It's a myth that the Modi government has increased social spending. The rise is all due to state governments, despite the Centre reducing its share of revenue transfers to states.

Full Text | Justice A.P Shah's Open Letter Seeking Repeal of Recent Amendments to RTI Act m.thewire.in/article/law/fu… via @thewire_In

After >5 yrs, #SupremeCourt granted bail to Jyoti Jagtap, 38, youngest accused in #BhimaKoregaon case. She sang against #Hindutva, casteism, inequality. Like 15 others, she's charged with sedition, waging war against govt of India. jyoti punwani's profile article-14.com/post/the-young…

Happy to announce that Shreehari Paliath, Nileena Suresh, Maitreyee Boruah and Mansi were recognised at last night’s Laadli Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity. This marks IndiaSpend’s fifth consecutive year of awards and appreciation at #Laadli.

Also thrilled to find out that IndiaSpend got the most awards+jury appreciation citations this year at Laadli. I'm incredibly proud of the work that my small team with severe resource constraints has consistently delivered.

If any atheist Indian army officer, refused to participate in any religious ceremony, would the Indian Army throw him out? Is the Indian army only for believers and one kind of believer? Across the border, Zia-Ul-Haq took over a professional army and turned it into an army of

𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘂𝗴 | In Gender Gap Index 2024, India is ranked 142/146 countries in economic participation & opportunity. Wage disparity is rampant in the deeper automobile supply chain in Faridabad where women workers, who work as much as men, earn less for the same work. The story

IMPORTANT! Dear friends, we need your help. The Citizens Generics vs. Branded Drugs Project is now LIVE! for your contributions. India is the "Pharmacy of the World," supplying 20% of global generic medicines. Yet millions of Indian patients remain trapped between unaffordable

If you want to understand why India has failed to industrialize, read this interview with Ha-Joon Chang in Frontline. Chang points out that India’s business and finance elites don't want industrialization — and that they need to be repressed for industrialization to occur.

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India's telecoms ministry has privately asked smartphone makers to preload all new devices with a state-owned cyber security app that cannot be deleted, a government order showed, a move likely to antagonize Apple and privacy advocates reut.rs/48pomeL

VIDEO | Nanded, Maharashtra: A 21-year-old woman 'marries' boyfriend’s corpse after his alleged murder by her family. Videos of Aanchal Mamidwar performing the ritual at the deceased youth’s home, and demanding that her family members be hanged for the killing, have gone viral on

Even pegasus seems more benign than this- government wants to install an app in all mobile phones to monitor your activity, locations, conversations and transactions.

BREAKING in Economic Times Air India flew an Airbus A320 ✈️, with expired airworthiness license more than half a dozen times, potentially risking safety of thousand of passengers: m.economictimes.com/industry/trans… #aviation

The Hyderabad police is back to moral policing of teenagers being on the street at night. They use a pre independence law of Hyderabad City Police Act 1939 to do this only in Hyderabad.

Ex-Judges, lawyers, and academicians write an open letter to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant taking objection to the remarks made by him against Rohingyas. They state that equating Rohingyas, who fled persecution, with intruders is improper. They urge the CJI to reaffirm a

WATCH HERE: India's government is reviewing a telecom industry proposal to require always-on satellite location tracking on smartphones for surveillance, sparking opposition from Apple, Google and Samsung over privacy concerns reut.rs/48TPsMs

"Let's get young people into the Parliament."

India one of the most racist societies; after British left, we are now in neocolonialism era through corporates: Karnataka HC Read more: barandbench.com/news/india-one…

How three Uyghur brothers fled China – to spend 12 years in an Indian prison theguardian.com/global-develop…