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At an auto component making unit. Workers often work in hazardous conditions in these units with little protection.

‘Epidemic’ of injuries: Report exposes lack of safety measures in auto component makers

In a shocking report on accidents and injuries in auto component making units, Safe in India Foundation reveals the widespread lack of safety measures

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav at an election rally in Agra on February 4.

Uttar Pradesh Assembly election: A sticky wicket in the west

The first two phases of the election cover western Uttar Pradesh, the hotbed of the historic farmers’ agitation against the now-repealed farm laws. Th

Divya Trivedi ,Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

Book Review: Saeed Naqvi's play 'The Muslim Vanishes' is a fable for our time

Saeed Naqvi’s play, a tragi-comedy in four scenes, is a riveting narrative about the state of affairs in the country. Othering, nostalgia, betrayal, i

Samajwadi Party president Akhikesh Yadav at a press conference in Lucknow on January 17, 2022.

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections: It’s Akhilesh’s agenda

The Samajwadi Party takes the lead in the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh elections, setting the agenda and driving the debate, while a number of worries,

Divya Trivedi,Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

A Missionaries of Charity nun distributing food to the needy in Kolkata on December 28, 2021.

Weaponising FCRA: Controversy surrounds govt refusal to renew licence of Missionaries of Charity

The controversy over the FCRA funds licence for the Missionaries of Charity is widely seen as part of the government’s attempt to muzzle NGOs working

Leaders of the opposition at a protest march at Parliament in New Delhi on December 21.

Planned conspiracy behind the Lakhimpur Kheri violence exposed

While the Special Investigation Team report has concluded that the Lakhimpur Kheri violence was a conspiracy, the farmers maintain that they will not

Street vendors protest against the decision of corporation authorities to remove stalls selling non-vegetarian food from main roads, in Ahmedabad on November 16.

Meat of the matter: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation forced to roll back its decision to remove non-vegetarian food stalls

Imposition of vegetarianism receives a pushback in Hindutva’s laboratory of Gujarat.

A slum in Kolkata. NITI Aayog’s Multidimensional Poverty Index aims to capture non-monetary aspects of poverty and the simultaneous and multiple deprivations that households face.

Multidimensional Poverty Index: A new poverty marker

The government’s jubilation over the ‘economic recovery’ hides the bitter reality of persisting low wages and poverty among a large section of the peo

Members of the LGBT community rejoice at the Supreme Court’s verdict decriminalising gay sex and revocation of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, in Mumbai on September 6, 2018.

Same-sex marriage: social attitudes rooted in conservatism

Notwithstanding the decriminalising of homosexuality, the government continues to maintain that same-sex marriages are incompatible with traditional m

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh (right) listens to his French counterpart Florence Parly delivering a speech during a ceremony held for the delivery of the first Rafale fighter to the Indian Air Force at the factory of the French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation in Merignac near Bordeaux, France, on October 8, 2019.

The ghost of Rafale: Controversy surrounding the jets deal refuses to go away

The spectre of the Rafale fighter jets deal refuses to dissipate for the Narendra Modi government. Damning new revelations belie its claims that the d

At a medical camp and vaccination drive organised by BJP leaders in Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on September 17, 2021.

COVID-19 vaccination in India: Uneven drive

The government’s obsession with mega events has resulted in a haphazard policy, leading to a record number of doses on certain days, such as Prime Min

Farmers with the dead bodies of some of those who were killed when three SUVs rammed protest marchers at Tikhonia village on October 3.

BJP turns Lakhimpur Kheri into new Hindutva battleground to counter farmers' protests in Uttar Pradesh

Pitting Hindus against Sikhs at Lakhimpur Kheri and stirring the communal cauldron may be the BJP’s way to counter the attempt to expand the farmers’