-Outlook India/ PTI Students say some of them have to leave the course midway because of the 'unaffordable' fees. Students of Indian Institute of Mass Communication on Tuesday agitated against the "unaffordable" fee structure, as the resistance against high cost of education spread from  Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University to its neighbouring journalism school. The students have said that the administration has turned a "blind eye" to their issues. Please click here to read more....

-Newsclick.in A recent NSO survey report shows that private educational institutions are charging exorbitant fees, and the government is not far behind. Cost of primary education (class 1 to 5) has increased by 31% between 2014 and 2018, shows a comparison of National Statistical Office or NSO (formerly National Sample Survey Office) survey reports for the 71st Round and 75th Round. This is mainly fuelled by a staggering increase in private schools,...

-News18.com Acclaimed journalist and Founder-Editor of the People’s Archive of Rural India, P Sainath attributes the existential crisis confronting India’s agrarian society to macro-economic policies set in motion 25 years ago. Talking to Anuradha SenGupta, Sainath makes a case for state intervention in agriculture and says the Modi government, with its shifting positions and policies like demonetisation has only aggravated the assault on agrarian livelihoods. Dismissing the buzz about imminent new initiatives...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: When she saw a family all at sea in the court corridors, advocate Anjali Rajput stepped in to offer free legal aid. Like her, over 130 advocates on the panel of the Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) offer much-needed help to citizen litigants in Delhi's 11 districts, not only in courtrooms, but also through awareness camps in schools, slums, police stations and other public...

-The Indian Express Beginning May 18, close to 3,000 government nurses from across Chhattisgarh went on strike, for better pay. On June 2, 607 nurses were arrested. With the government promising to set up a committee, the protest was called off the next day and the nurses released. Tikeshwari Sahu was among the protesters. * Since when have you been working? Tikeshwari Sahu: This September, I complete five years working as a nurse....