-The Hindu Many living on the streets are most vulnerable to COVID infection, say NGOs Hyderabad: The homeless, living on streets of Hyderabad, and who do not have a photo ID card did not receive COVID-19 vaccine yet, said members of NGOs working for welfare of such homeless people. Members of Aman Vedika, a NGO, said that while those with Aadhaar card or other ID card were administered the vaccine, those who do...
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More boys dropped out of school than girls at secondary level in India in 2019-20: UDISE+ Report
-PTI/ The Hindu According to the report, nearly 30% students in the country do not transit from the secondary to the senior secondary level. More boys dropped out of school at the secondary level as well as in primary classes (1 to 5), while the number of girls dropping out of school in the upper primary classes (6-8) was higher than that of the boys in 2019-20, according to a Unified District...
More »More than 2,000 kids in Delhi lost either one or both parents to Covid-19: DCPCR survey -Deepali Sharma
-Hindustan Times As many as 651 children lost their mothers and 1, 311 lost their fathers to the viral infection. The Delhi government has decided to pay compensation of ₹2,500 per month to such children. More than 2,000 children in Delhi have lost either or both their parents to the coronavirus DISEase (Covid-19) since the pandemic hit the country last year in May, according to a survey conducted by the Delhi Commission...
More »How A Tribal Community In Odisha Is Battling Climate Change With Traditional Farming -Abhijit Mohanty
-IndiaSpend.com Women farmers are taking the lead in reviving the cultivation of native varieties of millets that are resilient to drought, salinity, extreme heat, pests and DISEases; need less water than paddy; and are richer in nutrition. Nestled in the remote forested hills of Odisha's Malkangiri district, Bondaghati is home to the Bonda tribe, one of the 13 particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) in the state. Some 12,321 Bonda people lived in...
More »Migrant workers bore the brunt of 2020 lockdown due their poor access to social security schemes & legal rights, depicts latest NHRC report
The rise in COVID-19 daily new cases and daily new deaths compelled many state governments to impose local level lockdowns during April-May 2021. As of 20th April, 2021, partial lockdowns were noticed in 10 states across the country and complete lockdown was imposed in Delhi. As of 8th May, 2021, nearly the entire country was under complete lockdown as a result of either partial lockdowns and night curfews or complete...
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