Thursday, March 28, 2024

Topic: Development

Nuh: Schools without teachers

It cannot be dismissed as a coincidence that a Muslim-majority district in the National Capital Region is undergoing abysmal underdevelopment in most human development indices.

As Bengal moves on mega coal block, tribals trying to get best deal possible

As West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government moves on a mega coal block, tribals in a Deucha village trying to get the best deal possible.

Dalits, Adivasis of a Bengal village protest against industrial expansion in inhabited area

Residents of Sishujhumra are fighting, despite the local administration’s apathy, for the factory to shut down, lock, stock and barrel.

Over 568,000 people forcibly evicted in India from 2017 to 2019: Report

From 2017 to 2019, across urban and rural India, Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) found over 117,770 houses demolished and more than 568,000 people forcibly evicted from their homes by the state authorities.

Rahul Gandhi urges people to protest against EIA

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday lashed out at the Narendra Modi government over its new Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) 2020 draft, calling it "disgraceful" and "dangerous."

The Central Vista Redevelopment – politics of erasure of a political artefact

Amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) issued a land-use change for the Rs.20,000 crore project, drawing criticism from MPs like Shashi Tharoor, Mahua Moitra, who called out the ‘dangerous misallocation of resources and misplaced priorities’ of the Centre. At the same time, few other MPs expressed their displeasure in the new Parliament building being made ‘a 7-star hotel replica’.