India faced a SECond and worse wave of COVID-19 pandemic a few months back. The unemployment problem is looming large in the country. At this juncture, the country requires journalism to tell the stories of courage, of loss and grief and also of resilience, of the state of preparedness and about the efforts being made by communities, individuals, civil society and government. For better media coverage of critical issues like human...
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Farmers’ stir, the new dimension in UP’s politics -Satendra Kumar
-The Hindu Its retrieval of the old SECular political language openly counters the BJP’s divisive and communal politics On September 5, 2021, in Uttar Pradesh, lakhs of farmers gathered at Muzaffarnagar’s government inter-college ground for the kisan mahapanchayat organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM). At the mahapanchayat, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait reiterated the farmers’ demands to repeal the three farm laws and for the “legal guarantee of MSP...
More »Wheat Purchase Price Up By 2%, Lowest In A Decade, Amid Farmers' Protest -Akhilesh Sharma
-NDTV MSP Hike: The minimum support price (MSP) for mustard seed has also been raised by ₹ 400 to ₹ 5,050 per quintal for the current crop year New Delhi: The centre has raised the price it will pay to buy new-season wheat from farmers by 2 per cent - the lowest in a decade - to ₹ 2,015 per 100 kg. The country is the world's SECond-biggest wheat consumer and sets...
More »Massive march in Karnal as talks with farmers fail -Neeraj Mohan
-Hindustan Times Thousands of farmers surrounded a key government building in Haryana chief minister’s bastion of Karnal on Tuesday evening, holding a massive show of strength and intensifying their protest over controversial police action on agitating cultivators last month Karnal/ Chandigarh: Farmers gathered at a mahapanchayat venue in Karnal, and later marched on foot to the mini SECretariat building five kilometers away. They jumped over some barricades but didn’t face any serious...
More »Implementing social SECurity code a priority, says Minister -Damini Nath
-The Hindu No timeline for rolling out 4 labour codes yet Implementing the Code on Social SECurity, 2020 and bringing the maximum number of workers under the ambit of social SECurity schemes were the top priorities of the government, according to Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav. Mr. Yadav told The Hindu on Tuesday that the focus on expanding social SECurity schemes would be discussed during the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation’s meeting on...
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