-The Telegraph Those who have crossed the maximum advised gap between two doses of Covid vaccines are counted in the list of overdue doses, said another health department official There are more than 19 lakh people in Bengal who have not taken their second doses despite the due dates to take them getting over. Some of them have claimed that they took two doses at separate centres. But the authorities are not asking for...
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What will a legal guarantee of MSP involve? -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu Why are farm unions seeking a minimum support price for all crops? What are the terms of the committee set up to look into their demands? The story so far: After a year-long agitation on the borders of Delhi, protesting farm unions under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha have achieved their headline demand, namely the repeal of three contentious laws seeking to reform the storage and marketing of...
More »Over 30% Women from 14 States, UT Justify Beating by Husbands: NFHS
-PTI/ News18.com The lowest population of women that justified beating by husbands was in Himachal Pradesh (14.8 per cent). Over 30 per cent women from 14 of the 18 states and Union Territories that were surveyed justify men beating their wives under certain circumstances, while lesser percentage of men rationalised such behaviour, according to the recent National Family Health Survey (NHFS). According to NHFS-5, over 75 per cent women justified men beating their...
More »One square meal: How this non-tribal forest-dweller family survives without FRA recognition in Odisha -Sanghamitra Dubey and Ravisha Poddar
-Down to Earth Srikumar Khadi’s claim to his land in Odisha’s Sundergarh district is over a century old; but it still awaits recognition Srikumar Khadi’s great-grandparents moved to Bhuin-Jor from Dhamakpur in Odisha’s Sundergarh district around 100 years ago. They were offered a small piece of land in the forest by Bhuin-Jor’s inhabitants. They settled in the forest with the passage of time and started using the land as a homestead. They also...
More »Kisan Movement’s Direct Action Defeated not Just Modi Govt, but Imperialist Forces too -Prabhat Patnaik
-Newsclick.in While the farmers’ movement used the political threat of working against BJP in the coming elections, it also resorted to direct action, which is an extreme rarity under neo-liberalism. Particular battles often have a significance that goes beyond the immediate context, of which even the combatants may not be fully aware at the time. One such was the Battle of Plassey, which was not even a battle since one side's general...
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