Tag: justice

दिल्ली माइनस उमर ख़ालिद | Delhi minus Umar Khalid

प्यारे दर्शकों, उमर ख़ालिद ने सुप्रीम कोर्ट से अपनी याचिका वापस ले ली। बार-बार स्थगित होने के बीच ज़मानत का इंतज़ार अंतहीन हो चुका है। सुप्रीम कोर्ट हमारे विश्वास की अंतिम सीढी़ है। वहां से कोई अपनी याचिका लेकर लौट जाए, उसकी चुप्पी चुभती है। उमर की चुप्पी से ज़्यादा उस दिल्ली की चुप्पी चुभ… Read More दिल्ली माइनस उमर ख़ालिद | Delhi minus Umar Khalid

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In a dark world, a light is held by those who make it harder for the powerful to lie

Journalists like Ravish Kumar battle hostile forces so that facts find a way to survive. With each new threat to our democracy, I cherish them all the more Zoe Williams In the summer, my friend Jess Search died after a short and vicious illness. She made documentaries, but people always eschewed words such as “producer” or “exec”… Read More In a dark world, a light is held by those who make it harder for the powerful to lie

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If Biden loses in November, don’t blame voters who are angry over Gaza

There is not a single university left. The health system has basically collapsed. 1.9 million people have been forcibly displaced. The UN has said 100,000 people in Gaza have been killed, injured, or are missing. And Biden seems to think so little of the devastation that he seems to think it is appropriate to weigh in on a ceasefire while… Read More If Biden loses in November, don’t blame voters who are angry over Gaza

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Political Resolution of the Annual Convention of the Sampradayikta Virodhi Andolan, Delhi, March 1992

First posted July 17, 2013 Political Resolution of the Annual Convention of the Sampradayikta Virodhi Andolan, (Movement Against Communalism) Delhi, March 1992 NB –This document is being placed in the public domain as a beginning to an archive. The SVA was an anti-communal civic campaign floated by concerned citizens  in the post 1984 period. It carried on… Read More Political Resolution of the Annual Convention of the Sampradayikta Virodhi Andolan, Delhi, March 1992

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How the government lost the script on MSP to farmers

Bharat Bhushan The Punjab farmers’ agitation is growing, and the two organisations that were trying to upstage the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) are no longer in control. An agitation, perhaps scripted to end in a compromise, is unexpectedly rewriting itself. The Centre wanted to settle the issue of minimum support price (MSP) after having made a promise… Read More How the government lost the script on MSP to farmers

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Govt buried key information in footnotes, understated external debt by Rs 2 lakh crore, says Auditor General 

Audit body found several other irregularities in govt’s accounts for FY22, including cess collections lying unused or misused, and expenditure being placed under opaque headings. SAMPURNA PANIGRAHI New Delhi: The Government of India understated its external debt by as much as Rs 2 lakh crore in fiscal 2021-2022 — running afoul of its own laws —… Read More Govt buried key information in footnotes, understated external debt by Rs 2 lakh crore, says Auditor General 

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Alexei Navalny’s body given to mother by Russian authorities

Pjotr Sauer The body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed over to his mother nine days after he died in an Arctic prison, his spokesperson announced on Saturday. In a post on X, Kira Yarmysh thanked “all those who had demanded” the return of his body, but added that she did not know if… Read More Alexei Navalny’s body given to mother by Russian authorities

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A Brief History of the Sampradayikta Virodhi Andolan; Movement Against Communalism (1984-1993)

First posted July 17, 2013 A Brief History of the Sampradayikta Virodhi Andolan (1984-1993) NB – This history has been prepared by some activist participants, and may be liable to correction, revision and improvement over time. It is presented here after having been placed on Facebook about a year ago as a Note on my… Read More A Brief History of the Sampradayikta Virodhi Andolan; Movement Against Communalism (1984-1993)

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