Friday, March 29, 2024
Orphaned by Covid, many kids at the mercy of elusive Govt doles
A joint family was happily living on the outskirts of village Gauras near Kareli, Madhya Pradesh, away from the hustle-bustle of urban life. The family consisted of an old mother, her three sons, daughters-in-law, and...
For whom is the farm stir, the average farmer
  As the farmers’ protest entered the eighth month, social media is again abuzz with loads of arguments in favour and against the agitation. While both parties have a lot to argue about the pros and...
Delhi Development Authority has launched it’s new housing scheme. The scheme has launched on the basis of first come first serve basis with a vision to provide affordable housing for all. The scheme was launched...
mamta injured before bengal election
  In the latest twist to the ongoing assembly elections in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee was injured in what appeared to be a freak accident. However, going by the incumbent chief minister’s version, it’s anything but...
Polls precipitated Covid surge: Citizens made to pay for state indiscretion
  When the Madras High Court suggested that election officials could be booked under murder charges for not taking enough precautions against coronavirus during the just concluded Assembly polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) had...
  It’s not an overstatement to say that India is staring a catastrophe in the face, in the wake of a crisis around severewater scarcity. All efforts undertaken by the government in the past to overcome...
  Seventy years of independence, our successive governments, both at the Centre and in the states, have failed to provide an average citizen with the basic amenity – toilet. This is the most upsetting reality for...
Shortage of school teachers casts a cloud over Bihar Govt’s policies
  Aurahi Middle School in Purnea, around 300 km away from the state capital, with 672 students has only seven teachers – one teacher for every 100 students. Teachers here often take combined classes for two...
Grim prospects for education
If we have any more trouble in store for us post-pandemic we never know. But while the world is still grappling with the herculean challenges in the second year into the covid-19 epidemic amidst discovery...
I can call myself Generation X. Probably the generation that has seen most of the changes. The life has changed quite substantially. In fact, everything changed. Those days, there used to be no internet and...