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• India’s literacy programs have fallen short | Vachaspati Shukla

  9 September 2022

  by Vachaspati Shukla *
  Despite government-mandated education, too many Indians remain unable to read and write. It’s time to revisit the policies.
  Lack of literacy can have serious implications for employability. Conversely it can also be a major hurdle for applying for public welfare. The lack of basic literacy can influence someone’s resilience to setbacks, stress, feeling of well-being and the extent to which they feel in control of their lives.
  ‘Literacy’ is a complex and dynamic (…)

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  IT Raids on NGO, Research bodies and a funder of indepedent Media | Digipub Statement

  9 September 2022

  DIGIPUB News India Foundation | digipubindia.in
  [Sept 8, 2022]
  The assault on independent journalism and research continues with IT "surveys" on the Independent and Public-Spirited Media Foundation, Centre for Policy Research and Oxfam. DIGIPUB condemns this repressive trend.
  On 7 September 2022, the Income tax Department conducted surveys at the offices of the Independent and Public-spirited Media Foundation, the Centre for Policy Research and Oxfam India and as part of an inquiry (…)

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  Letter to Asia’s Cricket Councils and Boards to sand with Pakistan flood victims | SAPAN

  9 September 2022

  Southasia Peace Action Network 566 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116, USA southasiapeaceactionnetwork[at]gmail.com
  07 September 2022
  To:
  International Cricket Council (ICC) Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Board for Cricket Control in India (BCCI) Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB)
  Southasians stand with Pakistan flood victims
  A statement of alignment with the cause across the region and diaspora (…)

• Release of a study on the collective farming by women farmers in Kerala

  9 September 2022

  Report of the Book Release Event
  22 August 2022 | 5 pm to 7 pm | Constitution Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi 110001
  Joshi-Adhikari Institute of Social Studies (JAISS) in collaboration with ActionAid India and Aakar Books organized a book release function and a discussion on the book titled – “From the realm of the necessity to the realm of freedom” written by Jaya Mehta and Vineet Tiwari and published by Aakar Books. The event was held at the Constitution Club on 22nd August 2022.
  Jaya (…)

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  Karunanidhi’s Rise and Rise — And Fall | M.R. Narayan Swamy

  9 September 2022, by M R Narayan Swamy

  BOOK REVIEW
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  Karunanidhi: A Life
  by A.S. Panneerselvan
  Penguin/Viking
  ISBN: 9780670082940
  Pages: 450
  Price: Rs 699
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  Who was the real Muthuvel Karunanidhi?
  A statesman and a visionary? A corrupt politician? A strong advocate of federalism? A Tamil chauvinist? Secular to the core? Anti-Hindu? A leader who aided Tamil Nadu’s progress? LTTE’s godfather? Social reformer?
  It would be extremely difficult for anyone to do a political autopsy of one of India’s (…)

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  Maddox on Schultz and Gawne and Peregrine, ’The Convergent Evolution of Agriculture in Humans and Insects’

  9 September 2022

  Reviewed by Gregory H. Maddox (Texas Southern University) __0__
  The Convergent Evolution of Agriculture in Humans and Insects by Ted R. Schultz, Richard Gawne, Peter N. Peregrine, eds. Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology. Cambridge: MIT Press 2022. 338 pp. $75.00 (paper) ISBN 978-0-262-54320-0.
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  In this edited collection, a group of primarily evolutionary biologists examine the biological adaptations of insect species that “cultivate” primarily fungi as well as other insects (…)

• A Viral View | Fayezah Iqbal

  9 September 2022

  Inhale, absorb and drift from one pole to another. Soak in from both the worlds, devastation and prosperity together. Reaching the height of never-known scientific advancements, The human progress pyramid crashed. The challenge came from An unknown virus incompatible with scientific temperament.
  As the world mustered itself against the alpha, beta and omicron forces, We sat locked down fathoming the virus and paying the price. Many came to the rescue, Doctors, armies and research (…)

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  Cartoon: Rajpath Renamed - will they Rename Statues Now | Jayaraj Vellur

  9 September 2022, by Jayaraj Vellur
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  Photo: Man on the Street reading Humanite - the French Communist Party Newpaper pasted on the wall | Louis Stettner (1950-51)

  9 September 2022
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  Video: The need for scientific temper | Narendra Nayak

  9 September 2022