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September 16, 2026
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AI Impact Summit: PR, Protests and the truth
Days after the India AI Impact Summit 2026 wrapped up in New Delhi, news and digital media are flooded with news about the controversy studded event. While a lot of state backed media have done their usual, uncritical praise for the Government, even they haven’t been able to cover up the many f...
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September 16, 2026
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Bridges, Budgets, and Broken Accountability
Two days ago a parapet segment of an under-construction metro collapsed in Mumbai, killing one person and injuring three others. This incident is the newest addition to a troublingly long list of infrastructure accidents in India. Just last July, the Gambhira bridge collapse in Gujarat cost nin...
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September 16, 2026
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Union Budget 2026–27: A Budget Sans Kartavya
On February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman released the 2026-27 Union Budget. In the NDA Government’s long pattern of disregarding the land, lives and labour of people, this budget is another nail in the coffin of India’s democracy.  The winter session of the Parliament showed t...
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January 23, 2026
The Quiet Dilution of Workers’ Rights
The Building and Other Construction Workers cess was never meant to be charity. It was a hard-won levy. One percent of construction cost. Money meant to protect workers who fall from scaffolds, migrate across states, and age without pensions. The Draft Social Security Rules of 2025 quietly chan...
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January 13, 2026
Free Trade, Unequal India
The commerce minister’s celebration of yet another free trade agreement hides a deeper worry. Yes, India’s exports look strong on paper. Yes, the country seems more plugged into global trade. But the gains are coming froma narrow strip of the map. A handful of states now drive almost all export...
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