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1. The Big Picture: India’s “Great Rewiring” of Labor India is navigating a paradigm shift from a “punitive” to a “facilitative” labor landscape. For decades, migrant workers were caught in a paper-heavy maze of 29 fragmented central labor laws. Today, these have been consolidated into the Four Labour Codes (Wages, Social Security, Industrial Relations, and Occupational Safety, Health & Working…

By Investigative Desk The recent sequence of $6.0$ and $5.5$ magnitude regional tremors served as a visceral wake-up call for Kolkata. While standard evacuation protocols were triggered across the city’s commercial and residential hubs, the subsequent return to normalcy masks a deeper, more permanent engineering vulnerability. The core threat to Kolkata is not merely its proximity to tectonic…

नई दिल्ली/पटना: केंद्रीय बजट 2026 के आने के बाद देश के करोड़ों किसानों की निगाहें अब अपनी 22वीं किस्त पर टिकी हैं। जहाँ एक तरफ बजट में योजना के लिए 63,500 करोड़ रुपये का प्रावधान किया गया है, वहीं दूसरी तरफ कुछ ऐसे तकनीकी बदलाव और राज्य-विशिष्ट अपडेट्स आए हैं जिन्हें हेडलाइंस में जगह नहीं मिली। 1. बजट का गणित: स्थिरता या संकेत? सभी समाचार पोर्टलों ने इस बात पर जोर दिया कि सालाना मिलने वाली राशि…

If you felt the ground shake in Kolkata on the evening of February 3, 2026, you weren’t alone. Thousands across West Bengal and Bangladesh experienced noticeable tremors. While earthquakes can be frightening, understanding the science behind them can help replace panic with prepared awareness. 1. What Exactly Happened? At approximately 9:04 PM IST, a powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck…

By: [idmahamad sekh] Last Updated: February 2026 Introduction The name “Jeffrey Epstein” has become synonymous with more than just individual crimes; it is a shorthand for a profound failure of the American legal system. While the headlines often focus on the lurid details of his life or the high-profile names in his “Little Black Book,” the true scandal lies in the mechanics of how he evaded…

INVESTIGATION NOTICE This article is part of an ongoing TruthWave public investigation into India’s urban water crisis. Over the coming weeks, TruthWave will publish a multi-part, evidence-based investigation examining how India’s cities reached a state of permanent water scarcity. Each report will focus on one system failure — governance, groundwater collapse, urban planning, private…

TruthWave Level-5 Public Investigation | Block 25 of 25 Choices, Consequences, and the Road Ahead SUMMARY India’s Election Commission stands at a crossroads. Over the past two decades, structural gaps, delayed reforms, and institutional dependencies have gradually reshaped its role—from an autonomous referee to a body increasingly reliant on courts, administration, and political cooperation.…

TruthWave Level-5 Public Investigation | Block 23 of 25 Transparency Reforms and Institutional Resistance SUMMARY Transparency is widely acknowledged as essential to electoral credibility. Yet reforms that increase openness inside election institutions often face resistance—not because transparency is rejected, but because it alters internal power dynamics and administrative comfort. Block 23…

TruthWave Level-5 Public Investigation | Block 24 of 25 What Real Electoral Reform Would Require And Why It Remains Difficult SUMMARY Calls for electoral reform in India are frequent, detailed, and often bipartisan in principle. Yet meaningful reform remains elusive. Block 24 outlines what genuine reform would actually require—structural, legal, and cultural—and explains why these requirements…

Every year, lakhs of workers from West Bengal migrate to other states for work—construction sites, factories, hotels, farms, and private households. Most leave without written contracts, local identity documents, or any formal protection. When wages are withheld, jobs are lost, or harassment begins, migrant workers often face a harsh reality: they are invisible to the system. To address this,…

Aravalli Enforcement Vacuum During Judicial Abeyance I. Procedural Background On 29 December 2025, the Supreme Court of India, acting suo motu, placed its earlier directions issued in November 2025 concerning the application of the 100-metre hill definition in the Aravalli region in abeyance and constituted a High-Powered Expert Committee to reassess scientific and regulatory parameters. The…

By TruthWave Investigative Desk Introduction: Why This Investigation Matters Now For nearly three decades, environmental protection in India followed a settled constitutional principle: a forest is defined by its ecological character, not by paperwork or technical labels.(Primary source: Supreme Court of India judgments database – https://main.sci.gov.in/judgments) That principle weakened in…

TruthWave Level-5 Public Investigation | Block 13 of 25 SUMMARY Between 2004 and 2024, India witnessed repeated judicial warnings, expert committee recommendations, and public debates on electoral reform. Yet, comprehensive legislative action remained limited. Block 13 examines how Parliament consistently deferred structural reform of election laws—forcing courts and the Election Commission of…

TruthWave Level-5 Public Investigation | Block 22 of 25 SUMMARY The Election Commission of India (ECI) is constitutionally independent under Article 324, but its accountability mechanisms are largely internal. Unlike many regulators, the ECI does not face routine external oversight of its enforcement decisions or administrative conduct. Block 22 examines how self-policing functions within the…