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China loan horse without a mouth -Imran Ahmed Siddiqui

-The Telegraph Modi govt formally confirms that India took two loans totalling Rs 9,202 crore from a Beijing-based multilateral development bank in the thick of the border standoff June 15: Chinese troops kill 20 Indian soldiers in the Galwan Valley. June 19: India signs a loan agreement with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for $750 million (Rs 5,521 crore) to support measures undertaken under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY). China...

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An invisible humanitarian crisis in India -Harsh Mander

-The Hindu The state and the rich and middle classes remain indifferent as millions slip into chronic hunger and intense poverty India’s labouring poor have largely disappeared even from the inner pages of newspapers and from Television screens. It is as though, after the country has gradually unlocked and most migrants have returned home, the wrenching distress of mass hunger and sudden unemployment that racked their lives has somehow passed. The reality...

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Low on cash, farmers shift to barter system to ensure kids’ education -Santosh Singh

-The Indian Express Bihar has about 75,000 government schools with about three crore students. Nayagaon (Begusarai): Nishu Kumari, a Class IX student at a government-run school, is studying with her brother Nirbhay, a Class VII student and cousin Arpit, a Class I student. Their grandfather Bhagirath Singh is keeping a watch on them as the three have to finish their homework before private tutor Subodh Singh arrives. Nishu’s father Shivjyoti Kumar, a farmer,...

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Satyagraha for access to online classes

-The Hindu 24 students in Attappady village couldn’t attend a single class yet PALAKKAD (Kerala): Twenty-four school students living in a remote village in Attappady staged a day-long hunger strike in front of their houses on Sunday as a last resort to grab the attention of the government to their plight. None of them have been able to attend a single class ever since schools in the State reopened in online mode on...

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Kerala’s “First Bell”: A Mass Movement to Democratise Digital Education -Mukulika R

-Newsclick.in The state is now witnessing a historic mass movement that could give us crucial lessons on both how to save public education and democratise virtual learning. June in Kerala began with the devastating news of a 14-year old’s suicide in Malappuram, which allegedly took place due to her lack of resources to attend the virtual classes organised by the state government. To circumvent Kerala’s strict COVID-19 restrictions put in place since...

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