-India.Mongabay.com * Some women agricultural labourers in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur and Sangli districts are reporting disruptions to their physical and mental wellbeing as they deal with the aftereffects of floods in 2019 and 2021 and uncertainty of climate. * Healthcare systems need to take an integrated and cohesive view of public health, recommend experts. * There is a lack of health data that connects climate change to its impact on health. Early warning systems...

-The Hindu Peoples Action For Employment Guarantee says rule that mandates recording attendance on a mobile app is a violation of the NREGA law The Union Rural Development Ministry must withdraw its order to discontinue manual attendance for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) scheme work sites with more than 20 workers to replace it using a mobile phone-based application — National Mobile Monitoring Software (NMMS) for recording attendance, the Peoples...

-The Telegraph We have raised concerns to Government of India that this seems to really go beyond simply random acts of violence: Balakrishnan Rajagopal Before the latest punitive demolition by the Uttar Pradesh government in Allahabad this month, three United Nations special rapporteurs had written to the Centre criticising similar actions targeting Muslims after communal clashes in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Delhi. This was confirmed by one of the special rapporteurs, Balakrishnan Rajagopal...

-The Telegraph The media’s culpability is damaging India’s interests Media culpability can damage a country’s interests. Two recent instances will suffice to illustrate the point. The media’s role in recent events triggered by a Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson’s remarks on Prophet Mohammed has received less attention than it deserves. The focus has been on the offending spokesperson. There was mayhem across the land on account of a television news show. The tally...

-NDTV.com Trains and stations have been vandalised and set on fire in Bihar over the last four days by Agnipath protesters. New Delhi: Train services were stopped in Bihar till 8 pm today and will be suspended again at 4 am tomorrow till 8 pm, authorities said, as the state continued to reel under the worst outbreak of violence over the 'Agnipath' military recruitment scheme. Here are the 10 latest developments in this...