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Protests at the Tikri border of the New Delhi Capital District in India in December 2020 / credit: Randeep Maddoke

Travel Bans, Intimidation and Detentions: Journalists in India Under Attack

Hanan Zaffar and Jyoti Thakur November 11, 2022 Hanan Zaffar and Jyoti Thakur

Arbitrary travel bans against journalists and activists critical of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are trending in India. This is particularly the case for journalists from the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, report Hanan Zaffar and Jyoti Thakur.

200 Million Strike in India Against Right-Wing Narendra Modi Government’s Policies

Peoples Dispatch March 31, 2022 Peoples Dispatch

Living standards of India's working people have deteriorated because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government's lack of sufficient policy interventions during the pandemic, People's Dispatch reports.

An Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) worker monitoring the temperature of a community member in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district

How Neoliberal Austerity Stripped India’s Healthcare Infrastructure

Sanket Jain June 2, 2021 Sanket Jain

India "liberalizing" its economy in the early 1990s devastated the healthcare infrastructure needed to get people back on their feet.