-Newsclick.in Almost all the farmers from Sitarampur are not eligible under any of the farmers’ schemes in the state as they cultivate endowment lands. Ahead of the 2019 Assembly and Lok Sabha elections, the Telangana government has launched an insurance scheme for farmers, termed as ‘Rythu Bandhu Bheema’, but the real cultivators – landless tenant farmers, agricultural labourers who are considered to be most prone to distress among farming communities are not...
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Don't publish pictures of victims of sexual abuse in any form: SC to print, electronic, social media
-PTI The Supreme Court, which expressed concern on Tuesday over incidents of rape in the country by observing that women are being raped “left, right and centre”, has asked all the print, electronic and social media not to publish or display photos of victims of sexual abuse — even in blurred or morphed form. The apex court also warned against interviewing minor victims of sexual abuse saying it has a serious...
More »Farmers in Bidar threaten suicide over non-payment of crop insurance
-TheNewsMinute.com They enrolled for the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in 2016-17, but allege they have not yet received payments. Around 300 farmers in Bidar threatened to take their own lives, claiming they have not been paid crop insurance for the last two years. The farmers gathered at the Gram Panchayat office in Kosam demanding the payment of crop insurance, which was supposed to be paid to them as part of the...
More »Three northeastern States emerge as new HIV hotspots
-The Hindu Health Ministry attributes rise of incidence in Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura to injecting drug users and unsafe sexual practices Kolkata: The good news is that there has been a steady decline in the number of HIV cases in India. The bad news is that Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura have emerged as the new hotspots for HIV, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Lok Sabha reply In response to a...
More »How widespread is WhatsApp's usage in India? -Sanjay Kumar and Pranav Kumar
-Livemint.com The share of WhatsApp users in rural India has doubled over the past year amid declining data costs and increasing internet usage, shows survey data New Delhi: The recent incidents of mob violence and lynchings reported across the country have thrown the spotlight on WhatsApp, the messaging platform used to spread rumours against the victims. But how widespread is the use of WhatsApp in the country today? Or, how far can the...
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