-ThePrint.in No matter what Nitish Kumar or BJP says, analysis of crime data of Bihar reveals the truth about Lalu Prasad-era ‘Jungle Raj’. The Narendra Modi-LED National Democratic Alliance, armed with its electoral catchphrase, “Jungle Raj ka Yuvraj”, hit the opposition LED by Tejashwi Yadav where it hurts the most. The Bihar election results hint that the narratives of the ‘Jungle Raj’ succeeded in forcing people to recall the politics and governance...
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COVID-19: New UN alliance to stave off ‘catastrophic food crisis’ -Susan Chacko
-Down to Earth Proposed by Italy and LED by Food and Agriculture Organization, the alliance aims to increase resilience of agricultural food systems, ensure global food access The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has pulLED food systems apart, threatening food security and nutrition. At least 690 million people went hungry in 2019, according to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, 2020. Now, the pandemic could tip over...
More »Documentary on female infanticide and rape seeks allyship, not protection, from men -Ishita Sengupta
-The Indian Express Son Rise is a rare documentary on female subjugation which puts men at the centre stage. When filmmaker and former journalist Vibha Bakshi started working on the documentary Son Rise — a harrowing reportage on female infanticide in Haryana and its adjoining areas — residents there were hesitant to speak. In spite of its genre, the documentary’s fate turned out to be rather cinematic as things suddenly changed for...
More »UP farmers fume at stubble burning whip -Piyush Srivastava
-The Telegraph Uproar against crackdown Lucknow: A crackdown on stubble burning by Uttar Pradesh police has infuriated farmers, underlining the challenge the government faces in implementing the anti-pollution measure at a time the agricultural community is livid with the Centre over new farm laws. Scenes of officers dragging some of the accused farmers by their collar has LED to the crop growers’ frustration boiling over, with farmer leader Harnam Singh accusing the government...
More »Do recent indicators hint at a real economic revival? -Vikas Dhoot
-The Hindu After India’s economy collapsed in the first quarter of 2020-21 following the nationwide lockdown imposed to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, some economic indicators from September and October, from power consumption to GST collections, suggest that things are improving. But is this a sustainable recovery under way, or just an expression of pent-up demand combined with India’s festive-season spending? In a conversation moderated by Vikas Dhoot, Naushad Forbes and M....
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