-TheNewsMinute.com Campaign Against Hate Speech’s latest complaint is against news channel Public TV for making unverified claims that a crime, which allegedly took place over a personal rivalry, was part of a conspiracy to target Hindus. Karnataka-based activist group Campaign Against Hate Speech (CAHS) has filed 17 complaints against Kannada news channels over hate speech this year, but has received no acknowledgement, the group's members say. The latest complaint was against popular...
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Urban cleanliness survey launched with theme of ‘waste to wealth’
-The Hindu The survey was done in 4,355 cities and took 1.14 crore citizens’ feedback The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry on Tuesday launched the annual sanitation survey of cities with the theme of ‘waste to wealth’. The Swachh Survekshan 2023 under the Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0 will be the eighth edition of the national survey of cleanliness in cities. “Designed with the theme of ‘Waste to Wealth’ as its driving philosophy,...
More »Anti-child marriage crusader Ashok Dyalchand wins Swedish award -Shoumojit Banerjee
-The Hindu Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai is voted WCP’s ‘Child Rights Hero of the Decade’ City-based Ashok Dyalchand, who has been tirelessly campaigning against child marriages and for girls’ rights in India for more than four decades, was conferred with the prestigious Honorary Award at the World’s Children’s Prize (WCP) ‘Child Rights Hero’ ceremony held in Sweden on May 23. Dr. Dyalchand, a crusader for the rights of adolescent women through his Aurangabad-based Institute...
More »Monkeypox symptoms, contagious phase can reduce with antiviral drugs, finds Lancet study
-IndiaToday.in A study published in the prestigious medical journal Lancet has found that some antiviral medications might have the potential to shorten symptoms of monkeypox and reduce the amount of time a patient is contagious. Nearly 20 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease, with more than 100 confirmed or suspected infections mostly in Europe. The outbreaks are raising alarm because monkeypox, which spreads through close...
More »World Food Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Solutions -C Saratchand
-Newsclick.in The war is exacerbating the food crisis, but to end it, the United States must first realise no military solution to the conflict in Ukraine will bring about the defeat of Russia it seeks. There is a world food crisis spanning the realms of production and distribution. According to the Global Report on Food Crises 2022, acute food insecurity afflicted approximately 193 million people in 2021. They were based in 53...
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