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CPI(M) Protests Against Modi-Government's ‘Anti-People’ Policies
25 Feb 2021
‘In a year when more than 13 crore people lost their jobs, when the poor got poorer, the richest kept getting even richer. These are the people this government caters to,’ said Brinda Karat.
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Delhi Police Detain Students Protesting Violence Against Minor Girls in UP’s Unnao
19 Feb 2021
Sloganeering continued even behind closed doors inside the Mandir Marg police station.
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Lockdown Caused Prolonged Unemployment, Shift to Informal Work: Survey
11 Feb 2021
Lack of adequate State support and secure livelihoods have indebted people and pushed them to take up more and more precarious forms of livelihoods, the survey showed.
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Students Demand Redressal of Reservation Violations in Govt-run Technical Institutions
05 Feb 2021
The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) said in a statement that the figures, released by Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal in Rajya Sabha represent the blatant disregard for the Central…
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Union Budget Shows Govt. Apathy to Growing Malnutrition, Says Right to Food Campaign
04 Feb 2021
According to noted economist Jean Drèze – if inflation is factored in – between 2014 and 2021 the allocation for ICDS has been reduced by 26% while the allocation for the Mid-Day Meal scheme has been…
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Health Budget 2021-22: Where is the ‘Unprecedented’ Hike in Allocation?
01 Feb 2021
‘The increase in allocation to the Department of Health and Family and Welfare is not extraordinary and the allocation for nutrition even saw a decrease of 27%. Hence, the claim of an increase of 137…
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Economic Survey 2021: Government’s Focus on Free Market for Healthcare?
31 Jan 2021
The Economic Survey acknowledges the poor condition of the public healthcare system – lack of human resources, low budget allocations, deplorable inadequate manpower – but fails to concretely outline…
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Survey Says About One-Fifth of Informal Sector Workers Still Out of Work after Lockdown
29 Jan 2021
Nine in 10 households reported cutting back on food consumption during the lockdown because of a lack of income. Six months later, only one-third of the households reported that consumption was back…
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Can Take Penal Action Against People Questioning Efficacy of Vaccines: Home Secretary to States
27 Jan 2021
Instead of clearing people’s doubts and being transparent about the vaccine roll-out, the government has decided to take action against those ‘creating doubt’.
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Jhuggi Adhikar Manch: Homes Demolished by DDA, Residents Form Collective to Agitate
16 Jan 2021
A month ago – in December – the DDA dug up the residents’ land in order to construct boundaries and elevated structures resulting in deep swamps where their homes once stood. Their homes had been…