Right-wing hate speech runs rampant in India’s elections
The upcoming elections in three Indian states will be a contest between the BJP’s polarizing, violent, Islamaphobic messages and efforts to create a more plural, more democratic India
Science was yet another casualty of COVID-19 in India
A new report by the New York Times shows how the Narendra Modi government completely disregarded scientific evidence to further its immediate political interests during the first and second waves of COVID-19
COVID-19 in India: A tale of crumbling health systems and political one-upmanship
India’s government had a year to ramp up its health infrastructure. Instead, crucial time was lost in denial, underestimation, political one-upmanship and blame games
In Indian State polls, red wave sweeps Kerala while Modi’s BJP takes a beating
In the results to the latest round of elections in India, the ruling right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been cut to size, and the Left and regional, secular parties have made decisive gains
How Indians turned social media into COVID-19 helplines to battle pandemic
Facing a mounting health crisis and a political establishment caught napping, Indians were forced to turn to social media to ensure supplies of oxygen and gain access to hospital beds
A year after the anti-Muslim pogrom in Delhi, justice remains elusive for victims
Victims and survivors of the five-days long violence by mobs led allegedly by the far-right leaders of the BJP recollected their horrors at a press conference organized by the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Indian farmers block trains in continuing protests against farm laws
On February 18, farmers across India responded to the nationwide ‘rail roko’ (stop the trains) call.
Farmers block roads across India in protest against farm laws
This was part of their continuing struggle against the three farm laws that were passed by the Narendra Modi led govt in September last year.
India’s defiant farmers resist attempts to evict them from protest site
The police and local authorities attempted to evict thousands of farmers from a protest site in Ghazipur on Thursday. However, the attempt has strengthened the farmers’ resolve to continue the sit-in and led to fresh mobilizations as well
Historic farmers’ parade takes center stage on India’s Republic Day
On January 26, which is celebrated as India’s Republic Day, tens of thousands of farmers rode into the capital New Delhi. Their demand: the withdrawal of three laws that were pushed through parliament in an undemocratic manner
Indian farmers prepare for Republic Day tractor parade
On January 26, India’s Republic Day, farmers will be carrying out their massive tractor parade in opposition to the three farm laws passed by the Narendra Modi government
Hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers set to enter Delhi in tractor parade on Tuesday
Hundreds of thousands farmers in tens of thousands of tractors will enter New Delhi from three locations on Tuesday in a protest against the controversial agricultural laws passed by the Narendra Modi government
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