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Maharashtra: Seven districts saw 14,526 child deaths in three years says Govt
In sharp contrast to other development parametres, these high infant mortality figures, reveal an institutional malaise that needs urgent addressing
WCD Ministry gives unsatisfactory answers on efforts to protect women and children
In response to an unstarred question made during the Lok Sabha session by four Members of Parliament, Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD) Smriti Irani appeared to only relay old, publicly available data on the issues.
Children living in extreme poverty are most vulnerable to effects of climate change
Suburban rains, Chennai Text of the note prepared by...
For Hiba, 18 months old pellet victim of Kashmir
She cries in pain, Mother, hold me tight, I feel cold. Mother...
Two Dalit teens assaulted for sitting on chair in Gujarat
A 14-year-old Dalit boy was assaulted by four members of the dominant Darbar community for sitting in a chair in their presence at a hotel in Banaskantha district, near Ahmedabad. A 19-year-old Dalit that tried to intervene was beaten up as well.
All is not well for the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in India
The beginning of the second week of the Parliament’s winter session witnessed questions regarding the government’s Mid-Day Meal Scheme (MDMS), the responses to which can be regarded as a report card on MDMS.
India ranks first in child deaths under 5 years of age: UNICEF report
Despite multiple health schemes running in parallel and many of these focusing on primary health care of children, India is falling behind; it’s time to examine lacunae in implementation
Bangalore boys torture 12-year-old
The juvenile perpetrators have been handed to the Child Welfare Committee
UN Committee Takes Stock of the Status of Child Rights on World Children’s Day
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN-CRC)...
Proposing closure of govt schools, why is NEP ‘silent’ on universalising school education?
The Right to Education (RTE) Act 2009 has been...
Karnataka gov’t delays malnutrition alleviation report, HC warns of contempt proceedings
The Karnataka state government was jolted out of its reverie when the High Court rebuked it for its failure to submit a report on steps taken to alleviate rampant malnutrition in the state. The state government had failed to file the report detailing compliance with recommendations of a committee constituted by the HC despite multiple deadline extensions.
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Punjab SIR draft roll published; 20 lakh electors marked ASDD, claims open till September 12
Nearly 1.94 crore (19.4 million) enumeration forms digitised during SIR; over 20 lakh electors categorised as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate (ASDD), Voters whose names are missing from the draft can file claims for inclusion till September 12, even as complaints on social media during the enumeration phase highlighted difficulties faced by electors
Communalism
When Faith Becomes a Licence for Control: The 2026 Kanwar yatra, violence, vigilantism and the politics of meat
From attacks on vehicles and commuters to the targeting of Muslim-owned businesses and meat shops, the 2026 pilgrimage raises urgent questions about vigilantism, selective policing and the State's accommodation of majoritarian demands
India
Maharashtra SIR: 2.08 crore (20.8 million) voter forms “uncollected” hence may not be listed in August 24 draft electoral roll
More than 1 in 5 voter enumeration forms have remained “uncollected” on the final day of Maharashtra’s SIR exercise, with urban districts accounting for a large share of those bureaucratically “excluded”-- nearly 95 lakh forms were uncollected in Thane, Mumbai and Pune, though voters left out of the draft will get a month to seek inclusion or correction
Minorities
Jharkand government accused of continued communal lynchings by fact-finding team
The fact-finding team that comprised representatives of Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha, Karwan e Mohabbat, Sajha Kadam and United Milli Forum has demanded that both the family of the deceased (lynched) man and victim survivor be provided protection and an impartial probe be conducted
India
Sumit Sarkar: Engaged scholarship, ways of historical thinking, an enduring legacy
Scholar of modern India with a path breaking approach to research and his discipline, historian Sumit Sarkar transformed how modern Indian history was understood, bringing ordinary people and their experiences to the centre of historical scholarship
Gender and Sexuality
When Family Becomes Custody: Allahabad HC holds adult women’s faith, residence and liberty cannot be placed under parental control
Holding that an alleged unlawful conversion cannot become a licence for private confinement, the Court separates the legality of religious conversion from the legality of detention—and holds the father and Uttar Pradesh State jointly liable for ₹25 lakh in constitutional compensation
India
‘How Can Rehabilitation Work If We Are Not Safe?’ Sanjay Tickoo on the fresh threat to Kashmiri Pandit employees
Sanjay Tickoo speaks to Sabrang India on repeated threats, targeted killings and security lapses have eroded Kashmiri Pandit employees’ faith in the State.