-Reporters without Borders Six months to the day after the Indian government blocked all communications in the northern region of Jammu and Kashmir on 5 August, after revoking its autonomy, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reveals what it is like for journalists trying to work in this territory in the wake of the federal government’s recent MEAsures, which have had little real impact. Kashmiris had few illusions. A week after the supreme court...
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India's slashed education spending should alarm all -Bharat Dogra
-Newsclick.in The latest education budget needs condemnation but got kudos. In recent times there has been growing discontent in universities and colleges over rising fees and cost of education. The growing worries about access to higher education for students of modest MEAns extend beyond this, to the steady privatisation of higher education. Already, according to the government’s own data, nearly 77% of the colleges, accounting for about two-thirds of the students, are...
More »Retail inflation: Why your grocery bill could remain high -Surabhi
-The Hindu Business Line Onion prices may be cooling, but food inflation likely to remain high; core inflation a worry Consumers staring at rising prices are unlikely to have much reprieve. Analysts believe that retail inflation may be peaking now but caution that prices will remain high in coming months. So while onion prices have come down, your monthly grocery bill could still be on the higher side for the first half of...
More »Arsenic: Lurking in the shadows across Ganga, Brahmaputra basins -Simran Sumbre & Trinayani Sen
-Down to Earth As the geography of arsenic contamination spreads, there is an urgent need for governments to reorient mitigation MEAsures. That’s because the focus till now has only been on drinking water, but new research says arsenic has contaminated our food chain Arseic contamination in groundwater is one of the most crippling issues in the drinking water scenario of India. According to the latest report of the Central Ground Water Board...
More »Why learning to cook Pulicat's food is important to save this ecologically sensitive wetland -Shonali Muthalaly
-The Hindu Pulicat’s fisherwomen join forces with chefs using their culinary heritage and fresh-caught fish to convince the city that their home is worth fighting for Activism and seafood make for an unusual, but unexpectedly persuasive, MEAl. As part of the ongoing Chennai Kalai Theru Vizha, an all-star cast recently combined forces to bring Pulicat and its fishing community to the city, by serving up a MEAl that was a crafty combination of...
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