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Imagine producing one of the world’s most iconic teas and earning less than the official minimum wage. In Darjeeling's tea gardens workers are paid Rs. 250 per day which is 30% less than the daily wage for unskilled labour. And even this small amount goes unpaid for months.
Tea garden workers at Longview tea estate.

ALT Tea garden workers at Longview tea estate.

Tea garden workers at Longview tea estate.

ALT Tea garden workers at Longview tea estate.

Tea garden workers and union leaders at a strike at Longview tea estate.

ALT Tea garden workers and union leaders at a strike at Longview tea estate.

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News: Rest of World, the nonprofit newsroom focused on the impact of technology outside the West founded by Sophie Schmidt, tells donors in an email it will “cease publishing as a standalone entity” at the end of January.
Hello donors, We wanted to reach out and share an update about Rest of World’s future. After more than six years of award-winning reporting, our leadership team has begun the search for a new institutional home for the Rest of World brand and catalogue: an organization that has the reach and scale required to continue to drive impact in 2027. Negotiations are ongoing, and we’ll have news to share with you soon. As a part of that transition, Rest of World will cease publishing as a standalone entity at the end of January. Many of you know our origin story: we set out to chronicle how tech innovation affects people and communities beyond the usual Silicon Valley lens. Our writers documented major shifts driven by artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, and gig work in places like Manila, New Delhi, and Lagos. In doing so, we have reported on more than 100 countries and proudly worked with over 400 in-region freelance writers, editors, and photographers.

ALT Hello donors, We wanted to reach out and share an update about Rest of World’s future. After more than six years of award-winning reporting, our leadership team has begun the search for a new institutional home for the Rest of World brand and catalogue: an organization that has the reach and scale required to continue to drive impact in 2027. Negotiations are ongoing, and we’ll have news to share with you soon. As a part of that transition, Rest of World will cease publishing as a standalone entity at the end of January. Many of you know our origin story: we set out to chronicle how tech innovation affects people and communities beyond the usual Silicon Valley lens. Our writers documented major shifts driven by artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, and gig work in places like Manila, New Delhi, and Lagos. In doing so, we have reported on more than 100 countries and proudly worked with over 400 in-region freelance writers, editors, and photographers.

Despite our successes, the media landscape has experienced profound challenges in recent years ranging from significant shifts in how audiences engage with news to how journalism is funded. Rest of World experienced these headwinds, too. What does this mean for you? First and foremost, we want to thank you for reading and supporting our work along the way. Whether you gave once or made a monthly commitment to us because you valued our brand of journalism, we’re so grateful! For those of you who are recurring donors, we’ll continue publishing stories over the next three months. Your contributions are still welcome and will help support our writers, editors, and product team members through January. If you’d like to discontinue your donations, you can cancel them in our donation portal, or simply reply to this email and we’ll take care of it for you.

ALT Despite our successes, the media landscape has experienced profound challenges in recent years ranging from significant shifts in how audiences engage with news to how journalism is funded. Rest of World experienced these headwinds, too. What does this mean for you? First and foremost, we want to thank you for reading and supporting our work along the way. Whether you gave once or made a monthly commitment to us because you valued our brand of journalism, we’re so grateful! For those of you who are recurring donors, we’ll continue publishing stories over the next three months. Your contributions are still welcome and will help support our writers, editors, and product team members through January. If you’d like to discontinue your donations, you can cancel them in our donation portal, or simply reply to this email and we’ll take care of it for you.

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At 10:30 pm last night, reports that @odisha_police detained Dr Randall Sequeira, doctor to Adivasi communities, and Laxman Naik, leader of affected villages opposing @Vedanta_Group’s mining in Niyamgiri and Sijimali. Their whereabouts are still unknown, no access to a lawyer.
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@frontline_indiaOct 16
NEW | Vedanta seems to be attempting to revive its stalled Niyamgiri bauxite mining project despite the Gram Sabhas’ rejection of mining in 2013, raising concerns that the Odisha government may be using the criminal justice system to weaken tribal resistance and clear the way for corporate interests. @Ayaskant_Das reports. frontline.thehindu.com/envir…

Niyamgiri Mining: Vedanta Renews Push Despite Tribal Opposition

Vedanta renews its push to mine Odisha’s Niyamgiri Hills despite tribal opposition and a 2013 Supreme Court-backed rejection. Arrests raise concerns over land rights.

