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India will play its due role in advancing global food security

-ANI/ Hindustan Times Dubey said that New Delhi is running the world's largest food-based safety net programme, which has seen a paradigm shift from welfare to a rights-based approach. India will play its due role in advancing global food security, upholding equity, displaying compassion and promoting Social Justice, said First Secretary Sneha Dubey at the UN Security Council high-level special event on global food security crisis on Monday (local time). Dubey said that...

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What’s missing in govt’s plan to secure ‘accessibility’ for persons with disabilities -Damini Ghosh

-ThePrint.in The Draft National Policy for Persons with Disabilities lays down specific commitments, but fails to account for three crucial factors. The Draft National Policy for Persons with Disabilities was released by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) last month, under the aegis of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. It identifies various areas for intervention, such as, early identification and prevention, education, skill development, social security, disaster...

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Ministry extends time to respond on draft policy on PwD after activists raise demand -Damini Nath

-The Hindu The draft calls for expanding the disabilities prevention programme of the Health Ministry from “traditional causes” to other causes, including malnourishment and medical negligence After several stakeholders demanded more time to respond, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) has extended the time for the public to submit comments on the draft National Policy for persons with disabilities (PwD), which was published last month, by one week time,...

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Anganwadi Federation Urges Centre and States to Implement SC Ruling on Gratuity -Ronak Chhabra

-Newsclick.in In a convention held at BTR Bhawan in the national capital, the CITU-backed federation also gave a call for a four-day ‘Mahapadav’ from July 26 in New Delhi. New Delhi: Demanding that the central and the state governments provide gratuity, a basic social security measure, to all the anganwadi caregivers in the country, the All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers (AIFAWH) on Saturday called for a four-day ‘Mahapadav’ from...

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‘Which door to knock now for justice?’ Urdu press asks after SC verdict on 2002 SIT -Abantika Ghosh

-ThePrint.in ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took. New Delhi: The arrest of social activist Teesta Setalvad and Indian Police Service (IPS) officer R.B. Sreekumar Sunday following the Supreme Court’s clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought back the 2002 Gujarat riots on the front pages of Urdu papers.  On 24 June, the Supreme Court dismissed a...

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