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After over 15 months of farmers protests, Modi has finally been made to accept defeat and to come out and announce the repeal of the three farm laws. Indeed, this is a historic win.

While unemployment numbers have been ticking upwards for many quarters now, there is disturbing new data has emerged. A study by Prof Santosh Mehrotra is Research Fellow, IZA Institute of Labour Economics, Bonn and Jajati Keshari Parida estimate that poverty, as measured by the national (Tendulkar) poverty line, has increased by 76 million between 2013 and 2020 (up to June 2020) - before the real spread of Covid. It

Creating suspicion about civil society undermines its robustness and contribution to nation building

We, the undersigned, are concerned citizens from various fields, approaching you regarding non-listing as also pending adjudication in the Hon’ble Supreme Court on several urgent matters affecting citizen’s fundamental rights, as also matters of national importance.

n this interview, Sheila looks back at the early days of the women