-TheCitizen.in Jat farmers of Western Uttar Pradesh and Haryana have made their presence felt several times in the past as well. Huge protests have taken PLAce in past decades, under kisan leaders like Charan Singh and Mahendra Singh Tikait. Both cut their political teeth on farmers issues, with Charan Singh going on to become the Prime Minister of India on the basis of the farmers support across north India. Singh’s son Ajit...
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197 still missing as Uttarakhand avalanche toll touches 32 -Vijaita Singh and Devesh K Pandey
-The Hindu Efforts on to save 35 labourers in NTPC dam tunnel. Dehradun/ Joshimath: The operation to rescue about 35 workers trapped inside a 2.5 km NTPC hydel project tunnel in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand continued on Tuesday, while the death toll in the aftermath of what Union Home Minister Amit Shah, described in Parliament as a snow avalanche, rose to 32. More than 197 people, including the trapped labourers, are...
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-The Hindu They PLAy a vital role in human resources development, they tell Centre A group of 100 disability rights organisations and activists wrote to Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawarchand Gehlot asking him not to go ahead with the proposed merger and closure of several institutes under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD). They said the institutes and regional centres were set up by the government “in pursuit of...
More »Lessons from Champaran -SN Sahu
-The Telegraph Gandhi’s first satyagraha for the cause of farmers stands in sharp contrast to the passage of the three farm laws today Mahatma Gandhi’s first satyagraha in India was launched in Champaran in 1917 to save farmers from the exploitation of British indigo PLAnters — the corporates of that era engaged in contract farming. The protest bears close resemblance to the farmers’ agitation against the three farm laws that were framed...
More »Wetland authority seeks action PLAn to revive 1,000 water bodies -Shivam Patel
-The Indian Express Proposals for the remaining 755, which include 39 untraceable water bodies, are being sought and agencies have been asked to submit them by the end of this month, a Delhi government official said. The Delhi Wetland Authority has sought action PLAns from land-owning and maintenance agencies for revival of more than 1,000 water bodies in the capital, including lakes, ponds and wells. Details compiled by the authority show that...
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