‘Handling toxic waste is a matter of science, not administration’

Whether it is the dismantling of toxics laden ship from the US, Oriental Nicety, or the clean up of the 350 tonnes of waste lying at the defunct …

The panchayat outrage

It was a vote for self-governance, not self-determination. No panchayat election in the country ever created as much hype as that of Jammu and …

How ‘Golden Boy’ Neeraj Chopra got caught in India’s caste cauldron

A number of caste groups have tried to claim Neeraj Chopra as their own ever since he won the gold medal at Tokyo; the cancer of caste is alive …

Newly amended SC/ST Prevention of Atrocity Act fails to bring justice to land grab victims in Chhattisgarh

8 months after 4 Gharghora villages filed complaints against TRN Energy and Mahaveer Energy for wrongfully grabbing their land, the police …

Activists call Gujarat collector’s order transferring ration cards from Dalit dealer’s shop discriminatory

Patan District Collector shifted the ration cards of all 436 households in Kanosan to the neighbouring Edla FPS following an alleged social …

Deadly omission

The chemical that caused 400 schoolchildren in Delhi to be hospitalised is not considered hazardous by the government

Jammu and Kashmir: District Development Councils trigger fears of dilution of grassroots democracy

Local leaders say it is an attempt to deny a genuine political voice to the people of the region

Supreme Court asks government to ban import of toxic waste

Seeks changes in hazardous waste rules so that it complies with provisions of the Basel Convention

Are mainstream parties in Bengal hijacking Adivasi political narratives for votebank?

Protests over cultural, political and ecological rights are growing louder

Whither freedom

Post independence, governments expanded squeezing village republics out of existence

Will India ratify the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Protocol?

 Protocol needs serious inter-ministerial deliberations, says MoEF official

Kolkata revokes earlier order, restricts cycling ban to 62 roads

On some roads in the ban list, restriction on cyclists will be only during day time