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Two accused, Sachin Andure and Sharad Kalaskar, who shot anti-superstition crusader Dr. Narendra Dabholkar dead, have been given a sentence of rigorous life imprisonment by a Special Court in Pune today. While hailing this verdict, the Maharashtra State Committee of the CPI(M) expresses its sense of anguish and dissatisfaction at the prosecution’s failure to convince the Court of the culpability of the three other accused, viz., Veerendra Tawade, Adv. Sanjeev Punalekar and Vikram Bhave. Consequently, the latter three have been set free on account of the prosecution’s inability to prove their guilt in the dastardly murder of this warrior for a scientific temper.

24 April 2024 On September 27, 2022, India

100+ environmental and human rights organisations and 400+ individuals issue a letter to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change demanding the rollback of the Green Credit Rules 2023 and the methodology introduced under the Notification dated 22nd February 2024, which in effect provides incentive for forest diversion activities through green credit earnings

New York Times correspondent Emily Schmall gives a glimpse into the chaotic world of journalism in India, and of a dedicated press fighting to keep it free. Remarks delivered at the 2024 Camden Conference, held February 16-18, in Camden, Maine

a documentary about one of the most important peasant protest movements in the modern history of India, against corporatisation of agriculture.