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India – Someone still asking for Aadhaar? Let us know!

Contrary to the Supreme Court’s judgment, some entities are still asking for Aadhaar A nine judge bench of the Supreme Court delivered its verdict on Aadhaar on September 26, 2018 wherein the majority view, comprised of – Dipak Misra CJI.,… Continue Reading →

#RajasthanPolls: How Amit Shah’s ‘super teams’ from Gujarat are pitching in for the BJP

A look at Shah’s data-driven, micromanaging team in Bhiwadi, just one of about 100 of his teams operating across the state. By Vrinda Gopinath | There’s a hush of wonder and perplexity that descends when the political class talks about the Amit… Continue Reading →

Marathwada farmers harvest water in streams, reap rich yields #mustshare

Farmers in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra that is prone to droughts have made agriculture remunerative by harvesting rainwater in pond-like pockets in streams, leading to groundwater recharge Shashank Deora Jalna, Maharashtra   Falling in a rain shadow region, Jalna district in… Continue Reading →

Patient’s Aadhaar sought for H1N1 test, govt says it’s not mandatory

Hospital Says Lab May Have Asked For It, Will Look Into Matter   Bengaluru: A patient with high fever was allegedly asked to produce her Aadhaar card at a Bengaluru hospital in order to get tested for H1N1. The 78-year-old… Continue Reading →

Maharashtra – 10k farmers face #Aadhaar hurdle to crop insurance payout

₹13 Crore Claims Unpaid In Two Dists By One Co [email protected] Mumbai: As many as 10,322 farmers with crop insurance claims worth Rs 13 crore due from the United India Insurance Company Ltd (UIIC) in two districts have not got… Continue Reading →

The argument from cyberspace for eliminating nuclear weapons

At the height of the Cold War in 1982, American psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton argued that the “central existential fact of the nuclear age is vulnerability.” That warning predated the proliferation of computers into almost every aspect of modern life,… Continue Reading →

Facebook in the dock for coaxing teenage girls to befriend middle-aged men

IANS= Getty Image Facebook file photo Facebook is encouraging grooming by offering teenage girls middle-aged men as ‘friend suggestions’ Facebook is encouraging grooming by offering teenage girls middle-aged men as ‘friend suggestions’, the media reported. Teenage girls, as young as… Continue Reading →

Activists challenge SC order on Aadhaar to make it mandatory for welfare schemes

As members of various campaigns working with vulnerable groups, we were hoping and expecting that the Supreme Court would decisively prohibit the mandatory use of Aadhaar for social benefits. A large body of evidence, provided to the court, shows that… Continue Reading →

More than 40 petitions and 1000 individual affidavits against Bullet Train Project

A 2016 photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe posing in front of a Shinkansen bullet train in Tokyo.(Photo: Reuters) Not a Hectare of Land Acquired in Gujarat for Bullet Train Project RAHUL NAIRU Prime… Continue Reading →

Forceful land acquisition and government brutalities define Jharkhand’s Adani power-plant project #StopAdani

With much fanfare, Jharkhand government signed an MoU with Adani groups in 2016 to setup a powerplant in Godda district. A recent fact-finding visit of members of Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha, an umbrella network of more than 30 people’s organisations, found that this project… Continue Reading →

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