by the Indian Gov’t

Madrasas: Islamic or Sectarian?

Instead Of Trying To Falsify Each Other, They Should Accept A Diversity Of Views

Harbour no illusions: This is an undeclared emergency!: BUJ

Observing the series of attacks on journalism in India over the year, the BUJ calls it a threat to people’s constitutional rights

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Caged Voices, Silenced Truths: FSC’s expansive indictment of India’s press freedom crisis

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