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09/09/2026

NRC can't determine how communities divided by conflict share territory or how displaced people return home, writes Sangmuan Hangsing.
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In Manipur, NRC raises several questions. How can conflict-displaced persons prove their citizenship? And what can an administrative exercise accomplish when the political relationships it is meant to govern remain so deeply unsettled?

09/09/2026

In a significant judgment that upholds civil liberties against executive overreach, the Allahabad High Court quashed the National Security Act (NSA) detention of Akriti Chaudhary, a 25-year-old Delhi University history graduate who spent five months in custody in connection with the Noida workers' protest of April 2026.

The court observed that detention under NSA is an exception, not a substitute for ordinary criminal law. Areeb Uddin Ahmed writes.

Read the full article: https://www.thequint.com/opinion/allahabad-high-court-quashes-nsa-detention-of-du-student-slams-despotic-bureaucracy-as-orwellian-dystopia


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09/09/2026

Doctors have suspected it for years, but now a new study has found evidence linking endometriosis to a higher risk of type 2 diabetes in young women. Anoushka Rajesh reports.
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A major study finds women with endometriosis face a 46 percent higher risk of type 2 diabetes, especially with extra-pelvic disease and normal BMI. Experts explain how inflammation and metabolic health are closely linked.

09/09/2026

At least 23 migrant workers from West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, who had travelled to Chhattisgarh for hawking and daily-wage work, have allegedly been detained on suspicion of being Bangladeshi, their families claim. Soumo Mondal reports.
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At least 23 migrant workers from West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, who travelled to Chhattisgarh for hawking and daily-wage work, have allegedly been detained on suspicion of being Bangladeshi, their families claim.

09/09/2026

In this interview with The Quint, Former Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg explains his concerns over the GDP data and responds to criticism that his calculation compares two different GDP series. He also speaks about the growing public concern over the credibility of India’s official economic data.
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When too much of the government prestige rides on achieving and maintaining the claimed tag of being the fastest major growth economy, the possibility of manipulating parts of the GDP growth cannot be ruled out, writes Subhash Chandra Garg.

08/09/2026

“The bones in his legs are shattered. He has already had two surgeries. He has to undergo more surgeries so that he is able to walk again in his life," said AISA President Neha Bora, speaking about Bullet Kumar, a student who was shot in the leg during the anti-NEET protests in Bihar. “One bullet enter his leg and come out the other side,” she said, recalling seeing his X-ray.

For weeks since the Cockroach Janta Party protests and the violence in Bihar, Bora has been highlighting the struggles of the victims of police brutality, specifically the ones injured in firing by the police

Another student, Akash, was allegedly beaten so badly by the police in Siwan that his eardrums were permanently damaged. “The SP, the person who fired it, has been transferred. He was apparently suspended, but that’s not enough,” Bora says.

Among those who faced excesses was Saba, who Bora alleges was subjected to anti-Muslim slurs after police realised she was Muslim.

“They said, ‘Tum logon ki toh alag se training hoti hai.’”

She alleges Saba was then told: “Iska toh special encounter hoga.”

In this interview with The Quint's Eshwar E, Bora talks about her attempts to seek justice for victims of police brutality in Bihar, the attack on her in Jharkhand, the BJP’s youth outreach, and AISA’s view of the CJP weeks after the Jantar Mantar movement.

08/09/2026

A week after his questions on India’s 7.8% GDP growth figure sparked a nationwide debate over the numbers, former Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg speaks about the “positive outcome” of the controversy, and how GDP and its dimensions have become a household concern today, which he says is “good for the nation.”

Garg raised questions about the GDP data in two articles for The Quint, which have since become part of the wider conversation around the numbers.

Watch the full interview: https://www.thequint.com/opinion/gdp-growth-data-govt-clarification-subhash-chandra-garg-response

08/09/2026

"I recently read news reports about protests by students and youth against the NEET paper leak... How wonderful would it be if there were a way to somehow get the sensory taste of the potential of dissent," writes Umar Khalid from Tihar Jail.
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Umar Khalid completes six years in prison on 13 September.

08/09/2026

The collapse of a building in Delhi’s Satya Niketan has raised serious questions about safety, accountability, and the lack of affordable housing for students.

Harsh’s asks 5 questions on the Satya Niketan building collapse and the failures surrounding it. From the delay in rescue operations to questions over whether lessons were learnt from the 2022 tragedy, what went wrong? And why are students still struggling to find safe, affordable housing around Delhi University?

Full piece coming on The Quint soon.

08/09/2026

The Court warned that when bureaucrats and police officers ignore their oath and act contrary to it, people may view them as an "oppressive vestige of the British Empire," creating an environment of civil unrest. Areeb Uddin Ahmed writes.
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While quashing the NSA case against Akriti Chaudhary, Allahabad HC held that NSA is an exception, not substitute for ordinary criminal law, and cannot be invoked merely to make an example of individuals exercising their right to speech & expression.