-Press statement by Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan (DRRAA) dated 27th July, 2018 The Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan (DRRAA) is shocked and saddened by the news of the deaths of 3 minor girls in Mandawali, East Delhi due to starvation. As per media reports, the post mortem has confirmed that the children aged 2, 4 and 8 died of starvation. While further details about the circumstances are awaited and the...
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Biometric mix-up affects nearly 2 crore Aadhaar holders -Akram Mohammed
-The New Indian Express A recent internal communication between UIDAI officials had pegged that around 1 to 1.5% of all enrolments made in the last seven years have “mixed biometrics” BENGALURU: In February this year, a contract labourer in Raichur got his Aadhaar number after seven years of running from pillar to post. Mixing of his fingerprints with that of his son — for no mistake of his own — had cost...
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-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday warned it would summon chief secretaries of states and officials concerned of the central government if they didn't comply with its December 15 directives to provide adequate facilities at public places for the differently abled. "We have not said anything new in our verdict (December 2017). It was your (the Centre's) law and we just asked you to comply with it. We are...
More »Political slugfest over Delhi starvation deaths; spotlight on right to food
-PTI NEW DELHI: A political slugfest broke out today over the starvation deaths of three minors INCluding a toddler in the national capital, with the BJP-led central government attacking the Kejriwal dispensation for the INCident, which has yet again put the spotlight on lack of basic needs for a large section of the society. The horrific deaths taking place in Delhi came as a big shock with the state's per capita INCome...
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-The Telegraph New Delhi: India witnessed 822 communal flare-ups in 2017, the highest for a year and a 27 per cent rise from 2014, according to data provided by the Union home ministry to the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. As many as 111 people were killed in these 822 INCidents of communal violence, the figures showed. Some 86 people were killed in 703 such INCidents in 2016, compared with 97 deaths in...
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