The Story of How Modi Government Turned its Back on Forest Conservation to Favour Corporate Interests
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The Story of How Modi Government Turned its Back on Forest Conservation to Favour Corporate Interests

The Modi government persisted in finding ways to open up forests for commercial plantations, beginning shortly after taking office and ultimately achieving it through recent amendments to the Forest (Conservation) Act that damages the rights of tribal people, official documents reveal.

The Adani Story Simplified: Stock Manipulation, Mystery Investors and SEBI Role
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The Adani Story Simplified: Stock Manipulation, Mystery Investors and SEBI Role

A series of reports obtained by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, and shared with the Guardian and the Financial Times, has established some of the allegations against the conglomerate by Hindenburg Research. Will the market regulator take note?

Mahatma Gandhi and INDIA’s Decision to Boycott Hate Spewing TV Anchors – 2 Articles
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Mahatma Gandhi and INDIA’s Decision to Boycott Hate Spewing TV Anchors – 2 Articles

In 1926, Gandhi had given a call for boycott of newspapers spreading hate: “India would lose nothing if 90 per cent of the papers were to cease today,” Gandhi had said then; Also: “When Journalism Becomes the Flagbearer of Hate, Can the Resistance to It Be Anything but Political?”

The Dismantling of Democracy in India Will Affect the Whole World

The Dismantling of Democracy in India Will Affect the Whole World

The text of the writer’s speech as she received the 45th European Essay Prize on September 12: “India’s Constitution has been effectively set aside. The Indian Penal Code is being rewritten…. However grim the situation is, please know that there is a tremendous fight back.”

On Teachers’ Day: Remembering Those Teachers Who Taught Students Independence, and Got Penalised
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On Teachers’ Day: Remembering Those Teachers Who Taught Students Independence, and Got Penalised

This Teachers’ Day, we must remember the teachers who have been suspended, penalised, arrested, jailed, or forced to quit for being independent and teaching students this independence.

Disruptive Impact of ‘Unviable’ Ken-Betwa River Link Project for Bundelkhand Region
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Disruptive Impact of ‘Unviable’ Ken-Betwa River Link Project for Bundelkhand Region

Villagers are protesting against the Ken-Betwa River Link Project, that is likely to lead to cutting down of 3 to 4 million trees and displacement of people of 21 villages. The project will be highly disastrous for the Bundelkhand region already suffering from several acute problems.

‘We Have Been Made to Vanish’: Hidden by Screens, Delhi’s Poor Feel Pinch of G20 Curbs
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‘We Have Been Made to Vanish’: Hidden by Screens, Delhi’s Poor Feel Pinch of G20 Curbs

The narrative around the G20 events is set largely around infrastructural improvements and state-of-the-art facilities. But the costs of such glitter and glitz are largely borne by the most underprivileged and working population of the city living in informal settlements or slums.

Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalises Abortion Nationally in Landmark Ruling
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Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalises Abortion Nationally in Landmark Ruling

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the sections of the Federal Penal Code that criminalize women, pregnant persons, and healthcare professionals for abortion are unconstitutional, thereby decriminalising abortion at the national level.

Intellectuals and People’s Organizations Condemn State Repression on Adivasis in Odisha – 2 Press Releases
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Intellectuals and People’s Organizations Condemn State Repression on Adivasis in Odisha – 2 Press Releases

“GASS Odisha Strongly Condemns Ongoing State Repression in Mining Areas of Odisha”; Also: “Lathis, Axes Odisha Adivasis Traditionally Carry Cited for ‘Applying’ Anti-Terror Law UAPA”.