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The farmers’ agitation for the repeal of the pro-corporate farm laws has become the largest and longest sustained non-violent movement in Indian history, surpassing Mahatma Gandhi’s historic Dandi March against the abhorrent Salt Law of the British colonial regime.

India: Minister of IT Ravi Shankar Prasad unveiled new policies for social media and over-the-top (OTT) platforms. The key takeaways from the policy are:
– Offensive posts to be removed in 24 hours and the platforms have to appoint a Chief Complaint Officer.
– The platforms will also have to provide information about the person who first posted the content.
– The new guidelines will be implemented within three months.

ANJALI BHARDWAJ — who has just been picked by the Joe Biden administration as one of only 12 people in the world for an International Anti-Corruption & Accountability Champion award — discusses democracy​, liberty, freedom, and how power should be held to account in a interview by Shoma Chaudhury (Feb 26, 2021)

The winner of the world’s biggest prize in men’s team tennis receives a colossal piece of hardware: a silver salad bowl atop three tiers of wooden plinths, weighing more than a hundred kilogrammes. In 1974, a talented group of Indian tennis players, all in their twenties, came within touching distance of this trophy

We, the Core Group members of the Vikalp Sangam, are completely shocked and anguished by the recent Uttarakhand tragedy. We do consider that the events of 7th February 2021 in the Rishi Ganga and Dhauli Ganga valleys in Uttarakhand are yet another grim reminder of the fact that Himalayas as an ecosystem are getting stressed and sick by the day. Climate Change and its impacts are no longer a matter of debate or contestations. It is here to stay.