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Millions Flood Streets Across India as General Strike Takes Aim at Modi Government

Bank employees shout slogans during a nationwide general strike called by trade unions aligned with opposition parties to protest against the Indian government's economic policies in Amritsar on January 8, 2020.

'An Act of Mass Surveillance': India Use of Facial Recognition Tech Against Protesters Angers Privacy Advocates

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Protesters against the Indian government's anti-Muslim citizenship bill are wary of police use of facial recognition technology.

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A Call to Action as Planet's Essential Groundwater is Being Rapidly Depleted

Common Dreams staff

Digging for water in the Ewaso Ngiro river basin in central Kenya on April 4, 2017.

Changes in groundwater flows due to climate change could have a very long...

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'Deeply Disturbing': Indian Minister to Cancel Meeting With US Lawmakers Over Rep. Jayapal's Kashmir Criticism

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), pictured here during impeachment hearings in the House Judiciary Committee, was the reason for Indian officials declining to meet with a delegation of lawmakers she was included in this week, according to The Washington Post.

"What are they hiding in Kashmir?"

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University of Delhi English professor Ira Raja was detained by police Thursday during a protest against the Indian government's citizenship law.

'They Are Turning India Into Kashmir': Government Crackdown Intensifies as Protest Movement Grows Across Subcontinent

An elementary school student wears a mask

In New Study Naming Pollution the 'Largest Environmental Threat to Health,' US Ranks Among Top 10 Nations for Premature Deaths

A protest against a controversial citizenship amendment bill turned violent when Delhi Police shot tear gas and beat students of Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi, India on December 13, 2019.

Indian Crackdown on Dissent Over Bill Stripping Naturalized Citizenship From Muslims 'An Affront to Democratic Values'

Students of Presidency University staged a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in front of Presidency University at College Street on December 10, 2019 in Kolkata, India.

'This Is Fascism': Indian Law Stripping Naturalization Rights From Muslims Sparks Criticism and Protest

Modi and Kissinger are joined by friends.

As Modi Hobnobs With Kissinger and Other War Criminals, Ilhan Omar and Pramila Jayapal Criticize US Support for Indian Regime

New Study Warns India-Pakistan Nuclear War Could Kill 125 Million Immediately—Then Spark Global Mass Starvation

In Pictures and Video: What 'Biggest Day of Climate Action in Planetary History' Looks Like as Over 4 Million Strike

President Donald Trump greets India Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G20 Japan Summit Friday, June 28, 2019 in Osaka, Japan.

'Birds of a Feather, Fascist Together': Critics Decry Trump's Decision to Join India's Modi Onstage at Houston Event

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a conference in Russia in 2017.

Gates Foundation Award for Indian PM and 'Despot-in-the-Making' Narendra Modi Draws Anger From Rights Advocates

A laborer working on a new detention center being built for people who are not included in a "citizens register" in Kadamtola Gopalpur village, in Goalpara district, some 170km from Guwahati, the capital city of India's northeastern state of Assam.

'Red Flag for Whole World': Undocumented Workers in India Fear They May Soon Be Prisoners in Detention Camps They Are Building

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, pictured in Beijing, China in November 2018, called on the world Sunday to watch neighboring India's right-wing tilt.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan Calls on World to Pay Attention to India's "Fascist, Racist Hindu Supremacist Ideology and Leadership"

An enormous cloud of smoke from intense wildfires drifted over northern Canada on August 15, 2017. The image is a mosaic composed from several satellite overpasses because the affected area was so large.

Study of Massive Smoke Cloud From 2017 Wildfires Offers Terrifying Hint of How Even Small Nuclear War Would Escalate Climate Crises

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Amnesty International

Statement from Amnesty International India on Government Raids

Physicians for Social Responsibility

Health Professionals Respond to New Groundbreaking Study by Leading Researchers: "Emphasizes the Urgent Need to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons Before They Eliminate Us"...

350.org

Stop the Coal Burglers

Public Citizen

Ivanka Trump’s Women Empowerment Speeches Ring Hollow During India Trip

Navdanya International

People’s Assembly on Dow-DuPont crimes of Genocide and Ecocide

Sierra Club

World Trade Organization Draws The Shade On Local Solar Projects In India

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Sameena Mustafa, Arti Walker-Peddakotla

Hindu Fascism: An All-American Threat

Shrenik Rao

India Under Modi Is Becoming a Brutal Authoritarian State

Walden Bello

Good Riddance to the WTO

Chris Hedges

Hope Lies in the Streets

Olivia Alperstein

Don’t Forget: Nuclear Weapons Are an Existential Threat

Basav Sen

Dig Beneath the World’s Far-Right Governments—You’ll Find Fossil Fuels

Joseph Gerson

The Uncertain and Dangerous Interregnum: World Peace and the Post-Cold War Era

Vijay Prashad

The G7 Countries Look Feeble—Iran and Brazil Could Shore Them Up

Amitabh Pal

India’s Kashmir Gambit Fulfills the Hindu Nationalist Agenda

Zubeida Mustafa

Trump's Ignorance Touches Off a New Crisis in Kashmir