1 July 2021
As India’s economy reels from the pandemic, the “intention to save” of average Indians crashes to a multi-year low
India’s domestic factory orders and production contracted to an 11-month low in June
The exploitation of frontline ASHA workers amid COVID-19: ASHA workers are at the forefront of the coronavirus crisis, but delays in wages, lowered compensation and little recognition for lives lost due to the virus have left them without recourse
Indiscriminate use of anti-terror law UAPA: Activist and Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi was acquitted of all charges in the second of two cases being investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), in which he was booked under anti-terror laws; a Kashmiri man was acquitted of all charges by a Gujarat court after spending 12 years in jail under the anti-terror law
Toxic water pollution rises in Ludhiana, India’s ‘Manchester of the East’, where 80% of woolen clothes in India are produced