-The Hindu The nation’s current social and political predicament poses an existential challenge Ominous clouds have gathered over India, casting shadows of divisiveness and hate, THReatening to undermine civil society and halt or even reverse economic progress. There is today a risk of going over a precipice beyond which there may not be a turning point. As the new decade dawned, the two of us decided to get together to write not on...
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Tripura tribal parties announce statewide stir against CAA from Jan 7 -Debraj Deb
-The Indian Express INPT supremo Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl said he feels ‘cheated’ and ‘undermined’ by the central government’s reluctance in discussing their demand of exempting Tripura from CAA cover. Agartala: Showing their discontent with the Centre’s “reluctance” to take tribal leaders into confidence over implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Tripura, a joint forum of THRee tribal political parties and social organisations Sunday announced series of agitations starting with a protest...
More »Kitchen gardens improve nutritional diversity of Kondhs - Basudev Mahapatra
-VillageSquare.in Overcoming taboos and becoming more knowledgeable about abundant local foods, malnourished Kondh people in Odisha are bringing diversity to their food baskets THRough backyard kitchen gardens Kandhamal/ Kahalandi, Odisha: “Unless we consume a variety of foods that include vegetables and greens, pulses and legumes, and meat and fish along with rice, where will we get adequate nutrition? How can our children have proper physical and cognitive growth?” asked Golapi Kanhar. The question...
More »219 infants died during December in two of Gujarat's civil hospitals -Mahesh Langa
-The Hindu In Rajkot, there were 134 deaths while in Ahmedabad civil hospital it was 85, according to data AHMEDABAD: Even as the deaths of infants are rising in Rajasthan's Kota government hospital, their numbers which surfaced from two of Gujarat’s civil hospitals in Rajkot and Ahmedabad are more shocking: 219 deaths in December. In Rajkot, 134 infants died in December while in Ahmedabad civil hospital there were 85 deaths in the same...
More »Birth certificates are citizenship proof, Govt says. But 38% under-5 children don't have one -Swagata Yadavar & Disha Shetty
-India Spend New Delhi/ Bengaluru: Any document related to the date and place of birth can be submitted to prove citizenship for National Register of Citizens, the government has said, but a large number of Indians, especially older citizens, do not possess birth certificates, an IndiaSpend analysis shows. THRee in five children (62.3%) under the age of five had their births registered and possessed a birth certificate in 2015-16, according to National...
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