Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
From news to real estate: P Sainath on how corporate power is undermining media freedom
The other day, P. Sainath was in Ahmedabad to deliver a lecture on the "Role of Media in Democracy: Prospects and Retrospect." An excellent speaker, he is not just...
Eye on Ongoing Monsoon Session, Anganwadi Caregivers Begin 4-day ‘Mahapadav’ Near Parliament
Covering large distances, hundreds of Anganwadi caregivers reach the national capital at the call of CITU–affiliated All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers; their major demands include the implementation of the SC judgment on gratuity for the all-female workforce.
Arrest of journalist and HRD Rupesh Kumar Singh
Human Rights Defenders Alert -India writes to the National...
Why are Anganwadi Workers Gathering in Huge Numbers in Delhi From July 26?
Thousands of Anganwadi workers will gather in Delhi on July 26 under the banner of AIFWAH.
Now, Muslim girl students complain of being forced to remove burqa and hijab before NEET exam
The incident took place at an examination centre in Washim in Maharashtra
Muslim group switches sect, Kerala HC upholds their rights to prayer and burial
Court held that a Jama-ath cannot prevent Muslims belonging to other sects from offering prayers in the mosque or burying their dead in public kabristan on their property
Female students forced to take off undergarments in Kerala?
The girls were appearing for NEET exams and one of them has now lodged a police complaint; various authorities shirk responsibility
Is Facebook shirking responsibility for enabling the spread of hate in India?
Recent human rights report instead lauds the platform for helping civil society
Gujarat: Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind moves High Court against teaching of Bhagavad Gita in schools
The organisation argues that the resolution violates the spirit of secularism and many fundamental rights in the Constitution
Now NCERT removes passages about caste and religious discrimination from social science books
The educational body says this is done to remove “overlapping or irrelevant” content and reduce strain on students after the Covid-19 pandemic
Twitter moves Karnataka High Court against MeitY order to take down over 1,400 accounts
Twitter informs the court that they have been ordered to take down accounts without being told which specific tweets merit such an action
Trending
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
Communalism
PUCL slams recently passed Rajasthan anti-conversion bill as “draconian and unconstitutional”
Civil liberties body says bill criminalises faith, dialogue, and choice; demands Governor/President intervention
Rights
From Tribunals to DCs, 10 Days to Prove Citizenship: Assam’s radical shift in “foreigner” expulsions
Cabinet move under the 1950 Act empowers District Commissioners to expel alleged foreigners in 10 days, raising constitutional concerns over due process and separation of powers
India
Memories of ‘Nine Eleven’ today
On a day remembered and vilified, the author recalls moments of despair, brute violence and historical significance. All on the ninth of September….
Health
Labour rights, health of workers hit in the name of “reform”: PUCL Maharashtra
A detailed statement by the Maharashtra unit of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has, with reasoned arguments, critiqued the recent decision of the MahaYuti government in Maharashtra to curtail labour rights in the name of “reform”; Maharashtra government’s decision is in line with other states like Telangana, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tripura (two of these are Congress ruled states) which have also enacted similar legislations.
Politics
Protests across Maharashtra denounce the Public Security Act as unconstitutional and anti-democratic
Opposition, rights groups, and people’s movements unite to call it an “anti-people, anti-democratic law”
Rule of Law
Reaffirming Open Justice: The Supreme Court on speech and contempt
In the case of Wikimedia v. ANI Media Private Limited & Ors. the apex court reaffirmed free speech and restrained a Delhi High Court order that was held, on examination to be disproportionate