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122 farmer suicides in a single district in WB in 2021, reveals RTI query -Shiv Sahay Singh

-The Hindu In contrast, State Government has been maintaining that there were no deaths by suicide in agricultural sector; NCRB data also concur A Right to Information (RTI) query has revealed that there were 122 farmer and farm-related suicides in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district in 2021. The West Bengal government has for the past several years maintained in public forums and the State Assembly that there has not been a single...

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Protest against eviction drives in Delhi-NCR and other cities

-Press release by Freedom from Bondage movement dated 6 September, 2022 New Delhi: As we mark #75thIndependenceDay & #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav, thousands of people who have been evicted from their homes in slums, Jhuggies, settlement colonies and informal sector workers who have been denied their livelihood without any rehabilitation have gathered at Jantar Mantar to raise their voice against the “Bulldozer Raj”.  The government is forcibly snatching the land of poor Dalits and...

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Yogendra Yadav opts for a sabbatical from Samyukt Kisan Morcha -AM Jigeesh

-The Hindu He will join the Bharat Jodo Yatra soon Academic turned political Activist Yogendra Yadav has decided to opt for a "two year" leave from the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM). Prof. Yadav, who plays a key role in charting the activities of the SKM, will soon join the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress president Rahul Gandhi. He has taken permission from the SKM general body, held here on Sunday, to...

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Gujarat govt on plea challenging release of 11 convicts

-The Telegraph The plea in the apex court has been filed by CPI(M) leader Subhashini Ali, journalist Revathy Laul and Activist Roop Rekha Rani The Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Centre and the Gujarat government on a plea challenging the remission granted to 11 life convicts in the case of Bilkis Bano's gangrape and murder of her family members. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana issued notice...

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Fortified rice is not suitable for everyone's consumption, state Activist of ASHA and Right to Food Campaign

-Press release by Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) and the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) dated 22 August, 2022 New Delhi, August 22, 2022: An RTI response by the Ministry of Women and Child Development reveals knee-jerk and self-protecting measures in the form of a few circulars issued by the Ministry of Food and Public Distribution as well as the Ministry of Women and Child Development with regard to Fortified...

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