-Hindustan Times Democracy is all about elected governments bowing down to people’s wishes and in that sense the decision taken by PM Modi is praiseworthy, writes VS Pandey. Prime Minister Modi, in his address to the nation, announced the withdrawal of the three contentious farm laws and apologised to all those who had suffered because of the same. Farmers, basically from the states of Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh have been...
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Bihar has Largest Digital Divide Among School Children, Followed by West Bengal, Finds ASER survey -Priyanka Ishwari
-Newsclick.in As per the latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2021, Kerala (97.5%), Himachal Pradesh (95.6%) and Manipur (92.9%) are the best-performing states when it comes to school children with at least one smartphone at home. New Delhi: Even as online learning increasingly replaces traditional learning, around 45.6% of children enrolled in schools in Bihar have no smartphone at home, according to the latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2021....
More »Chhattisgarh Government Is Taking Back Covid Incentives Paid To Mitanins -Eisha Hussain
-Behanbox.com New Delhi: Usha Sahu, 45, a Mitanin trainer from Bemetara district in central Chhattisgarh was in for a shock when she checked her bank account in October. The bank had deducted Rs 2000 from the 4,000 rupees that she received as a special incentive for the Covid-19 duties for the months of April to September, 2021. “When the other Mitanins in the block started complaining about the deduction, I checked my...
More »Modi is Wrong: Death Data Shows Protest Not of Big Farmers—Economist Lakhwinder Singh -Ajaz Ashraf
-Newsclick.in BJP wants to turn farmers into daily wage workers in the corporate sector, says the author of the report that analyses the economic status of farmers who died during the ongoing protests. On 26 November 2020, waves upon waves of farmers descended upon India’s Capital. Barricaded from entering Delhi, they pitched tents at three border crossings on the outskirts of the city. They have resolutely stayed there since then, braving the...
More »NCR Air Pollution: Amid Ban on Construction, Workers' Body Moves SC for Ex-Gratia
-PTI/ TheWire.in The National Campaign Committee for Central Legislation on Construction Labour has called the blanket ban on construction 'irrational', adding that the ban ought to be limited to demolition and excavation. New Delhi: A construction workers’ body has moved the Supreme Court seeking ex-gratia relief schemes for daily workers who will suffer the loss of income due to the sudden complete ban on the sector’s activities imposed by NCR states to...
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