-Scroll.in/ The Third Pole Flash-flood warnings routed through NGOs are giving border villages precious lead-time to escape the wrath of suddenly rising rivers. In the last few weeks of June, a series of WhatsApp messages were sent from Bhutan to India to warn cross-border friends downstream of the Aai, Saralbhanga and Manas rivers about cloud-bursts, swollen rivers and possible flash floods affecting people in the Indian state of Assam. Although originating from officials,...
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Modi government slashes funds meant for rehab of bonded labourers by 61 per cent
-The New Indian Express While the total funds released for bonded labour rehabilitation was Rs 664.5 lakh in 2017-18, it has been reduced drastically to Rs 253.3 lakh the following year. NEW DELHI: Even as the labour ministry has not been successful in rehabilitating all the rescued bonded labour from across the country, the funds released for their rehabilitation has been reduced by 61 per cent, as per the latest...
More »UP, Bihar and Bengal fall on health index -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph The findings suggest that health parameters in poorest-performing states have deteriorated over the two-year period Measures of human health have fallen in eight states, including Bengal, with the steepest incremental drops over a two-year period in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, according to a health index released on Tuesday by Niti Aayog, the government’s think tank. The index — a tool to assess states’ performance on 23 measures of health care...
More »Names on Assam NRC draft list to be under scrutiny again
-The Telegraph The 'Additional Exclusion List' will have names of those who figured in the draft NRC published on July 30, 2018, but were 'subsequently found ineligible for inclusion' People who have been included in the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) list cannot rest assured of their citizenship status. A new notification by the NRC state coordinator's office, posted on their social media page on Thursday, says about an “Additional List...
More »Asked if NRC will be extended, Centre refrains from direct answer, presents Assam details -Krishn Kaushik
-The Indian Express In response to a question, the Home Ministry said the provisions under which NRC was being conducted in Assam, without mentioning whether it will be applied anywhere else. New Delhi: The Union government on Tuesday did not give a direct answer on whether the National Register for Citizens (NRC) will be extended beyond Assam. In response to a question, the Home Ministry said the provisions under which NRC was...
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