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Whither SDG goal? India’s maternal mortality rate fall target 5.5% per yr, actual 4.5%

Friday, October 15, 2021By Srinivas Goli, Parul Puri* The maternal mortality ratio (number of maternal deaths per one lakh live births) is a key and sensitive parameter used by health policymakers to monitor maternal health conditions in particular and women’s… Continue Reading →

NWMI condems the candidature of an accused in an ongoing sexual harassment case in the Trivandrum Press Club Elections

The Trivandrum Press Club Elections are set to happen on October 23, 2021. NWMI, being an independent organisation of women in media across India which works to ensure justice to them regardless of their proximity to positions of power and… Continue Reading →

NAPM extends solidarity to the Hasdeo Bachao Padyatra: Supports demand to stop coal mining in the Hasdeo forests

300 km long march from Madanpur village to Raipur is a crucial assertion of Adivasi’s rights over their land and resources Chief Minister & Governor of Chhattisgarh must meet the yatris today and concede to their fair demands 13th October,… Continue Reading →

India – New rules allowing abortion till 24 weeks of pregnancy

The central government has notified new rules allowing abortion till 24 weeks of pregnancy in the case of rape survivors and women with physical disabilities, among others. The new rules come under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021… Continue Reading →

How smartphones are killing the planet

By Monika Krishan The energy used to build a single smartphone is equal to the energy required to operate it for about a decade  Published: Thursday 14 October 2021 Rising temperatures have led to a variety of adverse environmental effects such… Continue Reading →

How green revolution led to ‘deterioration’ of Punjab economy, land, air and water

By Dr Gian Singh*  A recent research paper, based on a survey of 320 farming families in four districts of Punjab, has tried to show that high crop densities and the use of inputs have led to degradation of land,… Continue Reading →

Dalit, tribal women among worst victims of India’s hunger crisis

While more than 60 percent of Indian women are anaemic as they eat last and the least, rising hunger levels hit the marginalised most. By Suchitra13 Oct 2021 Kalahandi, India – On September 3, Ranjita Majhi, a 33-year-old Kui speaking Khond woman… Continue Reading →

“Community Radio key component of local COVID response”, say Indian CRs

Date:13th October, 2021 CR stations from 10 Indian states presented their work and the challenges they faced on account of the COVID-19 pandemic today in an online meeting attended by more than 75 CR stations. The public meeting also included… Continue Reading →

“How Could You Have Known?”: Troy City Council Quizzed on RSS’s International Wing

City in Michigan questioned after platforming and praising Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh Pieter Friedrich After the City of Troy, Michigan, met with and praised a local branch of the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), the international wing of India’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)… Continue Reading →

Chhattisgarh: Fake encounter report brings little relief; village wants school, ration shop — and a better life

THERE IS no school, no anganwadi, no health centre, no ration shop. There’s just the lingering pain of loss, simmering anger — and, for Sanaki Punem, her nine-year-old grandson Mahesh. At Edesmetta, nestled in forested hillocks on the border of… Continue Reading →

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