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Covid-19 Cases Cross 1 Lakh in Pune, Patients Struggle to Get Hospital Beds
12 Apr 2021
Covid-19 patients are finding it hard to get beds in hospitals in Pune district even though government dashboards show availability of beds.
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Why School Dropout Rate Is So High at Char Villages in Assam?
23 Mar 2021
While the literacy rate at 19.31% is lower than the state’s 63%, there are only 1,872 schools in region that make 0.07 school per capita, according to the Socio-Economic Survey.
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Climate Change Turned Residents of Assam’s Char Villages Solely Dependent on Summer Crop
05 Mar 2021
Assam’s 14 districts along the Brahmaputra river has 2,251 ‘char’ villages where the poor Muslim farmers are victims of flash floods and silt deposit in river.
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COVID-19 Dampens Jan 1 Celebration at Bhima Koregaon, Few Hundreds Attend with Limited Passes
02 Jan 2021
The Pune Police had also closed all the roads going towards Bhima Koregoan, with only those with passes being allowed to proceed. However, many who had travelled from other cities complained that…
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Bhima Koregoan: Forgotten Death of a Dalit Youth
01 Jan 2021
Pune: “My 21 years old son who would earn Rs 500 (per day) by working at the construction sites, who would have married soon, died just 15 days after he was released from the jail,” said Pramila Al
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Maharashtra: Pune Tribal Couple Defies Mandatory Ritual of Virginity Test Before Marriage
15 Dec 2020
The couple was inspired by the groom’s brother’s 'Stop V Ritual' campaign. As per research, virginity rituals are common across several communities in India, cutting across caste and class lines.
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Malnourishment Deaths Increase in Palghar, 166 Children Under Age Five Die in 5 Months
08 Dec 2020
Despite several government schemes, at over 300 deaths per 1,000 children under age five years, Palghar’s children mortality rate is way higher than the national (50) and state average (28).
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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.