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[Press Trust of India @PTI_News]

VIDEO | The Supreme Court passes order quashing all the FIRs against protesters during NEET protests.

Advocate Vrinda Grover informs, "The honourable Supreme Court of India has today passed a very significant order. As we know that from 20th to 25th July, there were very active protests in Delhi, at Jantar Mantar and in many parts of the country relating to reform in education. During the protests, police across states have launched cases, criminal cases against the protesters, against the youth. There is now an assurance that was given on 25th July by the Union government to the Cockroach Janta Party representatives that they will not pursue any of the criminal proceedings and they will give compensation. In so far as the innumerable FIRs launched across states, from Bihar to West Bengal, UP, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Delhi, of course. All those FIRs today, by the order of the honourable Supreme Court, and with the applications were moved by the states. So the states and the Union government have said that they will not pursue, they are to be quashed and the court has passed an order quashing the FIRs, all the FIRs. The Supreme Court has invoked its extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution of India because the court says the right to protest, the freedom to protest and express yourself is a fundamental right and that cannot be taken away. What is also significant is that with regards to the compensation they have agreed that it will be formulated and paid in the next three months..."

#SupremeCourt #NEETProtests

[Prakash Raj @prakashraaj]

Dear fraaands Dimagi bano ..Bewakoof nahi . Sawaal karo .. Gulami nahi. #justasking

[P. Sainath @PSainath_org]

1/8. Most Indians see the Big Fat Indian Wedding as a national achievement and are not put off by it, according to TV commentary, including on BBC. Really? Did BBC, anyone, do a poll/survey of most Indians? People hit the streets for what they see as a national achievement – like to greet the returning T20 world cup winning team. Anyone seen Mumbaikars dancing on the streets to celebrate the Ambani wedding? #ambaniwedding #psainath

[American University of Beirut @AUB_Lebanon]

"Thank you to this special university in this special city for honoring me with a doctorate; today, I must speak about Gaza, emphasizing the words Apartheid, Occupation, and Genocide, as Israel is guilty of all three, and those who support it are complicit."

Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy giving her speech today at the #AUBGrad24

[arunima @arunimasm]

It lasted just a few moments. But it felt like democracy!
Thank you, Pakistan!

[Prism @prismdawndotcom]

"No one who white-knuckled it through the general election on February 8, 2024, would be able to deny, after such a long, bitter winter, that there was something electric in the air," writes Asad Rahim.

Read the full story here⤵️
https://t.co/BqNYQZZ0Yg

[arunima @arunimasm]

@e_charani @AnyaNowbuth @UniOslo_MED Are you still in Oslo?

[Arjun Sethi @arjunsethi81]

The timing of this is not coincidence. The Modi regime is finally set to prosecute Arundhati Roy.

Netanyahu’s brutal war in Gaza, with the approval of global powers, will embolden authoritarians across the world.

https://t.co/sCMCcK3b1r

[Anand Sankar @saybwala]

In 2008 I wrote a series of stories on hydroelectric projects coming up in upper Brahmaputra system - Siang, Tawang, Subansiri & Dibang.

I met many unsung researchers who have yeoman work on these river systems - especially Prof Dulal Goswami in Guwahati University.

Each and every person pointed one fact out to me - why are you not looking at Teesta? It's an equally important tributary of the Brahmaputra system.

I didn't end up visiting the Teesta system. Everything east of that looks more exotic and bigger right?

Wrong.

GLOF events were the biggest threat to hydroelectric projects in the eastern Himalayas. Every researcher said their prediction for the first GLOF event to hit hydroelectric projects in eastern Himalayas will be - ON THE TEESTA RIVER.

Now in 2023, that prediction comes true exactly.

I met dam developers, district magistrates, head honchos at NHPC... everyone laughed off GLOF like it was a once in a millennium event. I got a sense immediately that these projects were being executed in the usual 'bhagwan bharose' mode. We will build things but if one day GLOF happens, so be it.

[Åshild Kolås @AshildKolas]

Since May, 60,000 people have been displaced by so-called 'ethnic violence' in #Manipur. I took this photo last year on the border near Moreh. Armed groups smuggle weapons at this spot. They also grow poppies, hiding behind demands for a separate state.
https://t.co/TAs1YK8idh

[Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA @sridhartweet]

health justice/equity rhetoric is everywhere. which is great/not great. Think of 'human rights' since 90s peak

Got chance to write brief history of HE w my mentor @MichaelMarmot 🙏

As you know, writing history is superpower

contact me if no access
https://t.co/98c4g0Y1W9

[Ritwika Patgiri @RitwikaPatgiri]

Seeing all the hullabaloo over a film on the Ramayana, I can't help but think about Mahasweta Devi's After Kurukshetra and what a good adaptation of epics can be like. Forget the heroes of the war, what about those who were neglected and destroyed by it?
https://t.co/lyZ6B7hZpF

[Licypriya Kangujam @LicypriyaK]

This is how Manipur celebrate @narendramodi ji #MannKiBaat today.

[Bezwada Wilson @BezwadaWilson]

While the governments keep their eyes closed, we keep counting the dead as three more Indian citizens lost their lives in sewer pits at #Gwalior in #MadhyaPradesh | #Action2023 campaign against sewer and septic tank deaths continues | #StopKillingUs #JaiBhim #DalitLivesMatter

[Race & Health @raceandhealth]

Racism kills and climate change kills.

NEW research by Race & Health and Colleagues exploring racial injustice, climate change, and health is now out in @TheLancet . Read this paper and register for our upcoming event featuring this work using the link in our bio.

[Race & Health @raceandhealth]

OUT NOW: We are thrilled to share our research as part of @TheLancet’s new special issue: Advancing racial & ethnic equity in science, medicine, & global health.

You can access the Series today - link in bio.

[The AMR Narrative @theAMRnarrative]

Join @CIDRAP_ASP and @theAMRnarrative for another chat on the 11th of April when we will have a discussion about why #AMR is everyone's problem - including consumers, patients, and other stakeholders across the #OneHealth spectrum!

Our blog to follow next week!

#theAMRnarrative

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

The voices of unsung #Dalit performers from rural #Maharashtra ring out from the screen of a digital bookmobile, with songs that trace the history of Dalit struggle in the State for the last five centuries.
https://t.co/wBdeaQuybr

[Economic & Political Weekly @epw_in]

EPW Engage | This graphic feature is based on Nishant Shah's article “Bodies, Technology and Public Shame: The Selfie and the Slut”.
https://t.co/09MVm8PYkZ

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Bridges represent some of the greatest achievements of human engineering and architecture. Here are 12 of the most extraordinary:

1. Millau Viaduct, France (2004) - the world's tallest bridge.