-The Indian Express The programme aims to empower women in rural India by teaching them how to use Internet in their daily lives. Google claims it has benefited over 30 million women across 20 states so far. Birbhum: THE NPR-NRC panic has had its first Casualty on the ground in West Bengal with Google stopping its Internet Saathi programme in the state. This followed a series of incidents since January 10 with...
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Guwahati unrest death toll rises
-The Telegraph Common platform comes up Guwahati: Protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, continued for the fifth day in Assam on Sunday with artistes and student organisation members joining hands across the state and intellectuals, representing 45 organisations, forming a common platform. The toll in the suspected police firing on protesters rose to five during the day. Two more protesters, who were injured in alleged police firing on Thursday, succumbed to injuries...
More »After four deaths in relief camps, Tripura's Bru migrants ask 'Where is the Right to Food?' -Debraj Deb
-The Indian Express Earlier on October 31, when the first Casualty reports arrived, SDM Baidya said a local Primary Health Centre (PHC) pronounced the deaths were caused by ‘unknown diseases’. Kanchanpur: Thirty-four days back, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) stopped food and ration supplies for six Bru relief camps in Tripura’s North district as the ninth phase of repatriation of 32,000 migrants living here since last two decades commenced. But a...
More »A case for a differential global carbon tax -Rohit Azad & Shouvik Chakraborty
-The Hindu All nations must climb down the emissions ladder without giving up on their standard of living Climate change is a global problem, and a global problem needs a global solution. The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report suggests that we, as humankind, might have just over a decade left to limit global warming. The IPCC says total global emissions will need to fall by 45% from 2010...
More »The problem of skilling India -Christophe Jaffrelot & Vihang Jumle
-The Indian Express India’s employment crisis calls for more government expenditure in education, adequate training. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his recent Independence Day speech, said, “We need to worry about population explosion”. These words stand in stark contrast to his previous references to India’s demographic dividend where the country’s population was seen as an asset. This shift reflects a new awareness, according to which demography brings a dividend only if...
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