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Statement from Delhi Union of Journalists on Denial of access to Women Journalists at Taliban minister’s press conference -Oct 11, 2025
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Editor’s Guild of India Statement regarding the Exclusion of Women Journalists from the Press Conference by the Afghan Minister in New Delhi (Oct 11, 2025)
11 October 2025October 11, 2025 | New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India strongly condemns the exclusion of women journalists from the press conference held on Friday, 10 October 2025, by Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi at the Afghan Embassy in New Delhi. The conference was meant to address diplomatic and bilateral engagements during Mr. Muttaqi’s visit to India
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India: Regressive and defamatory views of Delhi University vice chancellor Prof Yogesh Singh at odds with constitutional values | PUCL (Oct 10, 2025)
by , 11 October 2025People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) India, is shocked at the troubling views expressed by Dr Yogesh Singh, professor and Vice Chancellor Delhi University on 28th September, 2025 in a speech titled “Naxal Mukt Bharat: Ending Red Terror Under Modi’s Leadership, Why Campuses are Targets?’ The speech was addressed to university teachers, students and others and was later emailed to both former and current students of Delhi University, using the vast database available to the university. It was also uploaded on Prof Singh’s official YouTube channel and on his social media platforms. The speech has three dimensions which are particularly troubling from the point of view of the Vice Chancellor’s responsibility to ensure that he is faithful to constitutional values.
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India: AITUC statement on the draft labour policy released on Oct 8, 2025
10 October 2025AITUC rejects the draft labour policy released on 8th October 2025 for very valid reasons. This draft policy named as, “Shram Shakti Niti 2025” has been unveiled as a unilateral diktat of the BJP government. This comes in a blatant violation to the established tripartite process. This deeply alarming and anti-democratic move has left the workers and the Trade Unions in a sense of shock and betrayal. AITUC urges upon the MOLE to immediately withdraw the draft and initiate discussions with the CTUs before finalising it for public opinion.
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Radical Socialist Statement on Nepal’s September Uprising: Beyond Spontaneous Rebellion (Oct 8, 2025)
9 October 2025The September 2025 uprising in Nepal forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli from office and left nineteen young people dead in the streets of Kathmandu. This event requires serious analysis from those committed to real social change. While we stand with the youth who risked their lives against a corrupt and violent state, we must also honestly assess what this movement achieved, what it failed to accomplish, and what it reveals about the possibilities and limits of spontaneous rebellion today.
