A New Sorpasso?
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A New Sorpasso?

After entering the government as a junior coalition partner in early 2020, Podemos’s radicalism has been stifled by the strictures of government and the compromises of coalition politics. If the left is to remain relevant, it must learn how to revive its insurgent energy without forfeiting its influence.

How the Modi Government Has Weaponised the ED to Go After India’s Opposition
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How the Modi Government Has Weaponised the ED to Go After India’s Opposition

It is indisputable that the Modi government has turbocharged the use of the money laundering law. In the decade between 2004-’14, the ED carried out 112 searches in the course of investigating money laundering cases. In the next eight years, this number shot up by 26 times to 2,974 searches.

‘Justice System Can’t Sink Lower’: Judges, Experts on Zubair’s Bail Denial, Legal Lapses; Media Organisations Condemn Arrest
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‘Justice System Can’t Sink Lower’: Judges, Experts on Zubair’s Bail Denial, Legal Lapses; Media Organisations Condemn Arrest

A former Supreme Court judge, a high court judge and advocates have pointed out the glaring legal lapses in the case against the fact-checker and his incarceration. Also: Leading Media Organizations Condemn Arrest of Mohammed Zubair and Demand His Release.

After Industrialists and Government Offer Jobs to Discharged Agniveers, Veterans Question Past Hiring Record
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After Industrialists and Government Offer Jobs to Discharged Agniveers, Veterans Question Past Hiring Record

Several industry leaders have offered jobs to Agniveers. The question is, how many ex-servicemen have they employed in the past in their respective corporate houses. The Modi govt. too has promised them jobs in govt departments – but it has not filled the posts reserved for them so far. Also: Farmers and workers join youth protesting Agnipath scheme.

Odisha: Droupadi Murmu Set to be President But Repression of Dhinkia Adivasis Continues
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Odisha: Droupadi Murmu Set to be President But Repression of Dhinkia Adivasis Continues

Even as Droupadi Murmu is set to become the country’s first president to emerge from a tribal community, Adivasis in Odisha – her home state – continue to face the brunt of a brutal repression for their opposition to a steel plant in Dhinkia.