South Asia Citizens Web

27 December 2024
That the overwhelming majority of the Indian intelligentsia, the middle class and the

28 December 2024
A collective of 47 civil society organisations have issued a letter to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake requesting humanitarian asylum for Rohingya asylum seekers from Mynamar who recently arrived in Sri Lanka. Allowing asylum seekers to land in Sri Lanka and provision of assistance by the Navy, Government officials, citizens and NGOs in Mullaitivu and Trincomalee is commendable These refugees have fled violence, persecution and human rights abuses in (…)

Adani Group

The Safai Karmacharis are made to risk life under the ground in sewer lines and septic tanks to toxic gases and asphyxiation. Now, with the current dangerous air pollution levels, their lives are at risk above the ground also. The AQI and the toxic levels of the air pollution are far above any safety standards and is nothing short of a medical emergency. An AQI above 400 is hazardous, impacting even healthy individuals and posing serious risks to those with existing health condition.

The Editors Guild of India welcomes the verdict of the Bombay High Court, striking down the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023, as unconstitutional, specifically Rule 3, which sought to empower the Central government to form a Fact-Check Units (FCUs) to identify "fake and misleading" information about its business on social media platforms.