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Kajri: When the Village Sang Together in “Sawan”
Harē Rāma rim-jhim barsē pāniyā, Jhūlē Rādhā rāniyā hē Hari. Hari kī saṅgē jhūlē vṝndāvana mēṁ, Śyām saṅgē jhūlē vṝndāvana mēṁ, Chāī ghāṭā ghanaghōrā hē Hari… Harē Rāma rim-jhim barsē pāniyā, Jhūlē Rādhā rāniyā hē...
‘Government-backed attacks’: Google warned 500 Indians against hacking
The search giant issued over 12,000 warnings to users across the country against hacking state-sponsored attackers from July – Sept 2019
28 deaths in detention camps, detainees down from 1043 to 988 in 9 days: Assam
Questions related to detention camps in Assam have been repeated, time and again, during the winter 2019 session of Parliament. Last week saw a question in Lok Sabha, where the government claimed to know the nationalities of the detainees and this week the government stated that there have been 28 deaths in detention camps and also made tall claims about the facilities provided to the inmates.
Unemployment rate doubled in rural areas, 2014-2018: GOI
Response to a Rajya Sabha question also states that unemployment grew sharply among urban men from 3% to 6.9% between 2015-16 and 2017-18.
75,000 student suicides between 2007 and 2016 in India!
Academic pressure, caste-based discrimination found to be major causes
Constitutional morality only through humanist principles of Babasaheb Ambedkar
The President of India speaks about 'constitutional morality' while...
BJP has been laying the base for a new CAB (Citizenship Bill) since 2015
The issue of citizenship has turned into a major political concern with the regime’s efforts to shift the foundational base of citizenship. With a majoritarian regime driven by the RSS-BJP, faith has become the base for those who seek long term visas and finally citizenship of India. In its first term, NDA II failed to get the amendments through, now it is posed to bring them in Parliament, again. Even while the seven north-eastern states protest strongly against this amendment, a 2017 amendment in India’s Passport Rules reveals that the shift has already begun
So, what exactly is a ‘model’ detention camp?
The Modi government had released ‘model’ detention centre a manual in January 2019 containing provisions that would govern the functioning of such facilities across India. Though the manual has not been made public, some information has become available via answers to questions raised in the Parliament.
Swachh Bharat: Who Will Clean & Empty Out 9.8 Crore Septic Tanks/Pits?
Ideally, there should be machines but there is no such plan. That means govt. wants people to continue with manual scavenging.
The ‘middle’ ground in Kashmir has been completely wiped out: Yashwant Sinha
Srinagar: – The central government has completely wiped-out the middle ground in Kashmir with its hardcore polices and this might push more and more people towards violence, former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha said while ending his four-day visit to Kashmir.
Losing game: BJP’s footprint shrinks from 71% in 2014 to 40% in 2018
The numbers dwindled after it lost Maharashtra to the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance
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