Scroll.in The village of Galkuva lies deep in the heart of southern Gujarat, in Tapi district. The mud house serves as a library for the children and youth of Galkuva and neighbouring villages. It is open from 8 each morning to 9.30 at night. Hardik set up the library in August 2022 with the support of like-minded youth in the village. Before that, for two-and-a-half years, he and others had been helping...
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Joshimath sank 5.4cm in 12 days, ISRO satellite images show - Poulomi Ghosh
-Hindustan Times The National Remote Sensing Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation has released satellite images of Joshimath, the Uttarakhand town gradually sinking because of land subsidence. It has revealed that a rapid subsidence of 5.4 centimeters has been recorded in 12 days between December 27, 2022 and January 8, 2023. The 12-day period of subsidence has been rapid, because between April 2022 and November 2022, Joshimath saw a slow...
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-Press release by Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) and the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) dated 22 August, 2022 New Delhi, August 22, 2022: An RTI response by the Ministry of Women and Child Development reveals knee-jerk and self-protecting measures in the form of a few circulars issued by the Ministry of Food and Public Distribution as well as the Ministry of Women and Child Development with regard to Fortified...
More »Amid Dam Collapse Danger In Madhya Pradesh, Villagers Returning Home -Anurag Dwary
-NDTV.com Rocks delayed digging of two channels to release water -- one was finally done by Saturday night; disaster force, army, air force deployed Bhopal: Villagers shifted out to shelter camps due to the danger of a dam bursting in Madhya Pradesh are returning to their homes, even though the risk is far from over. They are worried about their cattle and other livestock. Some water from the dam reservoir was, however,...
More »Kisan-jawan alliance to launch campaign against Agnipath -Imran Ahmed Siddiqui
-The Telegraph The first step would be 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' conferences from August 7 to 14, said Yogendra Yadav, the president of Morcha constituent Swaraj India New Delhi: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the umbrella organisation that spearheaded the movement against the Narendra Modi government’s controversial farm laws, and the United Front of Ex-Servicemen will jointly organise a nationwide campaign against the Centre’s Agnipath armed forces recruitment scheme from August 7 to...
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