Counterview

By A Representative   In a powerful show of solidarity, more than 250 prominent feminists and members of women's organisations across India have condemned the acquittal of former BJP MP and ex-Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in the high-profile sexual harassment case filed by six women wrestlers. The signatories have expressed unwavering support for the wrestlers who have waged a courageous legal battle for justice against formidable odds.

By A Representative   A one-day mass convention held in Chutka village of Mandla district has resolved to launch a sustained democratic movement, including "gherao" and sit-in protests in Jabalpur and Bhopal, against the proposed Chutka Nuclear Power Project and other development projects that participants said threaten the livelihoods and constitutional rights of Adivasi communities.

By Mohd. Ziyaullah Khan   A nation that dreams of becoming a global superpower cannot afford to underinvest in the very institution that has made it one. For decades, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been India's most respected scientific institution. From launching satellites at record-low costs to sending the Chandrayaan missions to the Moon and the Aditya-L1 mission to study the Sun, ISRO has become synonymous with innovation, frugality, and national pride. It has demonstrated to the world that scientific excellence does not always require extravagant budgets but rather visionary leadership, dedicated scientists, and sustained public investment.

By A Representative   The human rights group Dalit Adivasi Shakti Adhikar Manch (DASAM) has extended its solidarity to sanitation workers protesting across Punjab, Jaipur, Bihar, Chennai, Indore and several other parts of the country, who have been staging strikes and demonstrations demanding regularisation of employment, fair wages, social security and safer working conditions.

By Jag Jivan  At least 66 sanitation workers across India died between February and July 2026 while cleaning sewers, septic tanks, sewage treatment plants, and open drains, according to the Dalit Adivasi Shakti Adhikar Manch (DASAM), a rights group tracking caste-based forced labour in sanitation work. The deaths continue despite a 2013 law banning manual scavenging , repeated Supreme Court orders requiring full mechanisation of such cleaning, and constitutional guarantees of equality and the right to life.

By Kantilal Parmar*  The repeated deaths of sanitation workers from toxic gas exposure in Gujarat are not isolated industrial accidents. They represent a continuing failure of governance, workplace safety, and respect for the fundamental human rights of some of the state's most vulnerable workers.