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“₹4 a Kilo for a Crop That Costs ₹20 to Grow”: Nashik’s onion farmers erupt in protest over deepening price crisis

Farmers in the thousands blocked the Mumbai–Agra Highway in Maharashtra’s onion belt, demanding fair procurement prices, compensation for distress sales and relief from export restrictions; the protests were supported by the Opposition Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders who were also detained

‘Phule’: A Revolution on Screen

No other couple in human history has shown such a spirit filled with revolutionary ambition for change. That too in a stagnant society like that of India.

Mumbai Police file FIR against Ram Navami rally organisers over hate speech, target journalist Kunal Purohit’s videos separately

As the police investigate inflammatory slogans at a public rally, independent journalist Kunal Purohit resists efforts to remove his videos, raising concerns over the suppression of journalism and the fight against hate speech

To My Valentine…

I wait for you,Oh, my love…Like a weary farmerWaiting...

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh resigns amid political turmoil and ethnic unrest

BJP leader steps down following Supreme Court scrutiny, internal rebellion, and mounting opposition pressure as ethnic tensions continue to grip the state

CJI Khanna apprises full court of SC on Collegium meeting with Justice Yadav

The Supreme Court Collegium of the top five judges, headed by CJI Khanna, had met Justice Yadav Tuesday following his remarks stigmatising and slurring Muslims at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad event on December 8; the reportage of his speech had led to an uproar with the Opposition moving for impeachment of the Judge in both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha

From Madrid to Baku: A chronicle of inadequate climate action at UN Conferences

Why are international measures to mitigate Climate Change so slow and ineffective?

Report says 30 Muslim sports coaches and trainers fired without reason in Gujarat

A report by The Wire notes 30 coaches and trainers, belonging to the Muslim community, to have had their contracts terminated by their employers in the last two months.

Constitution sets benchmark for both inclusive governance & social justice: Justice B.V. Nagarathna

Justice B.V. Nagarathna, speaking at a virtual address to the Columbia Law School, said that the Constitution of India sets a benchmark for inclusive governance and social justice; LiveLaw has posted the entire video of the speech

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The cost of a wrongful deportation

The return of four West Bengal residents after Supreme Court intervention highlights the constitutional consequences of deporting individuals before verifying their citizenship

Women: Nation builders, missing from the nation’s books

An exploration of the path-breaking verdict delivered by the SC declaring “housewives as nation-builders”[1]. The author, an academic explores, academically and historically, how societies and nations have only imagined economies and valued production through narrow prisms while feminist scholars have spent decades challenging this hierarchy; the real challenge that the June 11 judgement throws is whether we are prepared for a substantive re-set and re-construct

Promising Principles Poor Outcomes: What the judicial record on security force accountability actually shows

The Supreme Court has said that AFSPA is not a license to kill, sovereign immunity does not protect the State from liability for custodial death, and rape by a soldier requires no special court. At the same time, the number of armed forces personnel convicted by an ordinary civilian criminal court for rape in a conflict area is, on the available record, low.

The arbitrary detention of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya: A call for justice

The appeal by the Palestinian Embassy in New Delhi has called on all Indians to support and join the call for the immediate and unconditional release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya; advocating for the protection of Palestinian healthcare workers, hospitals, ambulances, and medical facilities in accordance with international humanitarian law.

Though sewer deaths have crossed the 100 mark this year, government is silent: SKA

With three deaths on the same day in two different incidents in Madhya Pradesh, 101 people have died so far in sewers and septic tanks across the country in 188 days this year, according the data compiled by Safai Karamchari Andolan (SKA). NCR Delhi alone accounts for 12 deaths.

The Battle of Belonging: Why India’s Passport Controversy Matters

A passport is undeniably a travel document, but it is also the republic’s assurance of belonging and sovereign protection in moments of crisis. Reducing it to mere travel facilitation strips it of its civic meaning, since passports are issued not to transients but to members of a political community.

Rajasthan: From Giral to Islampur, how locals are contesting development and historical identity

The author traces similarities of people’s mobilisations in Giral, Barmer and Islampur, Jhunjunu wherein both involve local communities asserting agency against decisions made elsewhere. In Giral, villagers have been robustly protesting the “benefits from mineral extraction in the name of development,” while in Islampur, residents have been questioning the communal (read majoriatrian moves to re-name and thereby, re-define a region’s identity