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Centre retracts caution on Aadhaar photocopies -Jacob Koshy

-The Hindu UIDAI had warned against sharing them to avoid ‘misuse’ Two days after it issued an advisory cautioning people against sharing a photocopy of their Aadhaar card, the government on Sunday withdraw the notification, claiming that it could be “misinterpreted”. A perusal of past tweets by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which manages Aadhar, shows the about-turn reveals confusion on its policy regarding photocopies of Aadhaar. The Bengaluru Regional Office...

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Serving those who serve: On WHO honour for ASHA workers

-The Hindu Health workers need better remuneration and safety guarantee, not just awards Recognition very often goes to those at the top of the pecking order, and stays there. Credit seldom trickles down to the worker at the bottom. The World Health Organization’s act of recognising India’s ASHA (accredited social health activists) and the polio workers of Afghanistan is an attempt to right that wrong. It is a rare, and commendable doffing...

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After appealing for funds for his cancer treatment, journalist Pawan Jaiswal passes away

-Newslaundry.com In 2019, the UP government had filed an FIR against Jaiswal for reporting on a school serving roti and salt as a mid day meal. Freelance journalist Pawan Jaiswal has died, less than a month after he had publicly appealed to Uttar Pradesh politicians to help him pay for his cancer treatment. Jaiswal was well-known for his work; in 2019, he had reported on how a government school in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur...

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Migrants’ livelihoods during the pandemic: Challenges and opportunities -Dr. Janvi Gandhi Kanakia and others

-Leaflet.in Informal migrant workers in metropolitan cities of India have faced multiple forms of vulnerabilities in the last two years of the pandemic. Linkages across schemes for such workers are absolutely critical to creating a social security net that protects them from falling into similar cycles of poverty and destitution during macro and micro economic distresses. ON the occasion of International Labour Day, or ‘May Day’, we explore the dimensions of vulnerabilities...

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UP: 3 Journalists Arrested for Reporting on Paper Leak Case as Attack on Press Freedom Continues -Manoj Singh

-TheWire.in Two journalists from Hindi daily 'Amar Ujala' even claimed that during their arrests, the police manhandled their colleagues and vandalised their office. Gorakhpur: Days after the Uttar Pradesh Board Class 12 English exam paper was leaked in Ballia district, the police have arrested three local journalists who reported the incident. On March 30, the question paper for the Intermediate English exam was leaked and copies of the solved paper went viral on...

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