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• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Apr 8, 2023

  8 April 2023

  Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, April 8, 2023
  Congress party led governments in the states of Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh have recently brought in commendable public welfare legislation that need recognition. In late March this year, the Rajasthan assembly passed the ‘Right to Health Bill’ (RTH), which guarantees a right to free healthcare for the state’s 80 million citizens. It requires that no hospitals turn away needy patients & deny ‘emergency’ treatment and the costs (…)

• Science as a Cultural Ideal | Ravi Sinha

  8 April 2023

  by Ravi Sinha •
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  This talk was originally planned for the Science Day, but I hope what I am going to say will be relevant for all the other days too. On February 28, 1928, C V Raman (1888 — 1970) along with his student, K S Krishnan (1898 — 1961), discovered what is known as the Raman Effect. Raman was awarded the physics Nobel Prize in 1930 for the discovery. Since 1987, this day has been celebrated in India as the National Science Day.
  Science in the Indian subcontinent experienced (…)

• Sankey Road, Bengaluru: Governments are hostile to peaceful protests | S G Vombatkere

  8 April 2023, by S G Vombatkere

  Citizens protesting against felling of trees are pejoratively called “environmental activists”, “buddhijeevi-andolanjeevi”, and worse, by a certain section of politicians and people. Transcending political ideology, state and central governments, and powerful persons intoxicated with the promise of money flowing out of the current model of development, view all public protests with undisguised hostility.
  Bengaluru police demonstrated government-sanctioned hostility when it booked criminal (…)

• Declare Right to Health a Fundamental Right | Arun Mitra

  8 April 2023, by Arun Mitra

  The Passing of the Right to Health Bill by the Rajasthan Assembly is a long overdue requirement of the citizens and a demand of the health care organizations. This Act gives the residents of Rajasthan right to free healthcare. The right to health thus becomes justiciable, that is the government is now answerable in the eyes of law. The Act primarily puts the onus on the state to ensure healthcare to the people through the guarantee of nutrition, safe drinking water, sewerage facilities etc. (…)

• Gender equality - how near and far are we as a largest democracy | Girija K S

  8 April 2023

  By Girija K S *
  "Where women are full participants of politics or economy, societies are more likely to succeed – former US President Obama”
  At a time when we are celebrating another women’s day it becomes essential for us to revisit the lives of women within the country as well internationally. And this year’s theme is "#from equality to equity". When we have not yet defined what we mean by equality, we have to think about equity too. This is the paradox.
  India is a growing largest (…)

• Covid-19 Lockdown and Domestic Violence in India | Amit Kumar

  8 April 2023

  by Amit Kumar
  While the world celebrated the International Women’s Day on 8 March, with the theme ‘DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality’, agents of neo-patriarchy were attempting to bring women back to their traditional roles. To support this thesis, this study examines the rise of domestic violence during the first four phases of the Covid-19 lockdown in India by analysing global news clips along with a case study on filed complaints of domestic violence in the city of (…)

• Concerned about his image, Modi’s ways of improving it! | Faraz Ahmad

  8 April 2023, by Faraz Ahmad

  Saheb is concerned about his image. Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated the other day, “they have given out a supari (contract) to sully my image.” But who are They and what remedy has the Prime Minister in mind to repair his image? Pursue the Opposition further, “don’t stop, spare no one” Modi told the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) to mark the diamond jubilee celebrations of the CBI, whom not so long ago the Supreme Court had described as a ‘caged parrot.”
  Of course, that remark (…)

• Modi’s pats CBI on the back while 14 opposition parties complain of misuse of the agency | Arun Srivastava

  8 April 2023

  by Arun Srivastava
  it was nice to listen to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi quoting the scripture on probity in public life and fighting the menace of corruption at the CBI’s diamond jubilee celebration. No other occasion would have suited the auspicious time to send the message across the nation and try to project himself as the most honest politician the country ever had.
  His suggestion to the CBI officials sent a distinct and loud message that they would have to be more ruthless and (…)

• Why Two Ministries Have Been So Reluctant to Spend Their Allotted Funds? | Bharat Dogra

  8 April 2023, by Bharat Dogra

  Two important Union Ministries have shown extraordinary reluctance to spend their allotted funds this year. What makes the situation more distressing is that both of these ministries have responsibility for important schemes which are important for more vulnerable and poorer sections.
  One such Ministry is the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, or more specifically the Department of Social Justice and Environment (DSJE). This is the department that deals with very important issues (…)

• The Convulsive Journey Of The Naga Peace Process: A Pursuit Towards Mutual Coexistence And Autonomy | Reet Balmiki

  8 April 2023

  by Reet Balmiki*
  The Naga insurgency finds it initial roots in issues associated with the identity and ethnicity of Nagas. Over time, the issue began to be perceived as having political overtones and is considered one of the most contested political issues which remain unresolved.
  The demand for an independent and sovereign Nagaland began even well before India’s independence during British Rule. In 1947, before independence, a delegation of Naga leaders expressed their refusal to (…)