-Mid-Day.com A report analysing impact of the lockdown on education in Maharashtra reveals why poor students, who do not have access to smartphones or data, have been worst hit A report published this week by the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), analysing the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the state of education in Maharashtra, indicated that digital classrooms and compulsory examinations for final year college students, were doing more harm...
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Baatein Aman Ki: Here's Why Over 100 Women are Traveling Across India to Spread the Message of Peace -SIMAntini Dey
-News18.com All the women yatris who are currently traveling through different parts of India and spreading the message of peace will reach Delhi by 13 October, where a day-long event will be held to celebrate peace and harmony. Last month, five minibusses, with twenty-five women in each of them, started their journeys from five different states of India – Kashmir, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Uttar Pradesh. These 5 different groups of...
More »Pointed jab at capital's health gap -Chhandosree
-The Telegraph Ranchi: Childbirths at home, no immunisation. Allegedly, this continues to happen in capital Ranchi, within city limits in a locality some 2km from Khel Gaon. A Jan Sunvai or district-level public hearing, held today under the aegis of National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), Jharkhand, had stunning disclosures like these from lower-tier urban healthcare workers, which may have ringing implications at a time Ranchi is eyeing the Centre's coveted Smart City...
More »India to emerge as largest cotton producer
-PTI COIMBATORE: Trade estimates suggest that the production will be around 400 lakh bales of 170 kg each, taking India to the first position. With domestic trade estimating cotton production at around 400 lakh bales, India is expected to emerge as the largest cotton producer in the world in 2015-16. Cotton output in all major producing countries in the year, barring India, has been anticipated to be lower than the previous season. As a...
More »Storm in teacup: Food Security Act may leave 19 lakh families in Assam's tea gardens hungry -SIMAntik Dowerah
-FirstPost.com Uncertainty over the supply of subsidised foodgrain to over 19 lakh families in Assam whose livelihoods are linked to work in the tea gardens is threatening to not only spark dissent among workers but has got the industry leaders worried. To understand the impact, consider the case of Deepak Daori and Monica Daori - both workers at Mokalbari Tea Estate in Dibrugarh district. "We are worried that the our monthly ration might...
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