-The Telegraph Madan B. Lokur expresses doubt whether a clause and a law dealing with sedition and terrorism would be scrapped altogether Justice Madan B. Lokur, the former Supreme Court judge, has expressed doubt whether a clause and a law dealing with sedition and terrorism would be scrapped altogether but has suggested measures to insulate them from misuse. Several former Supreme Court judges and a former high court judge on Saturday called the...
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Tribal affairs ministry in tie-up with NITI Aayog
-The New Indian Express As per TRIFED, 37,904 Van DhanVikasKendras, subsumed into 2275 Van DhanVikas Kendra Clusters of 300 forest dwellers each, have been sanctioned by TRIFED till date. NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has collaborated with NITI Aayog to implement the Van Dhan Yojana in districts identified as aspirational. As a follow-up of the implementation of the Yojana in the tribal aspirational districts, a TRIFED team briefed about the...
More »Several Studies Using Diverse Methods Point to Undercounting of COVID-19 Deaths, Govt in Denial -Richa Chintan
-Newsclick.in/ Leaflet.in According to the recent estimates, the actual number of deaths in India due to COVID-19 could be in the range of 2.2 million to 4.9 million. Going by this, the actual number of deaths could be more than the officially reported deaths by a factor ranging from five to 11 times! CORPES floating in the Ganges, long queues outside crematoriums, the crematoriums working overtime with several pyres burning simultaneously within...
More »Water and Agricultural Transformation in India: A Symbiotic Relationship -- II -Mihir Shah, PS Vijayshankar and Francesca Harris
-Economic and Political Weekly An argument for twin propositions is presented in this two-part paper: (i) that solving India’s water problem requires a paradigm shift in agriculture (Part I), and (ii) that the crisis in Indian agriculture cannot be resolved without a paradigm shift in water management and governance (Part II). The second part describes the paradigm shift needed in water, which includes rejuvenation of catchment areas of rivers, a shift...
More »Mateen Jamadar scores 600 out of 600 in Karnataka PUC exam
-MuslimMirror.com New Delhi: Mateen Jamadar, a student belonging to a village in Karnataka’s Gulbarga city, has made his family and community proud by scoring 600 out of 600 in the state’s pre-university course (PUC/intermediate) exam. He had obtained 619 marks out of 625 in the 2018 SSLC exam. Mateen’s father Nabisaab Jamadar is a mason. They live in a slum in their village. Several prominent personalities have hailed Mateen’s remarkable success. Officials of...
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