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Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi after he retuned from appearing before a court in Surat on March 23, 2023.

Surat court sentences Rahul Gandhi to two years’ prison in 2019 defamation case

Congress leader’s lawyer says judgment cannot sustain scrutiny of higher courts.

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Harsha Atmakuri, director of Maa ka Doodh.

‘Commercialisation of dairy has desensitised people’: Harsha Atmakuri

Interview with the filmmaker and activist on his documentary on dairy and cruelty to cattle.

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Thousands of farmers on a march, which started from Nashik, on the outskirts of Mumbai on March 17.

AIKS-led farmers’ march completes five days of protest, nears Mumbai

Among many demands, the march is seeking remunerative prices for onions and several other commodities.

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“Vitamin Sea, 2014 -2022”, created by Parag Tandel, a contemporary artist from the Koli community. Tandel dives deep into the myths of the Kolis by revisiting underwater creatures. The body cast in resin reflects the suffering of marine life and biology due to chemical pollutants from the city.

Mumbai Urban Art Festival: Where the sea and people meet

The exhibits at the historic Sassoon Docks and in a few other locations pay homage to the Kolis.

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At a protest against the Nanar refinery project, in Mumbai in 2018.

Journalist crushed to death in Ratnagiri

Police say the suspect, a real estate dealer, targeted Shashikant Warishe for coverage of upcoming refinery.

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Christophe Jaffrelot, visiting professor at the India Institute, King’s College London

Christophe Jaffrelot on 2002 Gujarat riots: ‘The ghosts have never left me’

Jaffrelot was one of those the BBC interviewed for the documentary “India: The Modi Question”.

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At a railway station amid low visibility owing to poor air quality, at Mazgaon in Mumbai on January 18, 2023.

Mumbai in a haze: Pollution hits alarming levels

The SAFAR government monitoring system says AQI was 300-400 for 23 days in January.

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Workers inside the NTPC tunnel, at Helang near Joshimath on January 17, 2023.

Missed warnings on Joshimath: A timeline

A compilation of the many studies done over the years, and how they were all ignored.

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Ravi Chopra: ‘It is madness’

The research scientist says Joshimath was a disaster waiting to happen.

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A tribal woman displaying her freshly harvested ragi millets in Kandhamal district, Odisha, in 2019.

The humble millets need more government support

It has the potential to answer several of India’s agrarian, food, and health issues.

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Vandana Shiva founded RFSTE, an organisation committed to developing sustainable methods of agriculture.

Vandana Shiva: ‘Millets have become forgotten foods’

An early proponent, the activist says the future of the cereal is in the hands of small farmers.

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P. Sainath : “My aim is to prove that Independence came from the struggles and sacrifices of ordinary people and not from Oxbridge and bar-at-law returnees.”

P. Sainath: ‘I wrote this book for the people in it’

In conversation with the journalist and author of The Last Heroes: Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom.

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