In February last year, Anisa Nissar became a victim of a cold-blooded acid attack in Downtown Srinagar. Following the incident, the government in Kashmir assured complete assistance to the victim in bringing the perpetrators to justice and aiding the victim in getting medical relief. A year on, the victim’s family has been moving from pillar to post for treatment, begging and pleading with the authorities for aid.

Rights activists voice their concerns and say that acts of re-emphasising stereotypes and discrimination must be called out and challenged before a court of law.

For years, sugarcane cultivators have blamed mill owners for underweighting their produce. But in the absence of government intervention, the cultivators claim the practice is growing unabated this crushing season. 

The first warning regarding the Joshimath zone’s vulnerability came as far back as the late 1930s. Since then, subsequent governments have chosen to ignore the red flags. Bhaswati Sengupta reports for The Probe.

The economies of scale might reduce the fares one day. But a long wait lies ahead, writes Rasheed Kappan

While many Edtech companies like Unacademy, Byju’s and Vedantu have been issuing pink slips to their employees as part of mass layoffs in the sector, The Probe catches up with a recently laid-off employee of Unacademy who reveals glaring details about the way the company has gone about laying off its employees.

The booming aviation market has already pushed India to be the fourth largest in this sector after the United States, the United Kingdom and China. But many fear that if the infrastructure does not keep up, the projected gains could vanish.

Last month, The Probe flagged off the potential ecological impacts of a chemical complex near the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat. The central government has now taken cognisance of the environmental threat posed by the chemical complex and has returned the application of the Dalmia Group, citing multiple insufficiencies.