-Newslaundry.com Vaishnavi Rathore of digital magazine Bastian also won the award for reporting on environmental and development issues. Dainik Bhaskar won the Prem Bhatia Awards for outstanding political reporting for this year, for their coverage of under-reporting of Covid deaths across the country, as per a press release shared by the daily’s journalist. The award was given to the Dainik Bhaskar team of reporters for their coverage of the underreporting of Covid deaths...
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Power crisis a reminder of fossil fuel dependence
-The New Indian Express An energy crisis was the last thing policymakers had expected in the aftermath of Covid-19. An energy crisis was the last thing policymakers had expected in the aftermath of Covid-19. But here we are, facing an unprecedented energy crisis, not just in India but in many other parts of the world. Even as the Delhi chief minister sent an SOS to the Central government warning of possible power...
More »Beyond the Big Promises, 'PM Poshan' Is Old School Meal on New Plate -Dipa Sinha
-TheWire.in Narendra Modi has taken a well-functioning but underfunded scheme and added his 'branding' to it. The least he could have done is allocated the kind of money the programme badly needs. On September 29, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the ‘National Scheme for PM Poshan’ in schools, details of which have been put out in a press release. While full scheme details are not yet available, this news...
More »Two of 12 top caste-based sexual violence cases from 'model' Gujarat: NGO report -Rajiv Shah
-Counterview.net The National Council of Women Leaders (NCWL), a civil rights group, has compiled what it has called “landmark cases of caste-based sexual violence” between 1985 and 2020 to mark the first anniversary of the notorious Hathras gangrape case, which led to the death of a young Dalit woman in September 2020. Compiling 12 cases from 10 States, the 15-page report, released by NCWL says, the effort is to highlight how...
More »SCHOOL survey exposes the dark underbelly of online education during school closures
-Inclusive Media for Change The pandemic induced school closures have taken a huge toll on the right to education and learning levels of the school children coming from underprivileged sections. A survey covering 1,362 school children (enrolled in Classes 1-8) from 1,362 households, which was carried out in 15 states/ UTs in the month of August 2021 (first round), reveals the catastrophic consequences of prolonged school closure in the last one...
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