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📢NEW Coal imports mandated by Modi government delivered a bonanza to Adani Group while making electricity more expensive for consumers across India Even BJP-ruled states protested against it, documents show @scroll_in investigation by @shreegireesh scroll.in/article/1096068/ho…

How Adani profited from government coal import order that raised electricity prices across India

Coal imports mandated by power ministry in 2022 delivered a bonanza to the Adani Group while making electricity more expensive for consumers, documents show.

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Rokibuz Zaman@ZamanRokibuz_Oct 13
Breaking: Centre orders inquiry into the suicide of the dalit student at IIIT Ranchi especially. @scroll_in Students continue protest, seeking director’s resignation scroll.in/latest/1096332/pro…
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Scroll's team may be small, but we are committed to ground reporting and are ready to bring you all the updates from the protests in Delhi and elsewhere. But we need your support to keep doing this. Get a membership today! scroll.in/contribute?utm_sou…
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“It's sad to see that the government is not listening to the future of this country,” a senior citizen tells @knowleena amid protests and police action in Connaught Place, Delhi, on the second day of demonstrations.
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"Gyanesh Kumar Ko Jail Bhejo...Gyanesh Kumar, Istifa Do." Young protestors from Disha Students’ Organisation and other groups march in Connaught Place in Delhi, demanding the Chief Election Commissioner's resignation. @knowleena reports
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Detentions at RK Ashram metro station. @knowleena reports A journalist and camera person among those detained
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Every young local reporter from Ranchi knows that since the past several years Jean Dreze is basically from Jharkhand.
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Why should a young reporter know who Jean Dreze is? If he/she doesn’t know & asks him, it is what a reporter is supposed to do. Ask. Just coz he was in NAC during UPA (years ago) doesn’t make him a recognisable face to young reporters. The know it all ‘seniors’ need to chill
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Detained from August Kranti. All I was carrying was Gandhi and Our Constitution. The good news: police stations are so full that they had to take me to one much further away. Frands, daro mat! 🇮🇳
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Replying to @jahnavi_sen @thewire_in
Some of the buses Delhi Police is using to detain those protesting against the chief election commissioner are marked ‘election duty’. @thewire_in
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Now a third journalist from @scroll_in detained. Our colleague Divya Aslesha, detained in Pune.
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Ayush Tiwari@sighyushOct 10
Update: I'm not in detention anymore. The police bus I was in nearly caught fire. @scroll_in
Ayush Tiwari@sighyushOct 10
The Delhi Police is detaining journalists. @scroll_in
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Now @scroll_in's political editor Shoaib Daniyal detained by the police near CR Park. He was not even in Central Delhi.
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My father @TusharG was followed and taken to DN Nagar Police Station. Listen to the testimony of the driver who saw the state apparatus pick up a 66 year old unarmed descendent of India’s founders. “Bring my medicine” - his text to me. @RahulGandhi @SauravDassss @neha_aisa
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My colleague, one of India's best investigative reporters, Ayush Tiwari @sighyush has been detained by Delhi Police near ITO. He was not even at Jantar Mantar. He had his press card prominently displayed. He told the police many times he was a journalist. Despite that he was bundled into a van and taken away.
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Scroll's team may be small, but we are committed to ground reporting and are ready to bring you all the updates from tomorrow's protest in Delhi. But we need your support to keep doing this. Support independent journalism and get a membership today! scroll.in/contribute?utm_sou…
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Anant Gupta@AnantGuptaAGOct 9
No surprises in Rejinagar or Nandigram, given what the police were up to there. Allegations of vote chori are mounting in Bengal. And the only response from the authorities seems to be censorship. Read today's crazy story: scroll.in/article/1096277/me…

Meta blocks viral video in post alleging that BJP candidate in Bengal bye-poll ‘looted votes’

There were widespread allegations of rigging and booth capturing by the Hindutva party during the election in Rejinagar on Tuesday.

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Anant Gupta@AnantGuptaAGOct 8
It's good that the Opposition and civil society are protesting in Delhi and other cities. But our democracy is made and unmade in the far-flung corners of our vast country. It is extremely important, therefore, to know what is going on there. A thread 🧵
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Anant Gupta@AnantGuptaAGOct 7
A bye-election was rigged in Bengal while the Opposition was protesting against “vote chori” in Delhi yesterday. @ZamanRokibuz_ and I saw the police brazenly helping the BJP take on its opponents in Muslim-majority Rejinagar. Read: scroll.in/article/1096225/po…

Ground report: Muslim voters stopped, Opposition arrested, journalists blocked in Bengal bye-poll

In Rejinagar, Scroll found that the police were intimidating Muslim voters, detaining Opposition workers and stifling journalists.

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