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From Deathly Silence to Violence : The journey of Wrestlers struggling for Justice
  • State Repression
  • May 28, 2023

PUCL strongly condemns the brutal manner by which the Delhi Police forcibly arrested the women wrestlers today, 28th May, 2023, as they prepared to go from Jantar Mantar where they have been protesting peacefully since 23rd April, 2023, to the ‘Mahila Samman Mahapanchayat’ near the new Parliament Building. Without any sense of respect to their […]

SKM Condemns the Authoritarian Attack on Wrestlers, Farmers and Women
  • State Repression
  • May 28, 2023

The Delhi police today (May 28) have forcefully detained Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia while they were trying to move towards the new Parliament building for a women’s ‘Mahapanchayat’. After the protesting wrestlers were pushed into prison buses and taken to an unknown location, the police officers began clearing the protest site by removing […]

NFHS-6 to drop questions on disability from its survey questionnaire : DRIF
  • Rights
  • May 27, 2023

The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is done every 3 years with countrywide sampling. Whilst NFHS-5 (2019-21) had disability related questions and collected data on disabilities, reliable sources confirm that NFHS-6 has dropped questions on disability from its survey questionnaire.   The Disability Rights India Foundation (DRIF), in a Press release has expressed concern at […]

Decoding Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: The Whys and Hows of the Mandate
  • Commentary
  • May 27, 2023

The Congress may have seized the opportunity to oust BJP from its only southern success story for now; but the Karnataka 2023 election result hold lessons for all sides before the Lok Sabha elections, writes Joyjeet Das after touring the state extensively.   April was uncharacteristically hot for Karnataka — one doesn’t usually associate Bengaluru with a […]

BJP-led Union Government Making Systematic Attempts to Change Character of Civil Services
  • News
  • May 26, 2023

Over 80 ex-bureaucrats, as part of the Constitutional Conduct Group, have written a letter to President Droupadi Murmu, alleging a “systematic attempt” being made by the BJP-led Union government to “change the character of the civil services”, particularly the IAS and the IPS, who are under tremendous pressure to “show exclusive loyalty” to the Union […]

মারণরোগ সিলিকোসিস আক্রান্ত শ্রমিকদের প্রতিবাদ মিছিল কলকাতায়
  • Labour
  • May 26, 2023

গ্রাউন্ডজিরো প্রতিবেদন : অনিমেষ দত্ত   কলকাতার রামলীলা ময়দান থেকে ধর্মতলা পর্যন্ত সিলিকোসিস রোগে আক্রান্ত কয়েকশো পরিযায়ী শ্রমিকের সঙ্গে মিছিলে হাঁটলেন বিভিন্ন ট্রেড ইউনিয়ন, চিকিৎসক সংগঠনের কর্মী এবং ছাত্রছাত্রীরা। মিছিল শেষে দিনভর প্রতিবাদ সভা অনুষ্ঠিত হল ধর্মতলার ওয়াই চ্যানেলে। তাঁদের অভিযোগ, সরকারি ঘোষণা থাকা সত্ত্বেও ক্ষতিপূরণ পাচ্ছেন না সিলিকোসিস রোগে আক্রান্ত শ্রমিকেরা এবং মৃত শ্রমিকদের পরিবার। […]