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Amid Covid infections, Punjab Congress devises novel way to reach poor voters -Charanjit Singh Teja

-The Tribune LED-equipped vans act as link between party, people Amritsar: Though the political rallies and public meetings are restricted due to the outbreak of the third wave of Covid-19, the political parties are adopting alternative modes for the election campaigns. The Congress party in the Majha belt has hired Publicity vans, equipped with LEDs, to propagate its policies. Goods vehicles have been modified to install the LEDs to play political videos. Such vans...

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It's lonely on the ground -Christophe Jaffrelot & Basim U Nissa

-The Indian Express RTI Act needs to be protected against attempts to dilute it. RTI activists must be made less vulnerable In April, the government of India proposed amendments to the RTI Act, one of the most empowering pieces of legislation inherited from the UPA era. The most controversial amendment pertained to Rule 12. It would allow the withdrawal of an application in case of the applicant’s death, making the job of...

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How polio ‘exporter’ won a mental battle by Tapas Chakraborty

Just over five years ago, a global study had labelled India the world’s “lone polio exporter”, prompting the United Nations secretary-general to write a letter of concern to Manmohan Singh. Even three years ago, anti-polio workers in western Uttar Pradesh, then the disease’s epicentre in India, were often abused and driven away when they came to the villages for the vaccination programme. Such memories today flooded into the minds of doctors and...

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India’s first UID recipient returns to Rs 50-a-day life by Santosh Andhale

On Thursday, after a fortnight of photo-ops and hobnobbing with the most powerful people in the country, the first recipient of the unique ID card, Chhabadibai Sonavane, set out to look for work. She was elated when she learnt she would be paid Rs50 for eight hours of paddy planting at a farm 5km from her home in Tembhali village in tribal-dominated Nandurbar district. Only a day ago, prime minister Manmohan Singh...

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