-The Hindu Message that mob action will invite ‘wrath of law’ to start on TV, radio in a week: Govt. tells SC The Centre on Monday assured the Supreme Court that the Union and State governments would, within a week, start broadcasting on radio and TV a stern message that mob lynchings and violence would invite the “wrath of law”. The Centre’s promise came in response to a query by a Bench...
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Of 42 'Hunger-Related' Deaths Since 2017, 25 'Linked to Aadhaar Issues'
-TheWire.in To mark one year since the death of 11-year-old Santoshi Kumari in Jharkhand, activists have released a list of hunger-related deaths in India since 2015. New Delhi: A year after the ‘starvation’ death of an 11-year-old girl, Santoshi Kumari, in Jharkhand’s Simdega district, activists have compiled a list of 56 alleged hunger-related deaths since 2015 across the country, of which 42 were in 2017 and 2018. Kumari’s death led to a spate...
More »Of 42 'Hunger-Related' Deaths Since 2017, 25 'Linked to Aadhaar Issues'
-TheWire.in To mark one year since the death of 11-year-old Santoshi Kumari in Jharkhand, activists have released a list of hunger-related deaths in India since 2015. New Delhi: A year after the ‘starvation’ death of an 11-year-old girl, Santoshi Kumari, in Jharkhand’s Simdega district, activists have compiled a list of 56 alleged hunger-related deaths since 2015 across the country, of which 42 were in 2017 and 2018. Kumari’s death led to a spate...
More »Bezwada Wilson, national convenor of the Safai Karamchari Andolan, interviewed by Ahan Penkar
-Caravan Magazine On 9 September 2018, five sanitation workers died due to inhalation of toxic fumes while cleaning a sewage tank in West Delhi. Several Media reports regarding the incident noted that the men did not have any safety gear, indicating that the unavailability of equipment led to their death. The police reportedly registered a case against theengineer who was in charge of managing the sewage tank,under Sections 304 and 304A...
More »Will the new scheme give Aasha to farmers? -Devinder Sharma
-The Hindu Business Line Hiking MSPs is not enough. The govt must work out a mechanism to provide income transfers to farmers The launch of a new umbrella scheme — Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) — last week, is a response to the growing farmers’ anger over the last few years. Farmers have been demanding an assured income to emerge out of the continuing agrarian crisis. With open market prices...
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