-PTI Odisha and Jharkhand today resolved to end illegal mining activities in their border areas by adopting information technology-based solutions. "We have discussed several issues including inter-state movement of minerals. We have decided to adopt IT solutions to overcome the illegal mining activities in the border areas," Odisha's home secretary U N Behera told reporters here. Jharkhand Home Secretary J G Tubid said "We are looking into all aspects of the illegal mining...
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‘Bad Roads, lack of transport at night force Jharkhand women to deliver at home’ -Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu One in five women who die during childbirth globally belong to India: WHO Bad Roads, poor connectivity and unavailability of transport at night continue to force more than one- third of pregnant women in Jharkhand to deliver at home. “More than 80 per cent of these women who deliver at home are unable to arrange for transport to reach a healthcare facility,” noted a study, conducted by Public Health Foundation of...
More »Dr Anand Teltumbde, Dalit intellectual, thinker and human rights activist interviewed by Prasanna D Zore
-Rediff.com On July 14, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court commuted the death sentence awarded to six convicts in the Khairlanji murder case to 25 years' rigorous imprisonment. On September 29, 2006, a mob brutally raped a mother and daughter before killing them along with her two sons. Surekha Bhotmange (then 42), Priyanka Bhotmange (17), Roshan Bhotmange (19) and Sudhir Bhotmange (21) belonged to one of the three Dalit families...
More »Flood-Like Situation in Bikaner District
-PTI Incessant rainfall has inundated many low-lying areas in the district, particularly in Kolayat area, disrupting the normal life. Rains have been lashing the areas for the last two days and eight villages of Kolayat tehsil have been inundated, District Collector R D Goyal said today. People are facing difficulties and families are shifting to safer places from the low-lying areas which are facing flood like situation as Roads have been damaged and...
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-DNA While all scarcity-affected districts are working toward implementing their contingency plans, the government has indicated that most of the relief work will be carried out under MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act). Also, officials said the number of scarcity-hit talukas is likely to be reduced with the skies finally opening up. Talukas that get more than 150mm average rainfall will be taken off the scarcity-hit list. “Nearly 70% scarcity-related relief...
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