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Dalits not allowed to touch water, tankers servicing Upper Caste villages in UP's Bundelkhand

-IANS Water woes have been further compounded by the caste woes emerging in the times of water scarcity. In the parched badlands of Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand, wells and ponds have dried up, rivers have shrunk miserably. Water scarcity is a way of life in this region of Uttar Pradesh - made worse this year by lack of rainfall. Water woes have been further compounded by the caste woes emerging in the times of...

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Caste Discrimination in UP's Bundelkhand is Worsening the Water Woes of Dalits

-TheWire.in/ Khabar Lahariya Dalit residents in the state's Chitrakoot region are being denied access to water sources by Upper Castes. It’s peak summer in Itwa gram panchayat in Chitrakoot in UP’s Bundelkhand. Most of the taps and hand pumps are running dry, like every year. This time around, tankers have been hired to deliver water. They pass by the Dalit basti where the Chamar community resides, and may even pause for a...

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Why 116 Dalit farmers in Gujarat want police protection from Upper Caste 'encroachers' -Samyak Pandey

-ThePrint.in Dalit farmers in Gujarat allege that they are being prevented by Upper Castes from cultivating land given to them by the state government for farming. New Delhi: As many as 116 Dalit farmers from Gujarat approached Chief Minister Vijay Rupani this week for protection over an alleged threat to their life from upper-caste “encroachers”. The farmers, who belong to Rapar and Bhachau talukas of Kutch, allege that their upper-caste counterparts have, for...

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No significant influence of social media on BJP's Lok Sabha poll win: Study -Karishma Mehrotra

-The Indian Express The BJP’s vote share lead over the Congress has reduced among social media users and grown among non-users since 2014, the study shows. Social media did not heavily influence the BJP’s recent win as the ruling party’s social media advantage over the Congress declined in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, a study by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) shows. The BJP’s vote share lead over...

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Merit makes a mark in NEET results -Basant Kumar Mohanty

-The Telegraph Nearly 80 per cent of SC, ST and OBC students who cracked NEET cleared the cut-off meant for general-category students The results of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, declared on Wednesday, have shown that aspiring doctors from underprivileged social backgrounds are no less than general-category students when it comes to merit. Nearly 80 per cent of students from among the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes who cracked the NEET...

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