Junputh
It is our firm belief that arresting leaders like Lada Sikaka, Lingaraj Azad and Hiramal Naik, or imposing a siege on villagers of Kantamal and Talaampadar are not disparate or isolated incidents; rather, the criminal justice system is being used to push through mining and industrialization in Odisha by hook and by crook.
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URGENT COMPLAINT regarding reported deaths of Baiga tribal children in Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, and alleged systemic failure in nutrition, healthcare, disease prevention and timely medical intervention – request for immediate NHRC intervention and independent investigation
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OPEN LETTER TO THE LEADERS OF INDIA, CHINA, NEPAL, THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY for Urgent establishment of a transboundary scientific programme for the assessment, monitoring and management of Himalayan ice ponds, glaciers, landslides and flood risks.
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The loss of Professor Sarkar is not merely the loss of a person. It is as if an institution whose constant presence we had taken for granted for so long a time suddenly crumbled. With his demise, the ever-vanishing rank of those intellectuals who believe that the task of the intelligentsia is not limited to publishing papers and writing monographs for career advancement sitting in ivory towers thinned yet again.
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The legal professionals who led this event stated their commitment to ensuring that the statement does not remain a one-off declaration. The signed statement is to be formally conveyed to India’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and relevant United Nations human rights bodies, and will also be delivered to the Korean Embassy in India.
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The meeting was organised on 2 July 2026 by the Indo Palestine Solidarity Network (IPSN) in New Delhi at the Press Club of India marking the 1000th day of the genocide inflicted upon Gaza by Israel since 7 October 2023.
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The talk by Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty and the discussion followed the talk brought forward these important insights on the developments happening around us every day. Prof. Mohanty was speaking on the topic “Bandung to BRICS: New Challenges” in Ajoy Bhavan, Delhi on 16 June 2026 in a programme organised by Joshi-Adhikari Institute of Social Studies (JAISS).
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Civil Rights organization “Jan Hastakshep” decided to send a fact-finding team to Noida and Gurgaon-Manesar to comprehensively study the prevailing situation and all the incidents. For this purpose, two separate investigation teams were formed. One team visited Noida on 24 April 2026, and the other visited Gurgaon-Manesar on 17 May 2026. In addition, several labor activists and leaders from Noida and Gurgaon, who had been in jail due to arrests, met the Jan Hastakshep investigation team after being released on bail and provided information about the facts.
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The gravity of the HHP crisis in Himachal Pradesh is distinct from the agrarian struggles of other states. The cultivation of high-value cash crops like apples, and off-season vegetables, alongside the practice of clearing commons and forest land with herbicides to cultivate monsoon season peas, demands intense HHPs use.
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Representatives of labor organizations, public health experts, community members, and environmental activists from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Assam, Odisha, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan participated in the conference and discussed challenges related to occupational health, environmental damage, and workers’ rights. The discussions were organized into four sessions covering occupational health, environmental health, climate change, and water and global warming.
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