MS Swaminathan Research Foundation is offering fellowship for Odia, Malayalam and Tamil journalists. The theme of the MSSRF fellowship is "Gendered Impacts of COVID-19" dealing with gender and health, focusing on post COVID-19 situation in rural India, on how coronavirus changed women's lives. Entitled Mina Swaminathan...
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Compared to other South Asian countries, India fares poorly in terms of food and nutrition security, indicates SOFI 2020 report
Published on : Sep 19, 2020
In his Mann ki Baat speech delivered on 30th August, 2020, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi said that the month of September 2020 will be observed as Nutrition Month (POSHAN Maah) in the entire nation. In his address to the nation on that day, he highlighted that for children to be well-nourished, the mother should receive proper and adequate nutrition. In this context, it is important to discuss the 11 different...
+ Read MoreNew report by American Bar Association exposes the dark underbelly of Indo-US sandstone trade
Published on : Sep 4, 2020
Often exports made by a country to the rest of the world is seen in a positive light by us. It is because exports not only earn precious foreign currencies (that can be used for importing goods and services or simply be used for building...
+ Read MoreOver three-fourth of workers lost their livelihoods since lockdown, finds ActionAid India's national survey of informal labourers
Published on : Aug 28, 2020
ActionAid Association's (AAA) national level survey among people dependent on the informal economy during the third phase of the national lockdown towards the end of May 2020 (i.e. between May 14th and May 22nd, 2020) has documented the "nature and extent of the transitions in...
+ Read MoreWhere is the staff to serve in rural areas and implement schemes?
Published on : Aug 14, 2020
Huge sums of money are allocated for the rural and agrarian sectors by the Union Government in its annual budget every year, and rightly so. But in the absence of adequate number of officials in rural areas, can the various schemes and programmes of the...
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Mahila Kisan Adhikaar Manch opposes the passage of 3 Farm Bills
-Press statement by Mahila Kisan Adhikaar Manch (MAKAAM) dated 30th September, 2020 Mahila Kisan...
Published on : Sep 30, 2020
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Transgender rules issued: no medical exam needed to declare desired sex -Esha Roy
-The Indian Express The Rules, first released as a draft in July, inviting objections...
Published on : Sep 30, 2020
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299 vs 97 min per day: NSS confirms household, unpaid work falls on women -Zeeshan Shaikh
-The Indian Express The primary objective of the survey was to measure participation of...
Published on : Sep 30, 2020
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Tracking nutrition and health status of Indians
-The Hindu As for milk and milk products, only 8.7% in rural and 14.3%...
Published on : Sep 30, 2020
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India among worst performing economies in world; stimulus inadequate: Abhijit Banerjee
-PTI/ The Indian Express Speaking at a virtual event, Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee said...
Published on : Sep 29, 2020
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An Expert Explains: Farm Acts and federalism -Faizan Mustafa
-The Indian Express As Opposition and regional parties protest the contentious farm laws, now...
Published on : Sep 29, 2020
