-Livemint.com The coexistence of people of multiple faiths, often in close proximity, is often seen as one of the successes of modern India. A new report shows that deep suspicion and even antipathy underlies this coexistence. Indians profess respect for all religions but want to live their own lives among co-religionists, a new survey conducted by the Pew Research Centre shows. A majority across religions believe that stopping inter-religious marriage should be...
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Journalist P. Sainath Wins Japan's Fukuoka Grand PRIze 2021
-TheWire.in Sainath dedicated the PRIze to his fellow journalists who are reporting from rural India and to PARI, the news website he founded in 2014. New Delhi: Renowned journalist P. Sainath was the recipients of the Fukuoka Grand PRIze 2021, one of Japan’s top awards open to people from all Asian countries for “investigate[ing] impoverished farming villages in India, listen[ing] to voices from the rural population”. The Fukuoka PRIze has three categories, Academic...
More »40% PRImary school students in Kolkata could not access classes during pandemic: study -Shiv Sahay Singh
-The Hindu Pratichi Trust report highlights the massive impact on the teaching-learning process About 40% PRImary school students could not attend online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic owing to the digital divide, a report published by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen’s Pratichi (India) Trust found. The study was compiled on the basis of experiences shared by hundreds of teachers across 21 State-run PRImary schools in Kolkata. The 72-page report highlights the issues faced by...
More »Migrant workers bore the brunt of 2020 lockdown due their poor access to social security schemes & legal rights, depicts latest NHRC report
The rise in COVID-19 daily new cases and daily new deaths compelled many state governments to impose local level lockdowns during APRIl-May 2021. As of 20th APRIl, 2021, partial lockdowns were noticed in 10 states across the country and complete lockdown was imposed in Delhi. As of 8th May, 2021, nearly the entire country was under complete lockdown as a result of either partial lockdowns and night curfews or complete...
More »Potato imports from Bhutan allowed again -Vikas Dhoot
-The Hindu Retail inflation in potatoes surged from 6.8% in APRIl this year to 11.1% in May, SBI had noted With retail potato PRIces rising sharply over APRIl and May, the government has decided to permit the import of Potatoes from Bhutan without any license up to June 30, 2022, as per a notification issued late on Monday by the Commerce and Industry Ministry. Last October, as potato PRIces crossed ₹40 per kilogram...
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