-The Hindu The Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown resulted in a drop in traditional crimes like theft, robbery, and assault on women and children in 2020, but there was a drastic jump in disobedience to government orders, primarily arising due to violations of COVID-19 norms, official data showed. According to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on 'Crime in India – 2020', a total of 66,01,285 cognisable crimes...
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Recently held Peasant and Indigenous Press Forum reveals that indigenous farmers and farming are facing the danger of extinction
-Recordings of the Peasant and Indigenous Press Forum organised by Growing Culture, held on 16th November, 2021 A Growing Culture co-organized the Peasant and Indigenous Press Forum on 16th November, 2021. It was a unique opportunity for media representatives, to connect with peasant and Indigenous groups in order to highlight the striking realities of our global food systems, and engage in intersectional, holistic story-telling. In this forum, groups shared the latest news...
More »Yet Another Young RTI Activist Brutally Murdered; A Price for Truth? -Vinita Deshmukh
-MoneyLife.in Barely two months back, Right to Information (RTI) activist Bipin Agarwal, a resident of Motihari town of Bihar, was shot dead on 24 September 2021 in broad daylight on a busy road by two assailants astride a motorcycle. Last week, a young RTI activist, Avinash Jha, all of 23 years old, was brutally killed in Benipatti town of Madhubani district in Bihar. His half-burnt body was found on the side...
More »Why should India invest in its adolescent population? New study has an answer
-Down to Earth Rate of returns for females higher than that of males; intervention to address gaps in India’s mental healthcare for adolescents need India has the highest adolescent population in the world — the country is home to over 250 million adolescents, according to India’s 2011 Census. This has increasingly built a case for investing in them. The Population Foundation of India, a non-profit, commissioned a study ‘Investing in Adolescent Development, which examines...
More »Profound changes -Renu Kohli
-The Telegraph Risks and rewards of a green transition At the CoP26 in Glasgow, India pledged to net-zero carbon emissions by 2070, with specific commitments at a shorter horizon to obtain half its energy from renewables and lower the carbon intensity of the economy by at least 45 per cent from 2005 levels as well as the total projected carbon emissions by one billion tonnes by 2030. The commitment to a low-carbon...
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