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Biometrics of 27 lakh people were collected during claims and objections phase of exercise

An update of the NRC has been carried out only in Assam so far

Federal officials have reversed a decision to allow a South Florida nuclear power plant to continue running for another 30 years by ordering a new review of potential environmental risks, including those posed by climate change

A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court seeks to force the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to hand over unredacted documents regarding an incident in August 2018 when a 50-ton canister filled with nuclear waste from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station was left suspended for about 45 minutes.

Khan sat on the staircase of Jama Masjid with her four-year-old daughter. Each held a candle. Khan said, “The last time I remember being outside like this was during demonetisation. Even at that time, I had to stand in line with my then one-year-old daughter. The same is happening today.…

Over 3,000 people have been protesting in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh every day against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Not all of them are adults — there’s a handful of children too. 

Interrogating the mechanics of power in security, territory and population, French philosopher Michel Foucault coined the term “governmentality” to explain how governments try to produce citizens who obediently follow policies and practices through which subjects are governed. In the modern day, it translates to the state legitimising its power through…

As soon as the clock struck 10 on the August 31st morning, in the Ata village of western Assam’s Baksa district, Samsul Hoque’s house was filled by around a dozen men and women. It was raining. But it did not deter the crowd from stepping out of their homes.

Ever since July 2018, Azit Ali, a 28-year-old sepoy in the Indian Army, has been perplexed by one question. “How can I be a doubtful foreigner all of a sudden when I have served in the army for seven years already?” he asks.

If you ask six-year-old Ratul (name changed on request) about his favourite pastime activity, the boy has a ready answer. “I just love playing kabaddi,” he says with enthusiasm. The reason, according to him, is simple and straight. “Nobody can beat me in this game,” declares the little man with…

As the date for the publication of the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam inches closer, voices of criticism are growing louder. Not unexpectedly, detractors who want to shut down these critical voices too are getting noisier.