Some Rs 1,387 crore is pending in unskilled wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the Indian government’s flagship rural employment … Rs 1,387 crore pending in MGNREGA wagesRead more
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5,579 Indian farmers died by suicide in 2020
Some 5,579 Indian farmers died by suicide in 2020, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar, told the Lok Sabha November 30, … 5,579 Indian farmers died by suicide in 2020Read more
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Government Impinging on Privacy and Human Rights of Citizens
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSR9_Qknqpg&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
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How Legal Loopholes and Facebook’s Policies Helped India’s BJP in Elections
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEHC08e8Q6I&rel=0&feature=relmfu] Kumar Sambhav Reporters’ Collective
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Monsanto Officials Were Under Scanner as Maharashtra Probed Bt Cotton Seed Network
In February 2018, the then Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Maharashtra set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe companies that were allegedly … Monsanto Officials Were Under Scanner as Maharashtra Probed Bt Cotton Seed NetworkRead more
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Assam Numbers in List Show Footprint of Modi’s Citizenship Amendment Plans
On July 16, 2019, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced the reconstitution of a ‘high level committee’ to implement Clause 6, a salient section … Assam Numbers in List Show Footprint of Modi’s Citizenship Amendment PlansRead more
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Language and Scripts: With Special Focus on Western Pahari and Tankri
The piece deals with the importance of a script for a language. It attempts to understand the following concerns: Why every language should possess its … Language and Scripts: With Special Focus on Western Pahari and TankriRead more
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The Quest of Pahari Speaking People to Preserve Their Linguistic Heritage
Pahari – Western Pahari – surprisingly, is one of the largest minority languages in the United Kingdom. Close to a million people living in the … The Quest of Pahari Speaking People to Preserve Their Linguistic HeritageRead more
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Alberuni’s Impressions of Brahminical Society in India
An excerpt from Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization by Namit Arora. Central to ‘the Hindu world of thought’, writes Alberuni, ‘is that which … Alberuni’s Impressions of Brahminical Society in IndiaRead more