-IndiaToday.in A Delhi court said the law of sedition was a powerful tool to maintain peace and order in the society and it cannot be invoked to quieten the disquiet under the pretence of muzzling the miscreants. A Delhi court said the law of sedition cannot be invoked to quieten the disquiet under the pretence of muzzling the miscreants. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana said this while granting bail to two persons --...
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At Delhi border, fathers face sons at the barricades -Hemani Bhandari and Saurabh Trivedi
-The Hindu Many of the Delhi Police personnel deployed at the city borders where farmers are protesting the new agricultural laws are part-time farmers themselves or have fathers who work the fields At the Singhu border protest site, a head constable looks over rows of steel barricades and barriers to lock eyes with his father on the other side. Both stand their ground. The duo may be on opposite sides of the farm...
More »Women farmers are at Delhi borders as equal stakeholders, demanding a voice -Meenakshi Gopinath
-The Indian Express The “feminisation of agriculture” in the face of the agrarian crisis has, paradoxically, left women doubly even triply disadvantaged. Yet their concerns still remain largely unaddressed in policy. The large presence of women farmers at protests at Singhu, Tikri, and, lately, the Ghazipur borders of Delhi against the three new agriculture laws, marks a significant moment in the continuum of women’s political mobilisation in the country. Coming against the backdrop...
More »Supreme Court Notice To Centre Over Probe Agency Chief's Tenure Change -A Vaidyanathan
-NDTV.com A non-profit, Common Cause, had challenged the retrospective change in the appointment of Enforcement Directorate director Sanjay Kumar Mishra New Delhi: The centre, Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) will have to reply to a Supreme Court notice over retrospective change in the appointment of ED director Sanjay Kumar Mishra. A non-profit, Common Cause, had challenged the extension of Mr Mishra from two to three years. Lawyer Prashant Bhushan, who...
More »Farmers toolkit case: Aarey to EIA, Goa to Dehra Dun, Disha Ravi part of many climate causes
-The Indian Express In keeping with her interest in climate change and vegan food habits, Disha Ravi works as a culinary experience manager with GoodMylk, a company involved with making plant-based food accessible and affordable to people. Bengaluru: In an interview last year to US author and professor Gayle Kimball, who is compiling a book on Gen Z girl climate activists, Indian climate activist Disha A Ravi, 22, weighed in on a...
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