-The Hindu The government must stop storing millions of tonnes of foodgrains in the open under tarpaulins In India, the height of the rainy season is a time that one prays will pass — flooded roads, wet clothes, masses of insects and mould. No place is safe from the growth of fungi that spring up overnight. With the humidity in the air and the warmth of summer, all that fungi need is...
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Shri Nitin Gandkari Addresses the National Water Symposium Organised by Shiv Nadar University
-Press Release by Shiv Nadar University New Delhi, 27th August, 2018: Shiv Nadar University (a comprehensive, multidisciplinary and research-focused institution) today hosted a National Water Conference at India International Centre to discuss issues related to the water crisis in India and identify the potential solutions to address the problem. The implementation of a new policy paradigm with regards to the principles, approaches and strategies for managing water in India was one...
More »In poll-bound Chhattisgarh, women stick to chulhas despite LPG scheme -Nidhi Sharma
-The Economic Times Vimla Nishad bends on her small chulha and tries to light a fire. Her two-room house fills up with smoke and her two-year-old son starts coughing. The firewood is damp as it has been raining the whole day so it is taking longer to light up. She looks around nervously as it is 8 pm and she has to get the dinner going. Sitting in one corner of...
More »Uttar Pradesh encounter deaths: Similar words used in several FIRs, reports The Indian Express
-Scroll.in The newspaper analysed FIRs for 20 of the 63 encounter deaths since the Bharatiya Janata Party came into power in the state. Similar words and patterns can be seen in the police’s description of the circumstances surrounding several encounter deaths in Uttar Pradesh since March 2017, an analysis of 20 First Information Reports by The Indian Express showed. The state police has controversially gunned down 63 alleged criminals and injured 584...
More »Why can't Yogi Adityanath be prosecuted for hate speech, Supreme Court asks UP govt
-Hindustan Times Adityanath was an MP from Gorakhpur when he allegedly gave an inflammatory speech outside the town’s railway station. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh Government to explain why chief minister Yogi Adityanath should not be prosecuted in a case involving an alleged hate speech he had delivered before the 2007 Gorakhpur riots. A bench of chief justice of India Dipak Misra, and justices AM Khanwilkar and...
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