-Scroll.in The systemic, structural reasons that precipitated their distress have been completely ignored. The images of devastation faced by migrant workers in the aftermath of the Covid-19 lockdown imposed in March shook the conscience of the nation: the scale of the problem and the severity of the distress pushed this hitherto invisible population into the spotlight of public and policy Attention. More than 75 days into the lockdown, after the crisis had almost...
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On PM Modi's birthday, students fry pakodas, polish shoes to protest unemployment -Satyajeet Kumar
-IndiaToday.in NSUI, AISA and other student organisations held demonstrations to pull Attention towards unemployment on the occassion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 70th birthday. Ranchi: NSUI and AISA along with other student organisations celebrated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 70th birthday in a way so as to pull the country's Attention towards the issue of unemployment. The NSUI alleges that the unemployment menace has not only afflicted pain to youngsters but has also shattered...
More »Scientists rise against Elgaar crackdown -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph In a statement, they have also drawn Attention to the NIA’s decision to summon Partha Sarathi Ray, a scientist at the IISER, Calcutta, who, they said, has never visited the site of the violence More than 1,000 scientists and scholars have expressed concern over the National Investigation Agency’s actions on the Bhima-Koregaon violence in 2018, saying the agency appears to be using the probe to crack down on citizens critical...
More »Reimagining urban housing for those who have always worked from home -Shalini Sinha & Malavika Narayan
-Scroll.in In absence of any overarching policy protecting them, home-based workers are one of the worst affected in the coronavirus pandemic. Around 41.85 million workers in India work from their homes as home-based producers. They have always done so, even before the pandemic. The poor quality of their homes and the deficits in housing and urban infrastructure policies have grave economic consequences for them, which are being exacerbated by the Covid-19 crisis. At...
More »Why one should be charitable towards National Education Policy -Disha Nawani
-Livemint.com Since education policies and government programmes have greater implications for the socially marginalized, they should be open to public scrutiny and debate Anurag Behar’s article on the new educational policy 'A plea to educators at the cusp of a seminal shift in education' on 12 August in Livemint raises some very important and serious concerns and is therefore, deserving of Attention. It points to a growing rift between framers of the...
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