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By A Representative    A  coalition of  several civil rights, labour, student and social justice groups,  Campaign Against State Repression (CASR), has condemned the arrest of three anti-dam activists in Arunachal Pradesh following recent violence in Pasighat, demanding their immediate release and the withdrawal of security forces from protest areas opposing the proposed 11,200-MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP).

By Bhabani Shankar Nayak*  A report commissioned by Heineken on The Future Role of Bars in Europe, published in October 2026, found that young people go to bars and pubs to build social lives around food and coffee, not alcohol. They go to meet friends and family. This is not a minor shift in taste. It is part of a wider generational rejection of the commodity culture on which capitalism depends.

By Vidya Bhushan Rawat*  Lula da Silva has returned to power in Brazil despite heavy intervention by US corporate interests and the Trump administration, which was pushing for Flávio Bolsonaro. The fact is that America's backyard is turning "red", and so will its interventions. After the regime change operation in Venezuela, US interference in Colombia is well known.

By Bharat Dogra  In one of the most welcome pieces of news in recent times for democracy, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has achieved a great democratic victory in a keenly contested runoff against Flávio Bolsonaro , son of former President Jair Bolsonaro , who is now serving a 27-year jail term for an earlier coup attempt against President Lula.

By Harsh Thakor*  Fifty years after the military junta seized power and unleashed a campaign of state-sponsored terror, the earth is finally yielding its secrets. The recent announcement by judicial authorities in Cordoba province, Argentina, regarding the identification of eight victims of the 1976–1983 dictatorship is more than just a judicial victory; it is a profound testament to the resilience of memory and the triumph of forensic science over the machinery of state erasure.

Counterview News    A new report reveals that the modern workplace has fallen into a "workaround economy," where employees are increasingly bypassing official company software to piece together their own tech stacks, driven by fragmented systems and mounting cognitive overload. According to the study conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of AI productivity platform Superhuman, 75% of professionals now operate outside of fully approved tool stacks, relying on a mix of company-provided and personally selected applications to get their jobs done. The survey of 1,505 professionals highlights a growing crisis in enterprise technology: while workers remain optimistic about their tools, the friction of moving work across disconnected systems is forcing them into unofficial, often insecure, habits.

Counterview News  The global race for artificial intelligence dominance is not just about computing power or capital; it is fundamentally about human capability. According to the newly released Global Skills Report 2026 by Coursera and Udemy , a stark "readiness disconnect" is threatening to derail global AI investments, with the report revealing that 88% of leaders believe their planned AI investments will fail without greater investment in human skills training.

By A Representative   Senior p ower and climate policy analyst Shankar Sharma has urged the Ministry of Power and other senior policymakers to undertake an urgent review of India’s power-sector priorities, citing rising renewable-energy curtailment, transmission bottlenecks, delays in battery storage projects and the growing financial and ecological costs of conventional power infrastructure.

By Mohd. Ziyaullah Khan   The recent statement by Asaduddin Owaisi that “Muslims do not need Gandhi and Nehru” has predictably sparked outrage, with critics swiftly linking it to Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s separatist ideology. But is this interpretation fair when the larger context of his remarks is ignored? More importantly, the controversy obscures a more fundamental question: why do many self-proclaimed secular voices continue to overlook Muslim freedom fighters such as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Maulana Mahmud Hasan, and Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar?