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Delhi Elections: Is Pollution Crisis a Poll Plank?
28 Jan 2020
As Delhi goes to polls on February 8, experts weigh in on the promises made by parties to control pollution.
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Tribals from MP’s Burhanpur Launch Anti-CAA Stir, More to Follow in Nimad, Khargone
25 Jan 2020
The tribal communities in this belt have earlier faced state violence because of their agitation demanding the implementation of forest rights. This is the first in a series of agitations to be…
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Wetlands Guidelines Released, States Get More Power to Define Prohibited Activities
24 Jan 2020
The latest guidelines recommend that “at least one member may be drawn from civil society to enable stakeholder representation”.
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CAA-NRC: DU Students Allege ABVP Threats for Calling out Ex-BJP MP’s ‘Lies’
23 Jan 2020
Ram Lal Anand College organised a talk by former Rajya Sabha MP Balbir Punj on ‘CAA-NRC: Myths and Facts’. Incidentally, Left leader Prakash Karat was prevented from speaking on the same subject,…
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J&K: No Process Initiated for Implementation of Forest Rights Post Abrogation of Art 370
21 Jan 2020
Earlier, due to the special provisions under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, the mountainous erstwhile state was empowered to constitute its own laws and had the discretion of implementing or…
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Read for Revolution: Lesson in Cultural Resistance for Children of Shaheen Bagh
13 Jan 2020
The children are given a theme every day—for instance, JNU violence or bushfires in Australia—following which, they paint and reflect on the issue.
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J&K Internet shutdown: Courts Asks Govt to Review Its Own Orders
11 Jan 2020
While the order has created room for the easing of the shutdown, activists and lawyers allege that the court has shifted its responsibility to lift the restrictions to the government--which itself…
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Odisha Anti-mining Protests: 40 Women, 12 Children Languish in Rayagada Jail, Say Locals
08 Jan 2020
“The arrests were made by tricking the women on the pretext of a meeting with the company officials in the presence of police personnel.”
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Jan 8 Strike: Culmination of Nation’s Anger Will Be Visible, Say Trade Unions
06 Jan 2020
Two days ahead of the strike, representatives of the unions gathered in Delhi to state that the government is failing to tackle a crisis-ridden economy and is busy in privatising and selling of PSUs…
Sumedha Pal, Ravi Kaushal
Pattern to Violence, Rooms of Muslim Students Targeted, Say JNU Students
06 Jan 2020
The violence, impunity of the goons and the police inaction have triggered protests and condemnation from across the country and the world.