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Apr 25, 2022

Why most of India's TB patients aren't getting treatment

On March 24, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey in India 2019 – 2021. The last such survey took place in 1955-58 after independence. The survey shows...

25 mins

Apr 20, 2022

Criminal Procedure Bill: Break a law and the police can store your personal information

The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 28. And by April 6, it was passed in both houses of the Parliament. This new law allows law enforcement agencies to collect...

24 mins

Mar 30, 2022

Kashmir is ground zero of press freedom clampdowns across India

India was ranked at 142 out of 180 countries on Reporters Without Borders’ World press freedom index, in both 2020 and 2021. Since 2020, journalists have been arrested while covering the Hathras gangrape, farme...

31 mins

Mar 30, 2022

The ordeal of Delhi's angry Anganwadi workers

On January 31, 2022, around 22000 Anganwadi workers and helpers associated with Delhi State Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union started their protest. They are seeking recognition as government employees, highe...

28 mins

Mar 25, 2022

Fleeing from war? Finding a home may depend on your skin colour

In the news reports from many Western countries, reporters and politicians have repeatedly compared Ukrainian refugees to those from Syria, Iraq or Afghanistan. They have used descriptors such as ‘civilised’ an...

19 mins

Mar 16, 2022

Analysis: Why did BJP and AAP win in the recent assembly elections?

On March 10, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won in four out of five states in the recently concluded assembly elections across Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Punjab. The Samajwadi Party gained a...

76 mins

Mar 10, 2022

Why many go to bed hungry even after two years of the pandemic

The Right To Food Campaign, the Centre for Equity Studies and other organisations conducted a survey of food insecurity across 14 Indian states, called the Hunger Watch survey. This is the second such survey si...

24 mins

Mar 07, 2022

How the Tea Bill erodes tea plantation workers’ historical fight for rights

The Centre's Department of Commerce has proposed to replace the Tea Act 1953 with Tea (Promotion and Development) Bill 2022. The Department of Commerce is seeking public comments on the draft Bill till March 9t...

31 mins

Feb 28, 2022

Marital rape - should we criminalise or not? The debate rages on

In India, marital rape is not yet a crime and like anywhere else a sensitive topic to deal with for policymakers, rights activists, lawmakers alike. But the data is staggering. If we were to talk of violence ag...

28 mins

Feb 25, 2022

#HijabBan - What's being missed in the debate on Karnataka schools?

In the second episode of the series on the hijab issue in Karnataka’s schools, we talk about how it adversely affects education. As per the recent surveys, there has been an uptick in the number of Muslim girls...

34 mins