Mainstream WeeklyIndia is among very few developing countries to have a rural employment guarantee scheme. Apart from providing employment during the lean farm work season, this scheme can make a big contribution to important needs like water and soil conservation. Workers can get employment within or very near to their village on the kind of work which improves the sustainable development prospects of their village.
Under this law people of any village can ask for employment according to simple procedures (…)
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Barmer Women Workers
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Bhagalpur Communal riots 35 years on | Suresh Khairnar
2 November 2024, by Suresh KhairnarOctober 24, 2024
It has been 35 years since the publication of the article Mannusherder Sandhane (In Search of Humanity) by the famous Bengali writer and journalist Gaur Kishore Ghosh in the Sunday Special issue of Anandabazar Patrika on 17 June 1990.
This article was written on the Bhagalpur riots which started on 24 October 1989. This article was written after about eight months. It is not that there was no news article or reporting on the Bhagalpur riots before that. But after reading (…) -
2024 Assembly Elections: Who will crack Maharashtra? | Thirunahari Seshaiah
2 November 2024After the 18th Lok Sabha elections, assembly elections held in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, two other states - Maharashtra and Jharkhand - will go to polls in November 2024. In a state like Maharashtra, which is politically and economically strong in the country, elections are considered prestigious and all major parties are engaged in big tussle. In the last five years, the developments in the politics of Maharashtra, the change of governments and the splits in the parties have become a (…)
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From chits to chatbots: cheating in India’s education system | Naresh Singh
2 November 2024Cheating and plagiarism are already widespread in India’s higher education sector. AI tools are making the problem worse but could also make things better.
In June 2024, a video clip of mass cheating during MA and MBA exams conducted by the Indira Gandhi National Open University in Bihar raised serious questions about the state’s education system.
It’s the latest in a string of such incidents in Bihar.
In February 2023, a video clip surfaced in Bihar’s Samastipur district, which showed (…) -
India
2 November 2024, by Gopal KrishnaThe Aadhaar Act disallows an individual access to the biometric information that forms the core of his or her Unique ID (Aadhaar). The lack of access is problematic for the following reasons: First, verification of whether the biometrics have been recorded correctly or not in the first place is not possible. This becomes critical when that same information forms the basis of identity and is the basis of authentication and subsequent access to welfare benefits and other services. Second, (…)
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Tribute to Kumar David (1941-2024) | Rajan Philips
2 November 2024October 20, 2024
by Rajan Philips
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The Kazan BRICS Summit: An Analysis | P. S. Jayaramu
2 November 2024, by P S Jayaramu25th October, 2024
The annual summit of the BRICS member nations was held in Kazan, Russia, from 22-24th of October. An analysis of the summit and its official communique is very much in order. Before doing so, let me present a bird -
Myanmar faces manifold crises as military conscription drives mass exodus | Soe Nandar Linn
2 November 202426 October 2024
Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar has faced a multi-dimensional crisis marked by economic decline, mass displacement and human rights abuses under military rule. In 2024, the military junta introduced forced conscription, targeting men and women of working age, which has prompted a mass exodus, particularly to Thailand. The forced enlistment has worsened the country -
Israel
2 November 2024October 29, 2024
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Statements by Press Club of India & the Editor’s Guild over Second FIR against Journalist Mahesh Langa
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Press Statement
28th October 2024
The Editors Guild of India has noted with concern the registration of a second FIR against Mr. Mahesh Langa, a senior assistant editor for The Hindu in Gujarat, for allegedly possessing some ’confidential documents