-TheWire.in Laura T. Murphy's 'Azad Nagar: The Story of a 21st Century Slave Revolt' unwraps the little known powerful story of a tribal revolt in the heartland of India. Laura T. Murphy’s Azad Nagar: The Story of a 21st Century Slave Revolt is a powerful and moving story of a ‘slave revolt’ in the heartland of India that not many know about. And it did not occur in a bygone era –...
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NGOs protest Commerce Ministry inaction on WTO COVID-19 vaccine proposal -Jacob Koshy
-The Hindu They write to Prime Minister asking him to renegotiate the draft proposal to waive intellectual property rights on vaccines and highlight the need for active engagement to improve it A group of non governmental organisations has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to prod the Union Commerce Ministry into “proactively engaging” with a draft proposal at the World Trade Organisation-TRIPS in Geneva to waive intellectual property rights, mostly controlled by...
More »Centre retracts caution on Aadhaar photocopies -Jacob Koshy
-The Hindu UIDAI had warned against sharing them to avoid ‘misuse’ Two days after it issued an advisory cautioning people against sharing a photocopy of their Aadhaar card, the government on Sunday withdraw the notification, claiming that it could be “misinterpreted”. A perusal of past tweets by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which manages Aadhar, shows the about-turn reveals confusion on its policy regarding photocopies of Aadhaar. The Bengaluru Regional Office...
More »Lessons to learn from the current food crisis -Vikas Rawal
-Deccan Herald One must not make the mistake of thinking that high food prices are good for farmers The world has been facing a food crisis of a magnitude that has not been seen for many decades. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has warned that “the number of people facing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent life-saving food assistance and livelihood support continues to grow at an...
More »3 Sisters, 2 Of Them Pregnant, Die By Suicide With 2 Children Over Dowry -Harsha Kumari Singh
-NDTV.com Rajasthan Triple Suicide: One of the children was a 4-year-old boy and the other was a 27-day old infant. Two of the women were pregnant. Jaipur: A tragic suicide case shocked Rajasthan as three sisters, all married into the same family, died by suicide along with two children. One of the children was a 4-year-old boy and the other was a 27-day old infant. Worse, two of the women were pregnant...
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