How Military-Industrial Complex Sidelined Peace and Disarmament: Part 4
The year 1961 culminated with the fervent hope for concrete progress towards disarmament, but that hope is severely dented even sixty years on.
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Balancing National Security and Fundamental Rights in Environmental Cases
Reckless, short-sighted, rapid and uncontrolled changes are being made in the Himalayas which are causing incalculable loss and damage to an already fragile ecosystem.
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NAM and India’s Attempts to Nurture Asian-African Ties
The failure of the Bandung Conference to launch a permanent Asian-African nations’ organisation was a sign that the writ of the pro-militarist lobby within the Asian and African countries had ultimately prevailed.
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‘Jai Bhim’: For Women from Marginalised Groups, Justice Still Remains a Far-Fetched Dream in India
It is not only atrocities on the marginalised groups that tells us the truth about a brutal system but equally its everyday workings as experienced by its most marginal sections.
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Pastors Attacked, Churches Ransacked, But Uttarakhand Police File Cases Against Victims
In Roorkee, Uttarakhand, over 200 people, including familiar faces and neighbours, attacked a church during Sunday prayers on 3 October. Instead of the attackers being arrested, the late pastor’s family faces a criminal case.
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Kashmir: Jailed Human Rights Defender Khurram Parvez Forged Solidarities in Suffering
The programme director of the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society has championed various causes in conflict-ridden Kashmir for decades, with a nuanced understanding of ground-level complexities and sensitivity.
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NFHS-5 Results Now Available: What Do They Tell Us
The NFHS-5 data shows an increase in severe wasting in children under five; The more alarming thing is the 8 percentage points’ rise in the fraction of children suffering from anaemia; What NFHS-5 Data Tells Us About Indian Women’s Use of Period Products.
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Privatisation of Two PSUs Counter to the Prime Minister’s Atmanirbhar Effort
The proposed privatisation of two CPSUs, namely, Central Electronics Ltd. (CEL) and Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. (BEML), runs counter to the Atma Nirbhar idea, whose intention is to build self-reliance in the different sectors of the economy.
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India Wants a ‘Blue Revolution’. What Do India’s Fishers Want?
In a deep-dive investigation, Supriya Vohra takes a closer look at how the fortunes of India’s small-scale fishers have declined – and who is responsible.
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Further Concerns of Peasant Movement Amidst Victory Celebrations
The first stage of this struggle has, no doubt, been won. But a prolonged struggle is required for getting proper prices for the crops and for securing the right to food for the working masses through PDS. This struggle now demands a higher and long-lasting unity.
