-The Telegraph 'Bulli bai' is taken down after the victims and several Opposition politicians launch a protest A portal called “bulli bai” sought to put vocal Muslim women on auction on New Year's Day by using their social media profiles, less than six months after a similar effort had been made via the app “Sulli Deals”. “Bulli bai” was taken down after the victims and several Opposition politicians spoke out against it. Late on...
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In NFHS report card, the good, the sober, the future -Sriram Haridass
-The Hindu Its fifth edition has encouraging news but addressing discriminatory social norms must remain top priority The health system in India has been facing unprecedented stress during the COVID-19 pandemic which includes the looming Omicron threat now on the horizon. Against this backdrop, the recently released fifth edition of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 brings some positive news. NFHS-5, which presents a bird’s eye view of the state of the...
More »Haryana: Khattar’s ‘Gift’ Not Enough, Anganwadi Workers’ Strike to Continue, Says Union -Ronak Chhabra
-Newsclick.in Waged since December 8, the strike action has resulted in the operations of almost 26,000 Anganwadi centres in 22 districts across the state to come to a grinding halt. New Delhi: Protesting Anganwadi workers and helpers in Haryana on Thursday said that the state-wide strike that forced the state Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar to announce a slew of financial incentives for the all-women workforce a day earlier, will continue in...
More »Here's Why PM Modi's Claim of women's Empowerment in UP Does Not Hold Up -Santosh Mehrotra
-TheWire.in Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed recently in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj that the situation of women in the state has bettered under the BJP rule of last seven years, but the numbers say otherwise. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held forth on women’s empowerment in Uttar Pradesh before a large audience of women in Prayagraj recently. But women’s participation in labour force in Uttar Pradesh is merely 9%; only Bihar is worse at...
More »The under-nutrition problem in Bundelkhand should receive equal attention of the policymakers, if not more
Recent media reports point out that the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh is likely to get about Rs. 6,300 crore projects ahead of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, including a Rs. 400 crore worth plant for the propulsion system of anti-tank guided missiles in Jhansi. The foundation was laid for the first project in the Jhansi node (related to the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor) on November 18, 2021. The two...
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