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Saturday, August 2, 2025
TopicCivil society

Topic: Civil society

Grief transcends barriers as Hindu, Muslim civil groups work 24/7 to serve Air India crash victims’ kin

Around half a dozen organisations, from Ram Shyam Charitable Trust to Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, are stationed at BJ Medical College, offering energy drinks, tea & food.

Civil society groups oppose impending RTI Act change, say data protection Act ‘fails to protect privacy’

30+ groups voice their concerns over the yet-to-be-implemented Digital Personal Data Protection Act, a provision of which amends RTI Act.

NALSA was supposed to be India’s beacon for legal aid. But it’s stuck in a systemic rut

More than 80% of India’s 1.3 billion people are eligible for legal aid. But only 15 million have benefitted from it since NALSA was established in 1995.

Ajit Doval was my batchmate, but his understanding of Constitution, civil society is flawed

Doval's statements reflect that he thinks India is still a colonial monarchy, where people are subjects, and not a democracy, where they are citizens.

Civil society is new frontier of war, can be subverted to harm nation, Ajit Doval says

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval was speaking at the Passing Out Parade of Hyderabad-based Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy Friday.

Governance accountability is a myth. Just see what has happened in India: Ex-IAS officer

Where does India stand, in today’s post-accountability world? The government has won, civil society has lost.

NITI Aayog plans new expert groups that will act as ‘bridge between govt and civil society’

The expert groups will include leading think-tanks, academics, universities, and NGOs. NITI Aayog would routinely consult them on key policy issues.

45% civil society leaders say ‘very few’ govt functionaries accessible in pandemic: IIM survey

A survey was conducted to gather the experiences of 66 civil society leaders working during the Covid-19 crisis

Bihar encephalitis to lynchings to #MeToo – why Indians don’t take issues to the finish line

By rapidly jumping from one issue to another, outrage cycles make sustained advocacy extremely difficult. That is the challenge.

200 civil society groups to come together to give opposition unity a fresh push

Meeting is set for 6 April in New Delhi that is expected to be attended by Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Farooq Abdullah & Tejashwi Yadav among others.

On Camera

Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.