Withdraw Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2022: CSD Odisha
It violates the Forest Rights Act by taking away the statutory requirement of seeking consent from the Gram Sabhas before approval of the forest diversions by the MoEF&CC.
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Activists term FIR against Medha Patkar ‘dubious’, campaign to withdraw
It is no surprise that the so-called ‘complainant’ is affiliated to the ABVP, student wing of the BJP. Expressing outrage at the vindictive actions of the Govt., solidarity has been pouring in from a large number of people’s movements, farmers and workers organizations, trade unions, national networks, campaigns and alliances across the country, in the past four days. Protests are also being held in different states.
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2022: First six months report globally 72 journo-casualties
The war in Ukraine and the rampant criminality in Mexico are the main reasons for this alarming deterioration. With 4 journo-casualties, India comes after Ukraine and Mexico. Pakistan, Haiti and Yemen followed with 3 killed in each country.
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Condemnation statement on the brutal murder of Gond Adivasis in Khargone, MP
The violent incidents taking place in Seoni district and Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh has a common perpetrator and a pattern. All such violent attacks on the Adivasi and Muslim community has witnessed a spark, aftermath of the violent Ram Navami procession which was held on the 10th April 2022 at Khargone district. The procession too was facilitated by Bajrang Dal members and was held under the supervision of the state government and local administration of Madhya Pradesh.
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“The old world is dying. The new one is ours to build”: PI’s four day Summit
In a keynote speech today, PI Council member Jeremy Corbyn is set to explain that the Summit will “take stock of this dying world, and to build the new one that will replace it — brimming with life, bound by love, powered by popular sovereignty.”
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Politics of Disinformation: Launch of report and People’s Platform for Integrity of Public Discourse
In this context Future of India Foundation has released a report titled “Politics of Disinformation” on May 5, 2022 in Delhi. The report is in four parts: impact of misinformation in India (based on focus group discussions with youth in 8 states); overview of the current global research and thinking on misinformation; limits of current approach to misinformation; and way forward (recommendations).
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Start thinking outside the ‘smoke and mirrors’ of Indian elections!
The BJP’s vote share this time is 41.33 %. That means approximately 37.2 million voters voted for the BJP. That means around 116 million eligible voters did not vote for the BJP. That also means that of the 90 million voters who did vote, 53 million voters did not vote for the BJP.
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Why both the left and right have got it wrong on Ukraine – Žižek
What, exactly, does the ‘Europe’ the Ukrainian protesters are referring to stand for? It can’t be reduced to a single idea: it spans nationalist and even fascist elements but extends also to the idea of what Etienne Balibar calls égaliberté, freedom-in-equality, the unique contribution of Europe to the global political imaginary, even if it is in practice today mostly betrayed by European institutions and citizens themselves.
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The Double Burden of Malnutrition: A recent research on World Obesity Day
Double-duty actions, which aim to simultaneously tackle both undernutrition and problems of overweight, obesity, and diet-related noncommunicable diseases (DR-NCDs), have been proposed to effectively address malnutrition in all its forms.
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Union Budget fails to respond to the educational crisis induced by COVID-19: RTE Forum
It’s disappointing to see the focus on digital learning and proposing the expansion of e-VIDYA instead of concentrating on re-opening of schools and strengthening government school system in the budget, says RTE Forum.
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