Four Months on, Farmers Intensify Their Protests: Eight Newsreports
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Four Months on, Farmers Intensify Their Protests: Eight Newsreports

Mitti Satyagraha and Kisan Shaheed Smarak; Farmers block Delhi-Meerut expressway and Kundli–Manesar–Palwal expressway in Haryana for a day; Farmers gherao offices of FCI; Tikait in Gujarat; How Punjab is organising to keep protests alive during harvesting season.

Will Supreme Court Apply Rohingya Case Logic to CAA?
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Will Supreme Court Apply Rohingya Case Logic to CAA?

The Supreme Court has refused to stay the deportation of Rohingyas from Jammu, saying that it ‘cannot comment’ on events taking place in another country. In the context of the CAA, will the court refuse to decide whether minorities fleeing our neighbouring countries are persecuted or not?

Instead of Strengthening Infra for Food Security, Govt. Moves in Opposite Direction
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Instead of Strengthening Infra for Food Security, Govt. Moves in Opposite Direction

While the public infrastructure in place under the PDS and NFSA has come to the rescue in this situation of dire need, data reveals that the stock of food grains distributed during the pandemic constituted a small proportion of the stocks available for distribution in the central pool.

Persecution of Muslims Is No Longer About Divisive Politics, the Real Motive Is to Dehumanise
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Persecution of Muslims Is No Longer About Divisive Politics, the Real Motive Is to Dehumanise

Our leaders appear to have succeeded in polarising society to such an extent that their electoral victories are almost guaranteed. Then, why are they going with ever-increasing gusto for crimes that target Muslims?

Haiti: ‘A Day in the Life’ Fighting Dictatorship and Neocolonialism
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Haiti: ‘A Day in the Life’ Fighting Dictatorship and Neocolonialism

Danny Shaw, a City University of New York (CUNY) academic, slept, ate and marched with militants from the Fort National neighbourhood’s popular organisation Mouvement de Liberté d’Égalité des Haitiens pour la Fraternité in late February and early March.