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Freedom of the Press at Risk with the recent court order from the Rohini District Court in Adani Enterprises Ltd. vs. Paranjoy Guha Thakurta & Ors. Equally troubling is the subsequent action by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, which has issued notices to platforms including YouTube and Instagram.

It is deeply alarming that in doing so, ADB appears to be reversing course on its own 2021 Energy Policy, which clearly stated: “ADB will not finance investments in nuclear power given the many barriers to its deployment, including risks related to nuclear proliferation, waste management and safety issues, and very high investment costs relative to ADB’s resources.” Since then, no technological breakthrough has addressed these unresolved challenges. This abrupt reversal raises troubling questions about external pressures and corporate lobbying shaping ADB’s energy policy.

instead of learning from history, governments around the world, including ours, are deepening their dangerous nuclear path. Recent announcements to amend the Atomic Energy Act, 1962, and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010, (CLNDA) to open the sector to private companies and foreign investments mark a reckless and regressive step. These proposed changes seek to dilute Section 17(b) of the CLNDA, removing suppliers’ liability, and to privatise nuclear power operations. This is being packaged as a “clean energy transition” solution, but as has been exposed over decades, nuclear energy is neither safe, nor green, nor cost-effective.

The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, in collaboration with the Madrid Bar Association, will hold a public hearing in Madrid, Spain, beginning on October 8th, which will be live-streamed worldwide. The hearings will provide Afghan women and girls a platform to share their testimony, as well as include expert testimonies from civil society, jurists, and global human rights specialists. The hearing will be followed by an initial statement from the judges on 10th October 2025

The apex court is seized of the matter of Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls in Bihar, which the Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered. The matter being sub judice, the Citizens for Democracy, as a responsible organisation, a defender of people