-Hindustan Times At 54.9 million, young men and women in the 18-30 age group constitute 36.5%of the total voters in the ongoing assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Gorakhpur: Uttar Pradesh is home to 54.9 million young men and women who are in the 18-30 age group. That is approximately 36.5% of the total voters in the ongoing assembly elections. For an overwhelming majority of this cohort, the 2014 Lok Sabha and the 2017...
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Dalits have shorter lifespan, finds study -Kalyan Ray
-Deccan Herald The life expectancy for Dalits and Adivasis is similar to those of the poorest countries in the world The life expectancies of Adivasis and Dalits in India are significantly lower than upper-caste Hindus, a new study reported using decade-old government data on 20 million individuals from nine states. The life expectancy differences of more than four years in Adivasis, three years in Dalits and one year among Muslims as against upper-caste...
More »Grassroots secularism grows in western Uttar Pradesh -Shaikh Mujibur Rehman
-The Hindu The farmers’ movement has strengthened the bonds between Muslims and Jats in western Uttar Pradesh The revival of grassroots secularism in western Uttar Pradesh, which is lifting the veil of fear for Muslims, is among the most rewarding benefits of the farmer’s movement in north India. The movement strengthened the social and cultural bonds between Jats and Muslims whose communal harmony of many decades took a beating during the violence...
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-The Hindu Activists participating in jawabdehi dharna in Rajasthan have said their protest will continue until the statute is enacted JAIPUR: Information and livelihood rights activists in Rajasthan have shifted their emphasis from enactment of a transparency and social accountability law to an early introduction of the Bill on the subject, following a budgetary announcement in the State Assembly. The ruling Congress had, in its manifesto for the 2018 Assembly election, promised to...
More »India signs deals to export 5.5 lakh tonnes of wheat as Asian nations look for supplies -Subramani Ra Mancombu
-The Hindu Business Line Shipments may top 30 lt by June; consignments will include new crop Indian wheat exporters have signed deals to export at least 5.5 lakh tonnes (lt) over the next couple of months as nations in South Asia, South-East Asia and West Asia are looking to New Delhi to meet their requirements for food and feed in view of the Ukraine-Russia crisis. “We have demand for Indian wheat from March-April....
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