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November 26, 2016
Glossy pamphlets, catchy slogans tell us building toilets at home is all about protecting the honour of bahu-betis. And who else but Dalits will clean them later?
As a development professional, I have walked into the offices of many NGOs and read many a lop-sided, glossy pamphlet with slogans that have made me flinch. As someone working on hygiene and sanitation issues, one among those...
November 26, 2016
The Assam Forest Department Friday filed an FIR against the builder of Patanjali Mega Herbal and Food Park in Sonitpur district for negligence in providing safety to wild elephants and digging pits at the construction site causing an elephant to die on Thursday.
Jasim Ahmed, Additional Conservator of Forest, West Sonitpur Forest Division, said the FIR was lodged at Salanibari police outpost...
November 26, 2016
Today at the stroke of the midnight hour, thanks to the collective efforts of the Sabrangindia Team and the never dying support of friends, comrades all, Sabrangindia turns one. November 26, Constitution Day. This was a re incarnation of Communalism Combat, a print magazine born out of the fires of hatred, and our commitment to real, meaningful journalism alive between 1983...
November 25, 2016
प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी द्वारा बेहद नाटकीय तरीके से की गई नोटबंदी योजना की घोषणा ना केवल लोगों में भूख और बेकारी का कारण बन रही है बल्कि दिन प्रतिदिन इस योजना के कारण जान गंवाने वाले लोगों की बढ़ती संख्या के मद्देनजर अब इसे ‘‘एक हत्यारी योजना‘‘ ही कहना ठीक होगा। अभी तक मीड़िया में 70 से अधिक मौतों के दावे किये जा रहे हैं और 60 अथवा उससे अधिक लोगों की मौत की जानकारी...
November 25, 2016
The world is full of stark contrasts; and contrasts present great opportunities for spin doctors. In India, the spectre of black money – untaxed stashes of cash hoarded by individuals – coexists with the world’s highest number of people living in extreme poverty. This contrast has been there for years.
Image: Himanshu Sharma/Reuters
So when Indian Prime Minister Narendra...
November 25, 2016
Factory and farm workers say that landlords and contractors do not have the cash to pay them.
Image: Abhishek Dey
On platform number six of Old Delhi Railway Station on Tuesday afternoon, a lean man in his 50s stood close to a loudspeaker transmitting information about arrivals and departures to make sure that he was waiting on the right platform for his train .
“It is 10...
November 25, 2016
7 नवंबर 2016 को असम में जब मुख्यमंत्री सर्बानंद सोनोवाल ने बाबा रामदेव के 1000 करोड़ के पतंजलि हर्बल और मेगा फूड पार्क की नींव रखी थी तो बाबा रामदेव ने कहा था, इसमें लोगों को प्रत्यक्ष रूप से रोजगार मिलेगा।
किसानों को उनकी हर्बल फसल के लिए कंपनी उचित मूल्य उपलब्ध कराएगी। इस तरह लाखों किसान और कृषि मजदूर लाभांवित होंगे। लेकिन इस बात का लोगों को अंदाज़ा नहीं होगा की पार्क के इस क्षेत्र में आने...
November 25, 2016
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Before Modi banned Rs 500, Rs 1000 Notes BJP was Busy Investing in Real Estate-CATCHNEWS
Days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation policy, his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bought land worth crores of rupees.
The party, in power at the Centre, bought several land parcels in Bihar up to the first week of November. And on 8...
November 24, 2016
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एक पखवाड़े पूर्व अचानक देशवासियों को यह फ़रमान सुनाया गया कि चार घण्टे बाद देश की 86% मुद्रा सिर्फ़ कागज़ का टुकडा रह जायेगी। यह तुग़लकी फ़रमान था, कहावत के रूप में भी, भावात्मक रूप में भी और वास्तविक रूप में भी। आप विश्व के सबसे बड़े लोकतंत्र के, आप ही के शब्दों में, प्रधान 'सेवक' हैं। आपने कैसे इतना बड़ा कदम बिना सोचे विचारे देश की जनता पर थोप दिया?
हम काले...
November 24, 2016
Carpet Bombing by Demonetisation Drives 70 per cent trucks off India's roads says Economic Times
Kultaran Singh Atwal, a transporter, owns seven trucks. Now, he says, he is forced to keep five of his fleet idle due to demonetisation, as he has been deprived of the minimum Rs 20,000 cash per truck per trip that he requires as running expenses.
Atwal is not an...