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Month February 2017

Odisha – 4 cops booked for custodial death of a domestic help

4 COPS BOOKED FOR CUSTODY DEATH OF MAN FROM ODISHA     The domestic help was picked up in a theft case; forensics found 15 injuries on his body Four policemen from different police stations in the city have been… Continue Reading →

#India – How a hospital paid for from PM’s Relief Fund went to Adani #WTFnews

Photo by Vijay Soneji/Mint via Getty Images File photo of then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Chairman of Adani Group, Gautam Adani at 5th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit on January 13, 2011 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat Budget 2017 promises an… Continue Reading →

Jodhpur university professor who organised Nivedita Menon’s lecture suspended #WTFnews

The event had triggered protests by ABVP members leading to a shutdown in the university after which the registrar had filed a police complaint against Menon over her alleged remarks. by Mahim Pratap Singh | Jaipur | Nivedita MenonAlmost two… Continue Reading →

Modi Govt’s rating for Magsaysay award winning IFS officer: ‘zero’

Before this, Chaturvedi’s performance was consistently recorded as “outstanding” for the past five years in a row, including his tenure at AIIMS and Haryana. SUKHBIR SIWACH | Chandigarh | In the year that whistleblower Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi… Continue Reading →

Weeding Out Patriarchy: Meet The Women Driving Indian Agriculture

Belinda Goldsmith For Hira Kanjarya, a 17-hour day is the norm as she gets up before dawn to cook for her five children, do the washing, milk her two buffalos, and also run the family‘s cotton farm. Kanjarya, 36, is… Continue Reading →

Bastar tribals protest ‘fake’ encounter, refuse to bury bodies of 2 victims

Ritesh Mishra Hindustan Times, Raipur Tribals of Gampur village march towards Kirandul police station to protest against the alleged fake encounter, on Thursday.(HT) Hundreds of tribals staged a protest in front of a police station in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on… Continue Reading →

Kerala: Adivasi Student was Termed Mentally Ill, Forced to See Psychiatrists and Harassed by Professors

  By Ila Ananya Photo courtesy: Athira via Facebook. “What is your opinion about reservation for students in CET?” Athira, a 20-year old student of College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram (CET), asked on ‘Cetiasn’ a Facebook group for teachers and students… Continue Reading →

India – Govt to limit maternity benefit to first child only #WTFnews

Not enough funds, Govt to limit maternity benefit to first child only Sources said the details are being reworked as the Budget provision is way below the funds required for implementation of the scheme in 2017-18  by Shalini Nair | Immediately… Continue Reading →

Mumbai – Health official seeks bribe for kidney transplants, suspended

HIGHLIGHTS Sources said the probe may extend to other senior officials The complaint came in January from BYL Nair Hospital’s nephrology department MUMBAI: The state government has suspended a health department official for allegedly demanding a “bribe” from a senior… Continue Reading →

BJP MP Gopal Shetty calls compensating farmer suicides a ‘fashion’, sparks row #WTFnews

His remarks come at a time when Maharashtra has witnessed 124 farmer suicides since January this year In controversial remarks, BJP MP Gopal Shetty has attributed farmers’ suicides to a “fashion” and “trend” to end lives. The remarks come at… Continue Reading →

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