-The Telegraph PDS shop licence revoked in Palamau's Loinga Ranchi: Residents of Loinga village of Palamau, who are yet to overcome the shock of losing four toddlers during a routine immunisation drive earlier this month, are battling a food crisis that got worse last week when the PDS shop from where they picked up ration was shut down after its licence was revoked. Palamau district administration, that is supposed to transfer the names...
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'Disciplined, democratic and dignified': P Sainath on the path shown to us by the Kisan Long March
-Scroll.in The Kisan Long March will leave an enduring mark, the journalist writes in the preface to a new book that documents the historic struggle. Weeks after the Long March, the idea and image still lingers – of 40,000 people walking over 200-km, the last 10-15 km in darkness and silence (as silent as it is possible for such a multitude to be). Those farmers and landless peasants walked into Mumbai,...
More »Karnataka is serving hot cooked meals to mothers but caste is coming in the way -Nayantara Narayanan
-Scroll.in The state launched the Mathru Poorna scheme in October 2017. It has had some early success but faces stiff challenges. Anganwadi Centre Six in Sathegala village is airy and clean. The government-run crèche is also well equipped for the Mathru Poorna scheme. Launched in October last year as part of Karnataka government’s initiatives to combat hunger and malnutrition, the scheme offers freshly cooked meals to all pregnant and lactating women...
More »Modi Announces 100% Electrification -- But That Doesn't Mean Everyone Has Power -Noor Mohammad and Anuj Srivas
-TheWire.in While the announcement and achievement are significant, it must be noted that electrification of villages does not translate into electrification of households and is certainly no guarantee for power availability. New Delhi: After missing the initial deadline of May 2017, the Narendra Modi government announced on Sunday morning that the electrification of all inhabited villages in India has been completed. While the announcement and achievement are significant, it is still largely symbolic...
More »Large parts of India dotted with fires: Nasa images -Jayashree Nandi
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) images of the past ten days show large parts of India are dotted with fires, stretching across Uttar Pradesh (UP), Madhya Pradesh (MP), Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and even some southern States. In sweltering summer, these fires are intensifying heat and causing black carbon (a component of soot with high global warming effect) pollution. Some of these dots may be forest fires...
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