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Stop conversion of rice to ethanol for sanitizers, petrol: Rights group to PM Modi, The New Indian Express

The New Indian Express23 April 2020 RRAG warned that the world could be facing multiple famines of biblical proportions within a short few months. GUWAHATI: Rights body, Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reverse the decision on allowing surplus rice available with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to be […]

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Stop conversion of millions of tons of rice to ethanol to alleviate impending ‘multiple famines of biblical proportions’ worldwide, PM Modi urged

The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reverse the decision announced by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas on  20th April 2020 to allow “surplus rice available with Food Corporation of India (FCI) to be converted to ethanol for utilization in making alcohol-based hand-sanitizers and for blending in […]

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Northeast people battle racism amid coronavirus pandemic, The Week

The Week28 March 2020 Even as China battles global Sinophobia over COVID-19—since the disease was first reported from Wuhan—in India, people of the northeast are facing increasing harassment and violence over their looks. Kiren Rijiju, minister for sports and youth affairs, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, has asked state governments to sensitise residents against such […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Citizenship Amendment Act – Islamic State attacks on Sikhs in Afghanistan expose shortsightedness of the BJP led Government

“The murder of 25 Sikhs by a member of the Islamic State on 25 March 2020 at a Gurdwara in the heart of Kabul and another blast targeting those attending the funeral the next day on 26 March expose specific targeting and absolute vulnerability of the Sikh minorities, inability of the Afghanistan government to provide […]

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Every original inhabitant cannot be indigenous: RRAG Director Suhas Chakma

The SentinelPublished on 12 February 2020 GUWAHATI: Every original inhabitant cannot be termed as “indigenous person”, stated the director of ‘Rights and Risks Analysis Group’ (RRAG) Suhas Chakma at a meeting organized by the Assam Government regarding the socio-economic Census of indigenous Muslims of Assam, here on Tuesday. Addressing the gathering, Suhas Chakma said, “Under international […]

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Assam’s Khilonjiya Muslims – Terming mainstream communities as “indigenous” is perversion of the term “indigenous peoples”, says Suhas Chakma

New Delhi: On the eve of the meeting being convened by the State Government of Assam regarding a socio-economic census of indigenous Muslims of Assam today i.e. 11 February 2020, Mr Suhas Chakma, Director of the Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) stated that every original inhabitant or Bhumiputra (sons of the soil) cannot be […]