Despite official denial, sanitation workers and activists say caste-based sewer deaths in Modi’s Swachha Bharat continue unabated —“every 2–3 days, one Indian dies in a gutter.”
#workerrights #workers #sanitationWorkers #manualScavenging #casteism
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Defending facts, reason and truth as an act of resistance. A platform for news, dialogue and debate. Independent of corporate funds and political parties.
What was once covert, controversial, and constrained is now overt, normalized, and defended.
#imperialism #gangsterCapitalism
https://www.groundxero.in/2026/03/26/how-the-us-became-an-international-serial-killer/
NWMI says far from protecting the rights of transgender persons, the amendments undermine self-identification, criminalise support systems, and erase diverse transgender identities across India.
#transrights #India #selfDetermination #genderrights
https://www.groundxero.in/2026/03/25/nwmi-condemns-trans-bill-amendments-demands-immediate-repeal/
The targeted attacks by pro-company people or hired goondas and the active connivance of the district administration with the company is coming down heavy on the movement. Even then, the adivasis and Dalits opposed to mining are fighting it out legally in the courts and through large mobilization on the ground.
#resistance #adivasi #dalit #capitalisticAttack #environment #climatechange #politics
https://www.groundxero.in/2026/03/23/tijmali-an-undeclared-conflict-zone/
𝐀 𝐎𝐧𝐞-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐢 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫
Israeli occupying soldiers tortured a one-year-old child in central Gaza to force his father into making confessions during an interrogation, Palestine TV reported Sunday, citing Palestinian journalist Osama Al-Kahlout.
The child was tortured in front of his father, including burning one of his legs with cigarettes, pricking him and inserting a nail into his leg, as confirmed by a medical report.
#gaza
Israeli occupying soldiers tortured a one-year-old child in central Gaza to force his father into making confessions during an interrogation, Palestine TV reported Sunday, citing Palestinian journalist Osama Al-Kahlout.
The child was tortured in front of his father, including burning one of his legs with cigarettes, pricking him and inserting a nail into his leg, as confirmed by a medical report.
#gaza
A massive rally and demonstration was held in Ludhiana on Sunday by workers and agricultural labourers under the banners of Zameen Prapti Sangarsh Committee (ZPSC), Pendu Mazdoor Union (PMU), Democratic Workers Federation (DMF) and Indian Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) against the anti-worker policies of the BJP government at the Centre.
Core demands:
*Repeal the anti- #worker #Labour Codes
*Restore the MNREGA Act
*Implement the Minimum Wage Act
*Cancel the pro-privatisation Electricity Bill
Core demands:
*Repeal the anti- #worker #Labour Codes
*Restore the MNREGA Act
*Implement the Minimum Wage Act
*Cancel the pro-privatisation Electricity Bill
All-India Feminist Alliance and NAJAR warn the proposed Trans Amendment Bill undermines the right to self-identification and reverses gains made since the 2014 NALSA judgment.
মার্চ মাস ফিরে দেখার নারী স্বাধীনতার আন্দোলনের একক বা জোটবদ্ধ লড়াইয়ের ইতিহাস।
What does it mean to be reduced to a name on a list—one that can be erased by the State at its will? On International Working Women’s Day, women opposing the SIR process gathered at Park Circus Maidan in Kolkata, and answered that question not through slogans alone, but by reclaiming identity as something lived, shared, and fiercely defended.
𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐓𝐏𝐂 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐢 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬
𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐨 | 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: Thousands of contract workers employed at NTPC Singrauli Power Plant staged a massive protest outside the company gate on Monday (March 16, 2026). Workers allege that they are forced to work 12-hour shifts but are paid only for 8 hours, sparking outrage and a work stoppage.
The contract workers are demanding lawful wages, timely payments, and compliance with overtime rules.
𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐨 | 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: Thousands of contract workers employed at NTPC Singrauli Power Plant staged a massive protest outside the company gate on Monday (March 16, 2026). Workers allege that they are forced to work 12-hour shifts but are paid only for 8 hours, sparking outrage and a work stoppage.
The contract workers are demanding lawful wages, timely payments, and compliance with overtime rules.