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National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled condemns arrest of protestors

In a statement issued by General Secretary Muralidharan, the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD), has strongly condemned the arrest of nearly 2,500 disabled protesters in Chennai yesterday. Disabled people in the state have been on a continuous protest since the last six days demanding an enhancement in amount disbursed as disability allowance in the state. They are demanding that it be increased from the current Rs 1,500 to a minimum of Rs.

Goal Is to Advance Through Self-Reliance, Not Charity

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan emphasized that Kerala must move forward on its own strength rather than rely on external aid. Speaking at the inauguration of the 5th International Kerala Studies Congress, he noted that in the last four years, the Central Government denied the state nearly ₹2 lakh crore. While central allocations account for 80% of revenue in some states, Kerala depends on it for only 20–25%.

India's AI Carnival: Spectacle Over Sovereignty

ON THE second day of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, held with considerable fanfare at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, a professor from Galgotias University introduced the world to "Orion." The quadruped robotic dog, she told DD News, had been developed by the university's Centre of Excellence. Within hours, internet users had identified Orion as the Unitree Go2, a commercially available product manufactured by China's Unitree Robotics, sold on the open market for approximately $1,600.

Epstein Files: A Window to Rotting Capitalism

THE release of documents from the Epstein files has done more than expose the depravity of one man. The documents illuminate the dark truths of a new model of “bonding” between political power, corporates, financial institutions, the wealthy and the influential. Structural class-based bonding is hardly new, nor is treating criminality and impunity as entitlement. But the files show how deep the rot is — the elimination of even the semblance of morality as a reference point in systems devoted to private profit.

Life on the Edge: Struggles of Unakoti Village in Tripura’s Hills

Fog and dust merge into a gray haze as vehicles jolt along the uneven road toward the mountain peak. Every bump seems to echo the hardships of life here. At the summit of Shakhanatang hill lies Unakoti ADC Village, home to about 150 families spread across six hamlets: Tailengbari, Jayanbari, Barashichhara, Dhatuchhara, Lakshmichhara, and Madhuwal Para. The majority belong to the Halam community, with smaller populations of Darlong, Khasi, and Orang.

Massive Farmers’ Struggle in Maharashtra Highlights Opposition to Controversial India–US Trade Deal

Nationwide protests have begun against the India–US Trade Deal, which critics say opens India’s agricultural and industrial sectors to the United States, threatens farmers, agricultural labourers, and workers, and could push the Indian economy into a deep crisis. The AIKS announced in Mumbai that the struggle against what it termed the servile surrender of the Modi-led BJP government on the India–US Trade Deal will be intensified across Maharashtra.

Hindutva is Running Roughshod over Constitutional Scheme

Recently, a sharp and categorical statement by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) to the effect that cash transfers to certain sections of beneficiaries have to be foregone, has rightfully drawn sharp criticism. He opined that governments should instead focus on creating permanent assets. One would like to recall that the very idea of welfare state emerged as a post war response of capitalist democracies to take on the initiatives of socialist governments for people’s welfare.

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