The Moving Upstream: Luni program is a continuation of Veditum’s Moving Upstream fellowship program which we co-host with the Out of Eden Walk. For the Luni program, we are partnering with the School of Pubic Policy at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, and this effort is supported by A4Store & Out of Eden Walk. The aim is to document the river and life in and around it, the impact of man-made...
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Death of the Cartoon -Paromita Sen
-The Telegraph It was biting commentary and the political bosses flinched at it, possibly hated it, but they endured it all right. What does the vanishing art of cartooning tell us about ourselves? Recently, the Museum of Cartoon Art was inaugurated at Savitribai Phule Pune University and an art gallery, also in Pune, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in memory of the legendary cartoonist R.K. Laxman. A little ironic given that political...
More »Tribal-dominated district takes lead in creating COVID-19 care facility for children -Mohammed Iqbal
-The Hindu Paediatric wards connected to central oxygen pipeline in view of third wave warnings The tribal-dominated Banswara district in southern Rajasthan has taken the lead in creating first-of-its-kind paediatric COVID-19 care facility as part of preparations for a possible third wave of infection. Beautified with colourful drawings and Cartoons depicted on the walls, the dedicated wards will cater to children with different stages of coronavirus infection. The district administration identified the buildings...
More »Hoaxers in Kerala hatch 'toxic Chinese egg' scare -S Anandan
-The Hindu Fears of plastic in eggs dispelled by laboratories in the State, but BJP wants samples tested at Central units Kochi: It has been a great egg scare in Kerala after hoaxers floated the theory that eggs sold in supermarkets in the State were not natural and actually came from Chinese factories full of toxins and plastic. The ‘Chinese eggs’ scare gained ground over the past few days after Malayalam media in...
More »HC slams Maharashtra, stays police’s sedition circular -Swati Deshpande
-The Times of India MUMBAI: "I hope this is not the beginning of things," said justice V M Kanade as a bench of the Bombay high court on Tuesday stayed the implementation of a controversial Marathi circular issued by the BJP-led state government on pre-conditions to be followed by police while registering sedition cases. Justices Kanade and Shalini Phnasalkar Joshi perused the circular and said, "How can these kinds of circulars...
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