-TheWire.in The workers slammed the Aam Aadmi Party for ignoring their demands for months, even as it makes tall promises to counterparts who are engaged in the scheme in poll-bound states like Punjab and Goa. New Delhi: Anganwadi workers in Delhi say that Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have ignored their demands for months but are making tall promises to counterparts who are engaged in the scheme in poll-bound...
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Left Mumbai to be with our family, say migrants on PM Modi's statement in Parliament -Mustafa Shaikh
-IndiaToday.in Some of the migrant workers said that they left Mumbai during the first Covid-19 outbreak to be with their respective families. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "Congress crossed all limits during the first wave of the infection. The party (Congress) gave free train tickets to migrant workers to leave Mumbai...As a result, the Covid spread rapidly in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.” India Today TV spoke to...
More »UP Polls: Farmers Most Deprived of MSP in Double Engine State -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in Just 15% of wheat and 32% of rice was procured by the government at MSP rates. The rest was sold below MSP to traders. Uttar Pradesh (UP) produced 58.32 million tonnes of food grains in 2020-21, the highest among all states. It was nearly 19% or one-fifth of the country's production. Foodgrains include wheat and rice, the two major crops, and various coarse cereals and pulses. UP was the country’s leading...
More »1,750 Indians died due to extreme weather events in 2021, says new IMD report
In the month of January this year, more than 100 homeless persons died (please click here and here to access) in Delhi-NCR due to cold wave like conditions. Although a Delhi-based non-government organisation (NGO) Centre for Holistic Development (CHD) made that claim, and therefore asked the Chief Minister of Delhi to make proper arrangements for the homeless poor during winters, the officials of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB)...
More »Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: Ignoring the groundwater depletion problem -Gian Singh
-Down to Earth Blaming farmers alone won’t work; prices for crops other than paddy must be remunerative The Election Commission has announced the dates for Assembly elections in five states of the country including Punjab. The atmosphere regarding the Assembly elections is getting more and more dramatic every day. As in many previous Assembly elections, promises, claims and new promises are being made and repeated by the various political parties to win...
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