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ILYA recounts how hundreds of unarmed civilians were slaughtered by troops under British command in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

Big Oil is throwing money at new fossil fuel infrastructure like there’s no tomorrow. New pipelines, refineries, wells and rigs are being built across all continents. But everywhere the industry goes, it meets resistance. Here are four profiles of groups saying enough is enough. Words by Nick Dowson.

Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

Nilanjana Bhowmick on oxygen inequity and the price paid by her country’s citizens.

The image-obsessed Indian government is intent on shutting down dissent. Rishika Pardikar examines the ploys in use.

Nilanjana Bhowmick on the colossal failure of governance that has led to needless deaths on a massive scale.

Women experiencing violence from their partners need more than a helpline, says Nilanjana Bhowmick.

India’s RTI – Right to Information – and tea-stall culture.

Nilanjana Bhowmick on the double whammy of natural disaster and Covid-19 that has brought a vulnerable ecosystem to the brink.

Indian farmers protest produce legislation.

India is not short of divisive and harmful conspiracy theories. Now one, called ‘love jihad’, has been given legal teeth. Laxmi Murthy reports.

Facebook contravening its own hate-speech policies.

Indian public-health researcher and scientist Sarojini Nadimpally speaks to Amy Hall about the inequalities exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Report from India by Husna Rizvi.

India’s air pollution crisis affects millions, and not just in Delhi. Aruna Chandrasekhar meets people forced to live, and resist, at Mumbai’s toxic perimeter.

Adding pain to the pandemic. Nilanjana Bhowmick on the recent legislation steamrolled through parliament that has disadvantaged working people and gripped India’s farmers in protest.

The invisible green warriors by Nilanjana Bhowmick.

Insecure people can be highly susceptible to false narratives purporting to explain their precarious situation​, argues Helena Norberg-Hodge.

Report from Goa, India by Mahima Jain.

India’s billion-dollar joke. Who’s laughing?