-The Indian Express Baigas in court against order issued by govt of undivided MP Achanakmar: “THAK GAYI (I am tired),” says Ranichand Baiga, 26. She was married at 15, and in a tribe where non-surgical contraceptives are still unheard of, has since had eight children. Two, she says, died of illness. On her arm, outside her one-room home in the core zone of the Achanakmar Tiger Reserve, is her youngest son, Surya,...
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Citing cow deaths, Madhya Pradesh government bans polythene bags -Milind Ghatwai
-The Indian Express A cabinet meeting chaired by CM Chouhan endorsed an ordinance to control non-biodegradable waste to enable the ban on polythene carry bags. Bhopal: More than three years after the National Green Tribunal recommended a ban on polythene to protect the environment, the Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday announced a complete ban on polythene carry bags from May 1. The BJP government, however, cited cow deaths as one of the...
More »E-filing service only at four high courts in India
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Nearly a decade after the eCourts project began in 2010 on a mission mode and after having spent close to Rs 1,000 crore, only four high courts in the country have allowed online e-filing of cases. Barring Delhi, Bombay, MP and Punjab & Haryana high courts, online e-filing facility has not been started by other HCs. According to a statement by minister of state for law P...
More »Vulnerable tribes: lost in a classification trap -Shiv Sahay Singh
-The Hindu A recent Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) publication has brought to the fore startling revelations about the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in the country inc- luding the fact that no base line surveys have been conducted among more than half of such groups. “Our findings revealed shocking facts, of the 75 PVTGs, base line surveys exists for about 40 groups, even after declaring them as PVTGs,” states the publication:...
More »A matter of choice: Eating veg, voting BJP -Anil Sasi
-The Indian Express States with the largest non-vegetarian populations are mostly ruled by non-BJP parties; those with the largest numbers of vegetarians, mostly by the BJP Eight of India’s top 10 major states ranked by their preference for vegetarianism are now BJP-ruled. And 8 of the top 10 major states ranked by their preference for non-vegetarian food are ruled by non-BJP parties, according to data from the Census of India’s Sample Registration...
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