-Press release by Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) dated 9th September, 2021 Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN), today, released its new report on forced evictions in India. Titled, Forced Evictions in India in 2020: A Grave Human Rights Crisis During the Pandemic, this report presents comprehensive data and an analysis of forced evictions and demolitions of homes of the urban and rural poor across the country in 2020. It...
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The challenges of our vaccination drive’s final stretch -Anurag Behar
-Livemint.com The easy part is nearly done but India lacks the data back-up and processes needed now for full coverage To quicken the pace of covid vaccination and its equitable distribution, we are working with over 500 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across 12 states. By end October, our effort will scale up to over 3,000 PHCs across some 20 states, helping serve about 100-120 million people in a wide range of geographies—from...
More »Drought in Bikaner: Cattle die of starvation, fodder costlier by over 150% -Shagun Kapil
-Down to Earth West Rajasthan stares at drought, records rainfall deficit of 24% till September 7 Scant rainfall in the already arid Bikaner district of Rajasthan has triggered a fear of acute drought and distress. Reports of cattle dying due to starvation have started trickling in. The district received rainfall only once in July, followed by a scant spell in the FIRst week of September in a few areas, according to farmers. It recorded...
More »UP has reported no dengue deaths to the Centre. So what explains 50 deaths in FIRozabad district? -Tabassum Barnagarwala
-Scroll.in Limited testing means cases and deaths are going undetected in the state. This year, Uttar Pradesh has reported 1,069 dengue cases to the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, the central government’s nodal agency on vector borne diseases. However, it has not reported a single death caused by dengue, data from the agency’s regional office shows. This, despite the fact that more than 50 people have died of fever in the past...
More »Move high court to quash FIRs, SC tells journalists
-PTI/ The Telegraph Apex court offers protection to 3 reporters of The Wire, explains that it cannot create separate avenues for scribes The Supreme Court Wednesday said it does not want freedom of press to be muzzled or stifled but it cannot create a separate avenue for journalists to approach it directly for quashing of FIRs lodged against them. The apex court stated this while hearing a plea filed by Foundation for Independent...
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