-PTI/ IndiaToday.in More than six lakh Indians have given up their citizenship over the last five years, the Lok Sabha was informed by Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on Tuesday. Over six lakh Indians have given up their citizenship in the last five years, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said that as per the information available with the Ministry...
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Why does Chennai get flooded even after a single spell? -Vignesh Radhakrishnan and Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
-The Hindu From urbanisation to missing links of stormwater drains, the maps tell it all. Every rainy season, Chennai is flooded. Some of its streets get inundated even after a single spell. The maps show that as the need for residential units grew, houses were built in low-lying areas and floodplains, leading to stagnation. The loss of a portion of the Pallikaranai marshland added to the crisis. Moreover, many missing links of...
More »‘Only 1 in 10 men use condoms, female sterilisation most common contraceptive’ -Jagriti Chandra and Sumant Sen
-The Hindu We need to change behaviours and social norms as family planning is considered responsibility of women, says NGO Less than one in 10 men use condoms in India, while nearly four in 10 women undergo sterilisation to avoid pregnancy, according to the latest National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-2021), which also shows that female sterilisation continues to be on the rise including in urban India. Only 9.5% men used condoms but 37.9%...
More »A Dalit Women’s Collective Is Fighting For The Land It Toils On, In Gujarat -Aarefa Johari
-Behanbox.com Mumbai: Around 400 metres off the Gujarat state highway near Vautha village, along the snake-like curves of the Sabarmati river, lie nearly a hundred acres of land that government records describe as “non-useful riverside land”. But on the ground, in early April, Baluben Makwana led me through a dirt path to an unexpected scene. On one side was a sprawling expanse of wheat fields, ripe stalks swaying gently in the wind...
More »Indian farmers turn to black market for fertilisers as prices soar -Pratik Parija and Vrishti Beniwal
-ThePrint.in India is one of the worst affected by worldwide fertilizer crisis. Crop nutrients' prices soared as tight coal & natural gas supplies forced fertilizer plants in Europe to close. New Delhi: Indian farmers squeezed by a massive shortage of fertilizers are turning to the black market and paying exorbitant prices for supplies. The shortfall has led to a thriving market where subsidized crop nutrients are sold illegally at prices much higher than...
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