-The Hindu Bench clarifies it has not formed any opinion on the veracity of the allegations by petitioners The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to obtain from eight States information about the registration of FIRs, status of investigation, arrests and chargesheets filed in incidents petitioners allege to be attacks targeting the Christian community and institutions. The eight States in question are Bihar, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Karnataka,...
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Uttar pradesh: One dead, nearly 2.4 lakh people in 22 districts affected by floods
-PTI/DNA Uttar pradesh rains: 26 teams of NDRF and SDRF have been pressed into action while food packets are being distributed in the flooded areas. One person has died in floods that have affected nearly 2.4 lakh people in over 1,000 villages of Uttar pradesh's 22 districts, officials said on Tuesday. According to them, of the 1,079 flood-affected villages, 153 have been cut off from the rest of the state. As many as...
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-Hindustan Times Planting of key kharif or summer-sown crops, which account for half of the country’s annual food output, was 1.5% lower on August 26 compared to last year, according to farm ministry data India’s food output is likely to fall after six straight record harvests, as extreme weather dented sowing of crops, such as rice and pulses, raising concerns about inflation and tight supplies, data from the farm ministry indicates. Planting of...
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-The Tribune Figures second in country in deaths due to illicit/ spurious liquor Chandigarh: Suicides in Punjab decreased by about half a per cent in 2021, putting the state below the national average of 12 suicides per lakh population. Punjab reported only 8.1 suicides per lakh population. However, the state figures on top in the country in the share of deaths (1,164) in the category of illness and family problems. The state, known for...
More »MGNREGA: The Last And Often The Only Resort For Indian Women -Sunaina Kumar
-IndiaSpend.com Even as the rural employment programme provides low wages, it is a source of income and opportunity for women who have few other avenues of work in rural India and face barriers in migrating out of the village for work Rajsamand, Rajasthan: The year that Chanchal Kumari was born was the year of the drought in Rajasthan--2002. For two years, the state had a severe water shortage--no water for drinking or...
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