-Scroll.in Coal mining continues to flourish in the country but it is no longer a major source of employment. For four months in 2019, Umesh Kumar Saw protested against a new coal mining project that was sprouting up just 50 meters behind his home, threatening to gobble up three acres of his family’s agricultural land. But when the mining company offered him a job, he relented. His family gave up their land...
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"Refusing To Let Girls Go To School...": Malala Yousafzai On Hijab Row
-NDTV.com "Refusing to let girls go to School in their hijabs is horrifying," Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai tweeted New Delhi: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has weighed in on the controversy over Muslim students alleging that they were not allowed to enter campuses and classrooms wearing the hijab in Karnataka. The girls' education activist tweeted that "refusing to let girls go to School in their hijabs is horrifying." The hijab protests began last month...
More »Left Mumbai to be with our family, say migrants on PM Modi's statement in Parliament -Mustafa Shaikh
-IndiaToday.in Some of the migrant workers said that they left Mumbai during the first Covid-19 outbreak to be with their respective families. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "Congress crossed all limits during the first wave of the infection. The party (Congress) gave free train tickets to migrant workers to leave Mumbai...As a result, the Covid spread rapidly in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.” India Today TV spoke to...
More »Activists approach minister about alleged violation of RTE Act -Animesh Bisoee
-The Telegraph The percentage of vacant seats across 24 districts in Jharkhand is very high and the situation being worse in Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Seraikela-Kharsawan: Banna Jamshedpur: Crusaders of Right to Education campaign have approached state education minister Jagarnath Mahato about the alleged violation of RTE Act provisions by unaided private Schools and to ensure their complete implementation in the next academic session (2022-23). “Recent surveys in Jharkhand have presented some troubling ground...
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-The Telegraph The Union Budget reveals glaring gaps in allocations for education Appearances can be deceptive. On the face of it, education has been allotted Rs 1,04,278 crore — a rise of Rs 11,054 crore from 2021-2022 — in this year’s budget. However, this still amounts to just above 3 per cent of the gross domestic product, falling far short of the 6 per cent public investment recommended by the National Education...
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