-The Hindu They are unable to cope with the fear of deportation, separation from family members, it says. Guwahati: About 89% of the more than 41 lakh people excluded from Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) have been suffering from extreme mental torture because of the fear of being marked as a foreigner and its consequences, a survey by the National Campaign Against Torture (NCAT) has revealed. The NCAT had conducted a field...
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IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan resigns over 'lack of freedom of expression' -SR Praveen
-The Hindu “We got into the service thinking that we can provide voice to people, but then we ended up with our own voice being taken away from us,” said the Kerala-born IAS officer THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan from the AGMUT cadre, who came into the limelight for his anonymous participation in the flood relief efforts in Kerala last year, has resigned from service. The officer, who has been serving as...
More »Economic slump: Modi govt re-arranging furniture when house is on fire -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in Measures announced by the finance minister are mere concessions to industry lobbies and stock market, and don’t address lack of demand. The raft of measures announced by India’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman for supposedly boosting a sinking economy are unlikely to rescue flagging economic growth and don’t even address the key problems of lack of purchasing power with the people and raging unemployment. It’s rearranging the furniture when the house is...
More »Agri families borrow more, eat less to cope with kin's suicide: study -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com * Average income of farm suicide families was just Rs.3,523 per month in 2016-17, below Rs.4,561 estimated by NSSO: study * The study found that 92% of farm suicide families were not enrolled under the centre’s flagship crop insurance scheme NEW DELHI: Agricultural households are trying to cope with the suicide of an earning member of the family by borrowing more, skimping on food and even taking recourse to bonded labour, a...
More »Citizens left out of NRC will not go to jail at once -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu They can explore all legal options. None of the persons excluded from Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) to be published on August 31 will be immediately put in detention centres, a senior government official said. The official clarified that any decision would be taken only after the excluded applicants have exhausted all legal options, like the Foreigners Tribunals (FTs), the High Court and the Supreme Court. He said a section of...
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