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Right to Love Campaign Protecting Interfaith and Intercaste Couples in Rural Maharashtra
24 Nov 2020
The Right to Love campaign run by Sushant Asha and Abhijit K, both journalists cum social activists, helps couples facing opposition to avail protection by police, legal help to get marriage…
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Death of a Tribal Labourer Highlights Need for Social Security for Migrant Workers
12 Nov 2020
‘The family was not aware that they should have gone to the police with the dead body and get a post-mortem done. All of them looked confused when asked if they had gone to the police or doctors…
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No Govt Support, Maharashtra’s Waste Pickers Struggle to Survive amid Fear of Covid Infection
15 Oct 2020
Over 200 waste-pickers themselves and families of over 100 have been infected till now in Pune in the absence of safety measures provided by authorities.
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Less Than 4% COVID-19 Patients Benefit from Maharashtra’s Free Private Treatment Scheme, Pune Data Shows
05 Oct 2020
The state government has been saying that free treatment is available to all at private hospitals. However, there are ‘terms and conditions’ and people are unaware about the scheme.
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Farmers Face Heavy Losses as Excessive Rain Damages Crops in Drought-Prone Marathwada
29 Sep 2020
Farmers, who were already affected by the pandemic and lockdown, are now grappling with damaged crops due to extreme rainfall.
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Maharashtra: Families of Prison Inmates with Co-morbidities and Age Issues Worried, Only Those Without Serious Offences Released
16 Sep 2020
Activists have been demanding the release of prisoners on health grounds. So far, six inmates have died of COVID-19 in prisons across state and 1,772 prisoners have tested positive out of total 11,…
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Maharashtra Fails Dr. Dabholkar in Spirit, Only 10 FIRs under Social Boycott Act in Three Years
27 Aug 2020
Dr. Dabholkar, who founded MANS in 2012-13, began the campaign to ban social boycott of a person or a family by jati panchayats.
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Maharashtra: Vaccination Takes Backseat During COVID-19 Lockdown
30 Jul 2020
Over 1,60,000 babies get fully immunised every month but in the months of April and May the number was not more than 1,20,000. The pandemic has caused close to a 25% decrease in vaccination.
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Anganwadi Workers Reach Out to Parents Using WhatsApp Groups
15 Jul 2020
Women and Child Development Ministry of the Maharashtra government had asked 1.08 lakh AAWs across the state to make use of the WhatsApp groups so that the kids’ learning continues unhindered amid…
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Plant Manufacturing Epigamia Yogurt Pollutes Water used by over 400 Villagers in Palghar
06 Jun 2020
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board observed that the company does not have permission from the Central Ground Water Authority to use groundwater for commercial purposes. Its report remarked that…