-Hindustan Times The protests over problems with recruitment for railway jobs in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, may well be India’s first large-scale unemployment riots The protests over problems with recruitment for railway jobs in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, may well be India’s first large-scale unemployment riots. The protests have taken place across a large number of places in these two states. News reports suggest that at...
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1,750 Indians died due to extreme weather events in 2021, says new IMD report
In the month of January this year, more than 100 homeless persons died (please click here and here to access) in Delhi-NCR due to cold wave like conditions. Although a Delhi-based non-government organisation (NGO) Centre for Holistic Development (CHD) made that claim, and therefore asked the Chief Minister of Delhi to make proper arrangements for the homeless poor during winters, the officials of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB)...
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-The Telegraph There is no escaping climate crisis, but concerted efforts may ensure loss of life is minimum The Sunderbans in West Bengal, along with several districts in Odisha and Tamil Nadu, are the most vulnerable to high storm surges induced by cyclones, according to the Climate Hazards and Vulnerability Atlas of India released by the ministry of earth sciences recently. The atlas aims to help mitigate the effects of the 13...
More »CPI expresses ire over Lokayukta dilution, says no consultation done -KM Rakesh
-The Telegraph Ordinance seeks to amend Section 14 of the Act, 1999, by inserting provision that the government may 'accept or reject' declarations or orders Bangalore: The CPI, a partner in Kerala’s Left Democratic Front government, has alleged that no political consultations were held prior to presenting before the cabinet the government’s ordinance to make Lokayukta orders non-binding on it. State CPI secretary Kanam Rajendran said the government should not have taken the...
More »Book Review: 'Homebound' Makes Sure We Don't Forget the 2020 Migrant Crisis -Sonia Ghalian
-TheWire.in Puja Changoiwala’s new novel begins with the announcement of the COVID-19 lockdown. It then makes real a 900-km journey by a migrant family from Mumbai to Balhaar, Rajasthan. The idea of home is a fundamental human concept. We’re not taught about it at school, nor is there a pedagogy of ‘being at home,’ nevertheless, all of us have a sense of belonging that we associate with the word. Even those hunter-gatherers and...
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