CHS library at JNU won’t be shifted
CHS library at JNU won’t be shifted, say professors CHS library at JNU won’t be shifted, say professors
Tag: democratic protest
Stop funding hate, IIM-Bangalore faculty tell corporates
In an open letter, 11 present and six retired IIMB faculty members said India’s internal security is ‘fragile…with an increasing risk of violent conflicts in the country’. Rashmi Belur A section of current and retired faculty members of the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIMB) have asked corporate leaders to “de-fund the spread of misinformation and… Read More Stop funding hate, IIM-Bangalore faculty tell corporates
IAS, IPS and IFoS: Is India stifling criticism by retired bureaucrats?
The Indian government has brought in new rules that allow it to cancel pensions of retired bureaucrats who have served as high-ranking officers in some of the most coveted government jobs… Julio Ribeiro, a retired police officer said the new rules send the message that an officer should “not speak up and be pliant”. “They… Read More IAS, IPS and IFoS: Is India stifling criticism by retired bureaucrats?
Appeal & Signature Campaign to Save the Centre for Historical Studies Library in JNU
NB: The temptation of our day is to accept the intolerable, for fear of still worse to come: Hermann Rauschning, The Revolution of Nihilism (1939). DS This is an appeal to the national and global academic community at large, including JNU alumni as well as teachers’ associations, student bodies and individual professors and students across the world.… Read More Appeal & Signature Campaign to Save the Centre for Historical Studies Library in JNU
Supreme Court shows the yellow card: Rahul Gandhi back in the field
Bharat Bhushan The Supreme Court’s stay on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in a defamation case is a major setback for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The public perception of Rahul Gandhi’s conviction from the very beginning was of a witch-hunt. The general feeling was that those in political power wanted to keep him… Read More Supreme Court shows the yellow card: Rahul Gandhi back in the field
Citizens, Opposition Leaders Flay Modi Govt for ‘Compromising’ National Security
At a convention in Delhi, the speakers called for a white paper on the Pulwama/Balakot incidents and the spike in communal violence across several states. Major political parties that are part of the Opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government of compromising national security… Read More Citizens, Opposition Leaders Flay Modi Govt for ‘Compromising’ National Security
Public protest against illegal occupation of Sarva Seva Sangh’s Varanasi premises
URGENT APPEAL : Urge Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) to STOP Forest Destruction and Biodiversity Destruction Laws
On behalf of Coalition for Environmental Justice in India and other groups we urgently urge to you to endorse this Appeal (enclosed) to Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) NOT TO ACCORD ASSENT to the controversial Forest Conservation Act (Amendment) Bill 2023 (FCA Bill) and Biological Diversity Act (Amendment) Bill 2023 (BDA Bill). The FCA Bill dilutes existing Forest… Read More URGENT APPEAL : Urge Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) to STOP Forest Destruction and Biodiversity Destruction Laws
Israelis’ defiance of Netanyahu holds a lesson for anyone who cares about democracy
Jonathan Freedland Beware the strongman leader who fears jail. Donald Trump is running for president in part because he sees a return to the White House as a literal get-out-of-jail-free card: reinstalled in the Oval Office, he would be able to pardon himself for the mounting pile of serious federal crimes for which he is indicted. His… Read More Israelis’ defiance of Netanyahu holds a lesson for anyone who cares about democracy
‘PM is sleeping’: BJP leader says Manipur violence ‘defamed India’; resigns
Amid high-tension drama in Parliament during the monsoon session, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state spokesperson from Bihar Vinod Sharma on Thursday tendered his resignation from the party over the ethnic violence in Manipur after he felt ‘stigmatised’ to work under the BJP leadership. He further alleged that the Manipur incident, where two women from the… Read More ‘PM is sleeping’: BJP leader says Manipur violence ‘defamed India’; resigns
After the truth-shower 