-TwoCircles.net Twenty-year-old Azharuddin from Meerut in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is good with his hands. He created an electric cart from junk and he is now receiving online orders from abroad. Apart from this, the 21-year-old has also made an electric bicycle that can cover a distance of 100 km on a single charge. Uttar Pradesh: His father laboured all his life and his mother never went to school,...
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Plea in Supreme Court to save academic freedom -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Data stored digitally in devices that are seized can be tampered with or distorted, says petition by five teachers The Supreme Court has asked the Government to respond to a plea by five teachers to protect “academic freedom” from raids and seizures of police and investigative agencies. The past few years have seen raids on and seizures of electronic evidence from academicians, researchers, lawyers and activists. Now, a group of educationists have...
More »A Long Food Movement: Transforming Food Systems by 2045
-Press release by International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems dated 30th March, 2021 * New report sounds alarm on control of food tech, farming data, and corporate takeover of UN multilateral agencies. * Civil society and social movements can fight back, boosting post-pandemic resilience, slashing agriculture’s GHG emissions by 75%, and shifting $4 trillion to sustainable food and farming. The future planned by agribusiness giants could accelerate environmental breakdown and jeopardize...
More »Migrant workers jittery as Maharashtra govt considers lockdown -Sadaf Modak
-The Indian Express After the 21-day national lockdown was announced on March 24 last year, many stranded workers without ration or money had walked thousands of kilometers or hitched overpriced rides to reach home. Mumbai: The looming threat of a lockdown in the state with a daily surge in Covid cases has put migrant workers on the edge with some contemplating returning to their native places to avoid being caught off guard...
More »India Reports Over 68,000 Covid Cases In Biggest 1-Day Surge Since Oct -Parimal Kumar
-NDTV.com India Covid-19 Cases: Total now stands at 1.2 crore with 1,61,843 deaths recorded till. New Delhi: Up to 68,020 fresh coronavirus cases were reported in India over the past 24 hours, making it the biggest one-day surge since October, Union Health Ministry data indicate. This includes 291 deaths. The total number of active cases has risen by 35,498, it show. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country now stands at...
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