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Anti-Christian violence and ‘anti-conversion’ laws make it a season of grim reflection

Anti-Christian violence and ‘anti-conversion’ laws make it a season of grim reflection

In its bid to deflect Washington’s tariff push on a wide range of European products, the European Union (EU) is showing renewed keenness to...

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Sarosh Bana

Provoking a Million Mutinies?

Provoking a Million Mutinies?

On 10 December 2025, Tibbi tehsil in Rajasthan became the site of a face-off between protesting farmers and the police.  Thousands of farmers had...

21.12.2025 6

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Aakar Patel

Democracy deficit: How India's hasty lawmaking is eroding hard-won rights

Democracy deficit: How India's hasty lawmaking is eroding hard-won rights

On 17 December 2025, Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra requested the Lok Sabha to refer the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee For Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission...

21.12.2025 3

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Aakar Patel

The fake history juggernaut trundles on

The fake history juggernaut trundles on

The BJP-Sangh project to rewrite medieval Indian history has turned NCERT textbooks into an ideological battlefield. The most recent focus of this...

21.12.2025 10

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Aakar Patel

Odisha: Should MPs and MLAs fix their own salaries?

Odisha: Should MPs and MLAs fix their own salaries?

India’s parliamentarians and state legislators are empowered to fix their own salaries and perks. Each assembly decides on it from time to time,...

21.12.2025 8

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Herjinder

Modi’s India more unequal than ever

Modi’s India more unequal than ever

If there were an Olympic event for inequality, India would be a strong contender for gold. The World Inequality Report (WIR) 2026, published by the...

21.12.2025 8

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Herjinder

MGNREGA: the death of a lifeline for India’s jobless millions

MGNREGA: the death of a lifeline for India’s jobless millions

o   The central government shall determine the state-wise normative allocation for each financial year, based on objective parameters as may be...

20.12.2025 8

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Aj Prabal

Not all murders deserve the same punishment

Not all murders deserve the same punishment

The family of Mohammad Akhlaq has challenged the Uttar Pradesh government’s application seeking withdrawal of prosecution against the accused in...

20.12.2025 10

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Aj Prabal

The National Herald case: BJP’s political vendetta project hits a roadblock

The National Herald case: BJP’s political vendetta project hits a roadblock

In an era when even the Supreme Court of India has been bending to the will of the Modi government, it is heartening to see a lower court of India...

20.12.2025 3

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Yogendra Yadav

MGNREGA: Far worse than trying to erase Mahatma Gandhi

MGNREGA: Far worse than trying to erase Mahatma Gandhi

The Opposition was initially protesting the renaming of MGNREGA. Their question: why remove Gandhi’s name from a scheme the country has long known...

20.12.2025 30

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Yogendra Yadav

Kerala local body elections 2025: a wake-up call for decentralised, accountable governance

Kerala local body elections 2025: a wake-up call for decentralised, accountable governance

Local body elections in most states are treated as rehearsals for the assembly election. In Kerala, they are moral audits. Welfare here is not...

19.12.2025 2

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K.a. Shaji

Shock, revulsion as UP government seeks to withdraw prosecution in the 2015 Akhlaq lynching case

Shock, revulsion as UP government seeks to withdraw prosecution in the 2015 Akhlaq lynching case

The Uttar Pradesh government’s application to withdraw prosecution against all accused in the 2015 Dadri lynching case, with permission granted by...

16.12.2025 1

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Asad Rizvi