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Aanchal Singh, Gauravjeet Narwan
New Code on Work Conditions: Should a Workweek have Four Days or Six?
04 Mar 2021
Prolonged working hours for four days, without any guarantee of three days leave, will have a severe impact on the health of all workers in those conditions.
Manya Saini
Notice Issued to Manipur Journalist Under New Digital Media Rules Withdrawn
03 Mar 2021
Amid widespread outrage over the notice sent to Paojel Chaoba’s news outlet, The Frontier Manipur, the Centre asked the state government authority to withdraw it with immediate effect.
Mukulika R, Wendy Doniger
Hindutva, Counter-Culture and Manusmriti
21 Feb 2021
In this interview with Mukulika R, she explains what caught her interest in India as a child, growing up in America during the McCarthyite era, dissent in India today and more.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
India’s ‘Forever Wars’ and ‘Forever Warriors’
20 Feb 2021
Washington-based Quincy Institute’s investigative report titled Weapons biz bankrolls experts pushing to extend Afghan War exposes the interest groups that dominate the narratives on America’s ‘…
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Myanmar Coup: What India Can Learn from China and Russia
07 Feb 2021
All things taken into consideration, we may expect China and Russia to provide a firewall for Myanmar to ward off Western penetration, as is happening in Central Asia.
Pragya Singh
Political Scientist Neera Chandhoke on the Preamble, its Promises and their Betrayal
26 Jan 2021
The Preamble is precious for it creates space for popular sovereignty in a country that tends to have a very feudal political culture.
Monica Dhanraj
Munawar Faruqui Case Makes Idea of Democracy Illusory
16 Jan 2021
The arbitrary manner in which the police and judiciary in Indore are dealing with Faruqui’s case sends chilling messages and exposes unpleasant truths.
Ishupal Singh Kang
How Long Must Poorer Nations Wait for Access to Covid Vaccine?
07 Jan 2021
For all the talk about vaccines being a global public good, industrialised nations are dragging their feet on an arrangement proposed by South Africa and India at the WTO for equitable and widespread…
Moin Qazi
ASHA and Anganwadi Workers Are the Backbones of India’s Rural Health and Care Services
04 Jan 2021
The outbreak of the pandemic, the nation’s 2.7 million Anganwadi workers became frontline responders in their communities.
Newsclick Team
No Country for the Poor: Inhumane Evictions in Chennai
25 Dec 2020
More than 54,000 people have been evicted across 22 states during the COVID-19 pandemic in India, according to a finding by the Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN).