-TheLeaflet.in The announcement of the imminent repeal of the three controversial farm laws signals a victory for not just the year-long farmers’ mass movement and civil society, but also represents a triumph of Constitutional values, writes S.N. SAHU. MAHATMA Gandhi had very presciently told the peasant leader N.G. Ranga on October 29, 1944, “If the legislature proves itself to be incapable of safeguarding kisans’ interests they will of course always have the...
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Understanding the NCRB data on suicides with caution
The increase in the total number of suicides committed in India during 2020 in comparison to the previous years has hit the headlines recently. While some media commentators have stated that the economic distress (caused by job loss, income loss, failure of business, and growing hunger, among other things) in 2020 could have led to more suicides being committed, others have said that home isolation and deteriorating mental health (associated...
More »Banks' NPAs kept rising in the past due to lack of transparency: PM Modi
-Livemint.com PM Modi said due to the lack of transparency in the country's banking sector earlier, various practices used to take place Audit Diwas: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that banks' NPAs kept increasing in the past due lack of a lack of transparency in the banking sector. He said due to the lack of transparency in the country's banking sector earlier, various practices used to take place. “As a...
More »In seven years, 10,552 Indians have been arrested under UAPA – but only 253 convicted -Gautam Doshi
-Scroll.in/ FactChecker.in The number of pending cases under the counter-terror law have been rising in the last seven years. Mohammed Ilyas, 38, and Mohammed Irfan, 33, were arrested in August 2012 by Maharashtra’s Anti-Terrorist Squad under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (among other charges) and accused of being linked to terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba. After being in jail for nine years, they were cleared of all charges by court, owing to lack of...
More »Nearly 51 million internally displaced in 33 countries in FIRst half of 2021: UN -Madhumita Paul
-Down to Earth The lethal mix of conflict, COVID-19, poverty, food insecurity and climate emergency has compounded humanitarian plight of the displaced, flags report As many as 50.9 people were internally displaced across 33 countries due to conflict and violence in the FIRst six months of 2021, according to a report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The number is nearly five per cent more than the 48.6 million...
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