-Deccan Herald One must not make the MIStake of thinking that high food prices are good for farmers The world has been facing a food crisis of a magnitude that has not been seen for many decades. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has warned that “the number of people facing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent life-saving food assistance and livelihood support continues to grow at an...
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Rising Farmer Suicides Leaves Families Adrift as Vidarbha Grapples With Multiple Crises -Deepanshu Mohan, Jignesh MIStry, Vanshika Mittal, Rishiraj Sen and Mohd. Rameez
-TheWire.in The crisis is well known and has been written about for decades now. Government intervention has taken place but little has changed. The Vidarbha region of Maharashtra consists of eleven districts: Akola, Amravati, Washim, Nagpur, Yavatmal, Wardha, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Bhandara, Gadchiroli and Gondia. As of 2012, 65% of the population living in this region was solely dependent on agriculture and allied activities for their livelihood and vocational needs. This is due to...
More »3 Sisters, 2 Of Them Pregnant, Die By Suicide With 2 Children Over Dowry -Harsha Kumari Singh
-NDTV.com Rajasthan Triple Suicide: One of the children was a 4-year-old boy and the other was a 27-day old infant. Two of the women were pregnant. Jaipur: A tragic suicide case shocked Rajasthan as three sisters, all married into the same family, died by suicide along with two children. One of the children was a 4-year-old boy and the other was a 27-day old infant. Worse, two of the women were pregnant...
More »Hate watch group filed 17 complaints against Kannada channels, no response from cops
-TheNewsMinute.com Campaign Against Hate Speech’s latest complaint is against news channel Public TV for making unverified claims that a crime, which allegedly took place over a personal rivalry, was part of a conspiracy to target Hindus. Karnataka-based activist group Campaign Against Hate Speech (CAHS) has filed 17 complaints against Kannada news channels over hate speech this year, but has received no acknowledgement, the group's members say. The latest complaint was against popular...
More »80% students found remote learning burdensome, MISsed peers: survey -Jagriti Chandra
-The Hindu Nearly 34 lakh students of 1.18 lakh schools in 720 districts participated Nearly 80% students found learning at home during the pandemic "burdensome" and felt that they learnt better in school with help from peers, according to the government's survey of more than one lakh schools across the country. The Ministry of Education on Wednesday released its National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report, which assesses the health of the school education...
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