-The Indian Express In response to a question, the Home Ministry said the provisions under which NRC was being conducted in Assam, without mentioning whether it will be applied anywhere else. New Delhi: The Union government on Tuesday did not give a direct answer on whether the National Register for Citizens (NRC) will be extended beyond Assam. In response to a question, the Home Ministry said the provisions under which NRC was...
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Names on Assam NRC draft list to be under scrutiny again
-The Telegraph The 'Additional Exclusion List' will have names of those who figured in the draft NRC published on July 30, 2018, but were 'subsequently found ineligible for inclusion' People who have been included in the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) list cannot Rest assured of their citizenship status. A new notification by the NRC state coordinator's office, posted on their social media page on Thursday, says about an “Additional List...
More »Bihar AES deaths: A hundred deaths, and no answers -Jacob Koshy
-The Hindu Cases of acute encephalitis syndrome have seen a spike in Muzaffarpur this year, already claiming more than a hundred lives. Jacob Koshy reports on the appalling state of health care in Bihar, even as the debate on what is causing the deaths rages on For three days, Bihari Mahato and Shyam Babu Saha’s families have shared a hospital bed. The two daily-wage labourers, who have had to give up work...
More »More Women Are Out of Work, Reveals Govt Report -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in Women’s work participation has dramatically declined, unemployment is at an all-time high and they often get half the wage of what men get for same work, shows the latest labour force survey report. The recently released Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for 2017-18 reveals a striking decline in women’s participation in the workforce. Only about 22% of women of working age (defined as 15 years of age or more) were gainfully...
More »The ugly face of Okhla gets a green lift, landfill to be eco park -Paras Singh
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: After years of existing as a repulsive mound of festering garbage, the landfill at Okhla has got a look that is more attractive. One face of the stabilised landfill has finally been “greened” and the capping work continues on the other sides. When the work is over, the overused landfill will get a new avatar as an ecopark. Tufail Ahmed, the engineer in charge of the...
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