-Newsclick.in A new ecological social contract may emerge if the Save Buxwaha Forest movement attains its objectives. They say diamonds are forever. So is the ecological damage diamond mines cause, say environmental activists protesting against the proposed diamond mine in Madhya Pradesh’s Buxwaha forest. Blood or Conflict Diamonds is a term used for organised crime networks in African countries such as Liberia, Sierra Leone, Congo, Angola etc, where the money from diamond...

-NDTV.com Lokesh Kumar Jangid, a 2014-batch IAS officer, faces notice from the Madhya Pradesh government over allegations that he posted in a private group of IAS officers in Signal All India Bhopal: A young Indian Administrative Service officer has sought police protection in Madhya Pradesh after he made corruption allegations against state officers in a private messaging group in the app Signal. Lokesh Kumar Jangid, a 2014-batch IAS officer, is already facing a notice...

-Press release by People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) dated 2nd June, 2021 We, the members of various Human Rights Organisations and Concerned individuals, condemn the appointment of former SC Judge, Shri Arun Kumar Mishra, as the next Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India by the selection Committee headed by the Prime Minister. What is troubling  is that the decision to appoint Justice Arun Kumar Mishra as NHRC...

-TheWire.in For millions of rural families who still lack access to good internet connectivity or are computer illiterate, the programme may end up increasing out-of-pocket expenses. As part of the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP), the central government intends to create an Aadhaar-like unique identification for every land parcel in the country. The initiative named Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) will assign a geo-referenced 14-digit alphanumeric unique ID for...

-TheWire.in The State Bank of India has refused to reveal which political party received how much money through this. New Delhi: The sale of electoral bonds during the assembly elections in April this year was over 16 times more than what it was during the previous tranche of sales, in early January. This information was obtained from the State Bank of India through a Right to Information query. Though the RTI applicant had...