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People must fight for right to breathe clean air

The way the Indian Government and particularly the judiciary are handling the extreme pollution in Delhi, is a warning to other places in India including Goa. It appears to me that the Supreme Court of India lately has gone soft on many issues related to the ruling BJP party particularly on the very serious issue of air pollution affecting the common people in Delhi.  It’s important people start fighting as one for the right to breathe clean air.



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Any bid to subvert RTI has to be challenged

DIOMEDES PEREIRA, Corlim
Published Nov 24, 2025, 7:11 PM IST
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The RTI movement  made people realise that access to information is critical to getting basic rights . The struggle for RTI has been a people's campaign. What began as poor villagers questioning about wages in public works developed into a huge  campaign with multiple questions from multiple geographic areas on a spectrum of issues.  The act of questioning itself was viewed as an offence  before RTI came into effect.  Authorities at all levels have…

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