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• Important Cautions the New Waste Segregation Rules Should Not Ignore | Bharat Dogra

  1 March, by Bharat Dogra

  Waste management has been a weak part of the development story of India, and within waste management inability to have proper waste segregation has been a particularly sad story. This is despite the fact that in some smaller initiatives, some brilliant officials working with community involvement have achieved very good results. However, such success at a wider level has been missing.
  So it is good that new solid waste segregation rules are being framed for implementation in the near (…)

• Minority rights in the Indian Republic: from Constitution to Institutions | Malavika Menon

  1 March

  In the political climate currently enveloping the globe, rights the marginalised occupy an important place. Since the last decade of the 20th century, minority rights have been recognised internationally and celebrated. Despite the phenomenal shift of contemporary international politics that are marked by a certain hostility and suspicion towards ethnic minorities, migrants and immigrants, the rights and treatment towards minorities remains the index for measuring how democratic a nation is. (…)

• Two Battles, One Body: Living with Both Physical and Mental Disabilities in a World Built for Neither |

  1 March

• Equity on Campus: Why the UGC

  1 March

  The University Grants Commission

• Emergence of Checks and Balances through the Return of the Tradition of Swing Votes in the American Supreme Court | Vijay Kumar

  1 March, by Vijay Kumar

  The momentous judgment by the American Supreme Court in Learning Resources, inv v. Trump, rendered on Friday, 20th February, 2026 [[LEARNING RESOURCES, INC., ET AL. v. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL CERTIORARI BEFORE JUDGMENT TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
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• Biopolitics of war: Forced deportation of Ukrainian children | Solidarity Collectives

  1 March

  Dec 2, 2025
  Almost fifty years ago Michel Foucault, in his lectures, formulated the concept of biopolitics

• Israeli-US Aggression Against Iran - Statement by Communist Party of Israel & The Democratic Front for Peace & Equality

  1 March

  CPI & ALJABHA/HADASH Condemn the Israeli-US Aggression Against Iran and warn of the Dangers of a Comprehensive War
  The Communist Party of Israel & The Democratic Front for Peace & Equality (Aljabha/Hadash) condemn the war of aggression launched by Israel in the early hours of Saturday morning, February 28, against Iran, and affirm that this attack is a joint Israeli-American aggression, warning that it may ignite a large-scale regional or global war.
  CPI and Aljabha/Hadash (…)

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  CPI Condemns US-Israeli Attack Against Iran | Feb 28 2026

  1 March

  COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA Central Office: Ajoy Bhawan, 15, Indrajit Gupta Marg, New Delhi-110002 Phone: 011-232355646, Email: cpofindia[at]gmail.com
  PRESS STATEMENT | 28 FEBRUARY, 2026
  The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued today (February 28, 2026) the following statement:
  The Communist Party of India strongly condemns the unilateral military attacks carried out by the United States and Israel against Iran. These acts constitute a grave violation of (…)

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  Statement Against Attacks on Iran | CPIML, Liberation, Feb 28 2026

  1 March

  STATEMENT
  CPIML LIBERATION
  Condemn the US-Israel Military Aggression Against Iran
  February 28, 2026
  Once again Israel and the US have launched a criminal missile attack on Iran. The attack comes piercing the facade of US talks of diplomacy. The world also understands that this imperialist aggression has nothing to do with the Iranian people’s own struggle against the Iranian government for justice and liberty.
  India must insist on an immediate cessation of the attack on Iran.
  That (…)

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  Statement Condemning the Attacks on Iran | CPIM, Feb 28 2026

  1 March

  CPI(M)
  Press Release
  Condemn the Attacks on Iran
  The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the attacks on Iran launched by the US and Israel. These attacks are carried out in flagrant violation of Iran’s national sovereignty, the UN Charter and all international treaties.
  The US and Israel carried out these attacks ignoring the ongoing negotiations with Iran. It is amply clear from the attacks and the statements of US President Donald Trump that (…)