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news report on Jan 2025 police seizure of M F Husain’s paintings following complaint of hurt sentiments and statement by the exhibitor
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India: Jan 2025 Police seizure of M F Husain’s paintings following a complaint of ’hurt sentiments’ / Full text of statement by DAG Gallery Delhi
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Radical Socialist statement on India’s former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh | dec 2024
by , 31 December 202427 December 2024
That the overwhelming majority of the Indian intelligentsia, the middle class and the ‘Commentariat’, given their general political-moral make-up, should now be singing the praises of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after his demise, is not at all surprising. But the proper evaluation of his record can only come from the progressive Left and this has to be strongly negative.
The only half-way positive aspects of the UPA-I period of governance such as the establishment of (...) -
Sri Lanka: “Their bodies had to be thrown into the sea”: The heart-wrenching plight of Rohingya Refugees
30 December 202428 December 2024
A collective of 47 civil society organisations have issued a letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake requesting humanitarian asylum for Rohingya asylum seekers from Mynamar who recently arrived in Sri Lanka.
Allowing asylum seekers to land in Sri Lanka and provision of assistance by the Navy, Government officials, citizens and NGOs in Mullaitivu and Trincomalee is commendable
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India: Public sector banks should not provide it relief to heavily indebted Adani Group — Letter from E A S Sarma to Finance Minister
21 December 2024Adani Group’s heavy debt liabilities should not lead to the Finance Ministry forcing PSU banks to provide it relief at the cost of the public in India
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India: Protect cleaning workers in times of dangerous air pollution levels | Press release Safai Karamchari Andolan (Nov 19, 2024)
20 November 2024The Safai Karmacharis are made to risk life under the ground in sewer lines and septic tanks to toxic gases and asphyxiation. Now, with the current dangerous air pollution levels, their lives are at risk above the ground also. The AQI and the toxic levels of the air pollution are far above any safety standards and is nothing short of a medical emergency. An AQI above 400 is hazardous, impacting even healthy individuals and posing serious risks to those with existing health condition.
