-Down to Earth Breastfeeding is at the core of infant nutrition. But mothers in rural areas are avoiding it due to COVID-19 fears As India celebrated National Nutrition Month under the shadow of COVID-19, it’s time we put the spotlight on breastfeeding, which lies at the core of newborn and infant nutrition. In a remote village of Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, Jamuna (name changed), 28, gave birth to her daughter a few...
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The RTI Law: 16 Years On, Still a Contested Space -Nikhil Dey and Aruna Roy
-TheWire.in On the anniversary of the day the Act came into effect, a look at that 'heaven of freedom' that will sustain even the most oppressed and marginalised people. Right to Information users, like dissenters and democratic Activists in India’s troubled democracy, have been under siege. As the right to information (RTI) Act completes 16 years it becomes increasingly clear that democracy, and the right to information are inextricably linked to one another....
More »Social media gets a Gandhian platform: Pixstory -Kallol Bhattacherjee
-The Hindu Senior journalist and writer Appu Esthose Suresh starts a Gandhi-inspired platform to filter fake news and hate speeches From communal riots to transistor blasts and crimes of passion, Delhi is no stranger to felonies but the greatest criminal offence in the national capital was committed on January 30, 1948, when Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead at a prayer meeting by Nathuram Godse. In a newly published book — The Murderer, The...
More »Residents seeking cancellation of coal mining in Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand begin march -Ritesh Mishra
-Hindustan Times Around 250 residents of Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand started a march from Surguja district to Raipur, around 330 kilometres away, on Monday demanding cancellation of all coal mining projects in their region. Environmentalists and Activists are also taking part in the march. “The representatives of all 30 villages of Hasdeo Arand ... are part of this padayatra (foot march) demanding justice from state and Central government by cancelling all coal mining projects...
More »Hathras was no exception, at least 4 ‘rape’ victims were ‘forcibly cremated’ by police -Bismee Taskin and Tanushree Pandey
-ThePrint.in In each of the 4 cases, which took place between September 2020 and January 2021, families allege they were under pressure from police to quickly cremate the bodies. New Delhi: This Thursday marked one year since the victim of an alleged gang rape and murder in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras was forcibly cremated by the authorities in the dead of night, amid protests by her family. The forcible cremation of the 20-year-old Dalit...
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