-The Telegraph 'Bulli bai' is taken down after the victims and several Opposition politicians launch a protest A portal called “bulli bai” sought to put vocal Muslim women on auction on New Year's Day by using their social media profiles, less than six months after a similar effort had been made via the app “Sulli Deals”. “Bulli bai” was taken down after the victims and several Opposition politicians spoke out against it. Late on...
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GST Council decides to defer hike in textile duty
-The Telegraph At the GST Council meeting in September it was decided to correct the inverted duty structure for textiles and footwear The GST Council on Friday decided to defer the hike in textile duty to 12 per cent from 5 per cent that was due to take effect from January 1 and referred the matter for review to the group of ministers on rate rationalisation. The panel, the highest decision-making body for...
More »Millions of Indian Children Affected by COVID-Related School Closures, Digital Divide -Murali Krishnan
-TheWire.in Millions of school children in India, especially from poor families, dropped out of school over the past two years because of the COVID health Emergency. Raghav Paswan, a vegetable vendor from East Delhi has two school-age children, 12-year-old Vinita and nine-year-old Gita, who have not gone to school for the past two years because of the pandemic. Paswan’s meagre income has dropped further during the pandemic, to the point where he could...
More »Punjab farmer leaders say Centre must reply to demands by November 30; SKM meeting on December 1
-PTI/ The Hindu The demands included legal guarantee for MSP, withdrawal of cases against farmers and compensation for those who died during the agitation Terming the repeal of the farm laws in Parliament a victory of the protesters, farmer leaders from Punjab demanded a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP) of crops and said an Emergency meeting of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha on December 1 will decide their future course of...
More »Chhattisgarh Government Is Taking Back Covid Incentives Paid To Mitanins -Eisha Hussain
-Behanbox.com New Delhi: Usha Sahu, 45, a Mitanin trainer from Bemetara district in central Chhattisgarh was in for a shock when she checked her bank account in October. The bank had deducted Rs 2000 from the 4,000 rupees that she received as a special incentive for the Covid-19 duties for the months of April to September, 2021. “When the other Mitanins in the block started complaining about the deduction, I checked my...
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