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The deeper danger today for the collapse of democracies is not authoritarianism itself, but democratic complacency.

In India Ki Baat, we discuss how farmers are being oppressed in Rajasthans Hanumangarh for an ethanol factory. Also, why is BJP so upset with Rahul Gandhis foreign trips?

In this episode of Padtaal Duniya Bhar Ki, Newsclick's Chief Editor Prabir Purkayastha talks about complications in the India-US trade deal and US's new security strategy document.

In Gola village of Ajmer district, a centuries-old belief in goddess Kalki has preserved a dense green forest and stable water levels, even as the surrounding region turns drier.

Hundreds of pensioners, P&T and other government employees unions gather to pay homage to their charismatic leader.

In the dogmatic scheme of things then,Vande Mataram was more of a religious war cry to establish Hindu glory, before it became a political chant for freedom against the British.

There is a palpable air of angst among many in the party, with rumours that some senior BJD leaders are contemplating a switch-over to either BJP or Congress.

After nearly five years of incarceration under the UAPA, the High Courts decision marks a pivotal shift in a prosecution dogged by forensic uncertainty, procedural delay and mounting constitutional concerns.

Farmer groups claim that the proposed bill is an attempt to reintroduce provisions of laws which the ultra-right-wing government was forced to withdraw after a year-long protest in Delhi in 2020-21.

The problem was the expansion of the app's ambit from location-tracking for a misplaced or stolen mobile, to a full-fledged surveillance tool.

An intrepid and committed social reformer and organiser of the urban working class, labourers, domestic workers, waste-pickers, Baba Adhav of the Ek Gaon Ek Panavtha (One Village One Water Source/Well), who challenged the caste system, died in Pune on Monday December 8.

Modis emphasis on duties rather than rights reflect his governments policies wherein the rights-based approach, especially of minorities and the marginalised, has gone into the freezer.

The AITUC General Secretary explains why these laws serve the best interests of corporates, not of workers.

The AITUC General Secretary explains why these laws serve the best interests of corporates, not of workers.

Wave of anxiety among voters, state links 39 deaths to 'SIR panic'; TMC government announces compensation, block-level help camps from Dec 12.

Even after embracing new faiths, Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims continue to face caste-based exclusion. Yet a 1950 Presidential Order blocks them from constitutional protection.

Indias labour laws must evolve, but this cannot mean shifting power away from workers and smaller producers toward those already positioned at the top of the economic hierarchy.

It is noticeable that no authority wants to tackle the powerful automobile or construction lobbies, both of whom deny major responsibility and point fingers elsewhere.

Civil aviation expert D Raghunandan warns that the Indigo chaos may happen again if the shortage of pilots is not resolved soon.

With the rains no longer following a calendar, farmers are shifting to less water and labour-intensive crops, and the move is stripping agricultural labourers of steady work.

In Padtaal Duniya Bhar Ki, NewsClicks Chief Editor Prabir Purkayastha talks about the impact of the meeting and agreements between Modi and Putin on world diplomacy.

Thousands of daily wage workersloaders, porters, helperslost their livelihoods overnight, especially around Bengals Petrapole and Ghojadanga.

An insistence on a Swadeshi interpretation without addressing the question of social inequities in our society will roll back our progress on constitutional governance and liberties.

Students, youth, civil society groups and local artists held a strong protest against Delhi's toxic air at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday, December 3.

When Sakina Itoo or other NC leaders claim that 80% of the manifesto has been implemented, they are not engaging in political accounting but in political manipulation.

As extreme weather deepens agricultural distress, women excluded from formal credit systems are trapped between microfinance pressure and shrinking livelihoods.

There is a cognisable relation between a weaker rupee vis-a-vis the dollar, and the fall in the real purchasing power of Indian customers.

Effective de-carbonisation will depend on targeting the highest-emitting segments, rather than treating all vehicles alike.

An expos on regulatory opacity, depositor exclusion, and the urgent need for reform.

Melting ice, failing micro-hydro projects and fragile solar systems are pushing Zanskar into deeper energy vulnerability.

The working class, farmers, small producers, and low-income households bear the harshest costs of a falling rupee, while the wealthier segments often gain.

The Courts refusal to monitor rising hate-speech incidents marks a decisive shift from its earlier activist stance, exposing contradictions between judicial pronouncements, institutional capacity, and the lived realities of targeted communities.

The Internet Freedom Foundation said it will fight to get the DoTs non-consensual order rescinded, and has filed an RTI for a copy of the direction/order and its underlying justification.

Rajendra Prasad, then President of India, had inaugurated the rebuilt Somnath Temple, but in his personal capacity, not as President of India.

PM Modis talk about colonial mindset comes from an ideology whose followers kept aloof from the anti-colonial struggle, and borrows heavily from European nationalism.

Despite SCs order to Centre to release funds and restart work, the poor and marginalised continue to suffer as their cries are getting drowned amid the SIR chaos and BJP-TMCs blame game.

A new report highlights the government's utter failure to implement laws to eliminate bonded labour in India.

The matter has now been referred to a three-judge bench and listed for January 21, 2026.

Planned to solve Dehraduns water shortage, the Song Dam Drinking Water Projects construction practices have altered the rivers behaviour, villagers say.

In a multi-state report on the hasty and ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process being conducted by the ECI, the PUCL has, echoing what opposition parties and other civil rights groups been stating, called it designed to excluide

Our Constitution Day Special Issue poses one simple question: Without morally conceding to executive primacy in appointments, is there a way to imagine a more democratic future to how our judges are appointed?

From consuming poison in Uttar Pradesh to hanging in West Bengal, the Deadly Deadline of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) triggers a suicide wave among teachers and Anganwadi workers, employees unions cry 'institutional murder' while families mourn loved ones broken by state pressure.

With charges of systemic flaws by people and political parties, the onus is on ECI to ensure a transparent process to restore voters trust.

On November 26, on the call of 10 central trade unions and Samyukta Kisan Morcha, massive protests were held by workers, farmers, students and youth in over 500 districts against the labour codes and anti-farmer policies.

Thousands of employees from various government departments held a huge protest in Delhi demanding restoration of the Old Pension Scheme and against the labour codes.

The BJD coming third in the recently held Nuapada Assembly bypoll shows that the electorate have rejected an ailing Patnaik and his party.

The hallmark of a neo-liberal regime, like India, is that the real living conditions of millions of working people are left to the whims and caprices of international speculators.

The petition argues that the Election Commissions rushed revision exercise is arbitrary, lacks statutory basis and risks disenfranchising marginalised voters.

There is a drastic mismatch between womens participation as voters and their representation as political leaders in the Assembly and the NDA cabinet.

The four labour codes notified by the government on Nov 21 grossly undermine workers' rights and protections, says CITU National Secretary K N Umesh.