-The Hindu By repeatedly setting aside convictions under the PoA Act, courts bolster allegations that the law is MISused The horror of the gang rape of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras in 2020 is still fresh in our minds. Activists, academics and lawyers argued that the sexual violence took place on account of the woman’s gender and caste and that the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,...
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Why India Needs Village-Level Data To Target Malnutrition In Children -Archita Raghu
-IndiaSpend.com Where are nutrition programmes failing and why? To accurately understand this and for ideas on how to efficiently target the crisis of malnutrition among Indian children, it is necessary to collect and use data from villages, says a new study Mumbai: India must incorporate village-level data in its policies on child malnutrition to target beneficiaries and their specific needs more effectively, says a new study that analysed data across 597,121 census...
More »Jharkhand's Doctor Didi taking care of domestic animals, traditional livelihood -Mukesh Ranjan
-The New Indian Express Looking after goats and backyard poultry, the trained women provide veterinary support in rural areas and become financially independent, by Mukesh Ranjan JHARKHAND: Domestic animals are a source of income in rural areas. But there aren't many vets in remote villages of Jharkhand. Meet Putul Tigga - 'Doctor Didi' for villagers in her Hochar village near the Jharkhand capital’s Ratu block - who looks after their goats and...
More »Govt’s infection fatality claim shows India MISsing 23 infections for every reported Covid case -Abantika Ghosh
-ThePrint.in Niti Aayog member Dr V.K. Paul says govt estimates that India has an infection fatality rate of 0.05%. But there's no sero survey data after January to back this claim. New Delhi: India could be MISsing 23 infections for every reported Covid-19 case in the country, according to estimates shared by NITI Aayog member (health) Dr V.K. Paul Thursday. Rejecting mortality numbers published in The New York Times, Dr Paul said the...
More »Six Months of the Farmers’ Struggle – Looking Ahead -Aditya Nigam
-Kafila blog The farmers’ struggle at the Delhi borders completed six months yesterday, the 26th of May. The day was observed as a Black Day all over the country, at the call of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM). Braving unprecedented cold, followed by rains and storm, the struggle has now moved into the cruelest part of Delhi’s summer. In the process, it has lost 470 of its people, thanks to the obstinacy...
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