By Sunil Kumar*   Across several states in India, a workers’ movement is gathering momentum. This is not a movement born of luxury or ambition, nor a demand for power-sharing within the state. At its core lies a stark and basic plea: the right to survive with dignity—adequate food, and wages sufficient to afford it.

By A Representative   The Uttar Pradesh government has announced an interim hike in minimum wages of up to 21% effective April 1, 2026, following violent worker protests in Noida and Ghaziabad. However, labour groups argue this remains inadequate compared to Haryana and Delhi, and have formally petitioned the state leadership to comply with Supreme Court directives for a fair and lasting revision.

By Vidya Bhushan Rawat*  These are challenging times. The world is being reshaped by conflict and uncertainty. The recent American–Israeli attack on Iran has shocked global opinion, reviving the specter of imperialism and colonialism. Civilians are dying, children are being killed, hospitals reduced to rubble, schools bombed—and yet there is no forum where the victims can truly complain. Even speaking out risks international alienation. The price is heavy, but it is precisely in such moments that we must recall the life and courage of Baba Saheb Ambedkar, whose 135th birth anniversary was commemorated worldwide on April 14.

By A Representative    On National Transgender Rights Day, April 15, over 200 activists across India have urged the Telangana Chief Minister to pass a State Assembly Resolution against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, citing its violation of constitutional rights and rollback of self-identification protections. The Act, which mandates medical certification for gender identity, is already facing multiple constitutional challenges in the Supreme Court and High Courts.  

By A Representative   The All India Catholic Union (AICU) has raised serious concerns over what it describes as growing threats to religious freedom, minority rights, and constitutional safeguards in India, warning that recent policy and legislative trends could undermine the country’s secular and federal framework.

By Rosamma Thomas*  On April 7, 2026, Ecuador’s Electoral Disputes Tribunal (TCE) imposed fines totaling USD 18,000 on two members of YASunidos, an ecological organisation defending democracy and the rights of nature. The fines are to be paid within 30 days. The penalty was imposed for their participation in the 2023 Yasuní Popular Consultation process, a citizen-led initiative to decide whether the region’s vast natural wealth should be further opened to oil exploration.

By Jag Jivan   A growing body of scientific evidence linking ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption during pregnancy to adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes has sparked fresh concern among public health experts, with Indian nutrition advocates warning of serious implications for the country’s already strained maternal health landscape.

By Vikas Meshram *  “Agriculture is the backbone of India” — this is what we have been hearing for generations. But there is a pain hollowing out this backbone from within: the unequal distribution of land. On one hand, news of farmer suicides, indebtedness, and rural migration keeps coming; on the other, agricultural land across the country continues to concentrate in the hands of a few wealthy individuals.

By Mohd. Ziyaullah Khan*  The widening gap between Raghav Chadha and the leadership of the Aam Aadmi Party is not an overnight development. It reflects a slow, layered process of internal churn that has been building over time. Once celebrated as one of AAP’s most articulate and promising young faces in the Rajya Sabha, Chadha symbolised the party’s attempt to project a modern, educated, and policy-driven leadership. Yet politics is as much about perception as it is about performance, and over time questions began to emerge around his alignment with the party’s core leadership. His gradual sidelining appears less like a sudden disciplinary action and more like the culmination of a strained relationship.