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Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com
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India’s women farmers are losing jobs and savings despite the boom in agriculture
Since the reverse migration sparked by the 2020 lockdown, farm owners prefer male returnees over female workers.
Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com & Geeta Devi, IndiaSpend.com
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Women’s groups that helped rural India through the pandemic are themselves struggling to survive
Nearly 7.6 crore members of self-help groups have helped in managing the health and nutrition crises in the villages amid Covid-19.
Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com
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Denied visibility in official data, millions of transgender Indians can’t access social benefits
Nearly all major official data sources provide sex-related data in a binary male-female format, excluding people with non-binary identities.
Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com
Trending
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Gyanvapi petitioner says shivling found in tank, mosque lawyer says it is a fountain
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‘Your statement has been written in haste’: Letters between Mahatma Gandhi and his son Devadas
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Fact check: Is West Bengal really as safe as Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress claim?
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‘Who watches the Thomas Cup?’: Comic Danish Sait parodies a conversation after India’s historic win
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Bill Gates on how the metaverse will change the workplace, meetings, and all office interactions
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India’s eight poorest states may have to spend 30% of their health budgets on Covid-19 vaccines
The central government has sufficient funds in its budget allocation to buy doses for all adult citizens and yet the states have been made to bear the expense.
Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com & Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
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Covid-19: At the current pace, India will need another 13 months to vaccinate 60% of the population
The central government has fast-tracked emergency approvals for foreign-produced vaccines.
Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com & Kriti Kapur, IndiaSpend.com
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In India, most large employers flagrantly ignore the legal requirement to provide creches
Meant to boost women's participation in the workforce, the creche rule lies unenforced and unimplemented.
Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com
Video
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Watch: Palestine supporters storm premises of Israeli defence company Elbit Systems in Bristol, UK
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Watch: Elderly woman who served as a nurse in World War II goes skydiving on her 100th birthday
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‘The blessing is also for animals’: Monks meet pets on the occasion of Buddha Purnima in Singapore
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Watch: Queen Elizabeth II attends Royal Windsor Horse Show to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee
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Watch: PM Narendra Modi receives cheerful welcome from Indian community in Nepal
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Budget 2021 hasn’t done enough to fix India’s employment crisis, say experts
The budgetary allocation for 2021-’22 for the rural jobs programme is 35% lower than the 2020-’21 revised estimate.
Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com & Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com
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As India’s courts went virtual, lack of technology in jails became a major hurdle to justice
About 40% of prisons had no video conferencing facilities, a new report says.
Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com & Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com
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Gender pay gap and occupational segregation have followed Indian women into gig economy
The deep-seated issues prevalent in traditional labour markets have carried over into the digital marketplace.
Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com & Rizvi Saif, IndiaSpend.com
The Reel
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Watch: In ‘777 Charlie’, meet Rakshit Shetty’s Dharma and his four-legged saviour
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Why Geetanjali Kulkarni’s no-fuss approach is proving to be a winner
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‘Vikram’ trailer: Starring Kamal Haasan, Fahadh Faasil and Vijay Sethupathi
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‘The Archies’ film will be ‘a true adaptation of the comics’, says co-writer Reema Kagti
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Watch: The trailer of ‘Aashram’ S3, titled ‘Ek Badnaam Aashram’, is out
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India’s official data sources fall short in addressing critical issues of women and girls
Lack of sex-disaggregated data is resulting in a limited understanding of gender issues and poorly designed policies and programmes.
Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com
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Fourteen years on, no Indian state has fully complied with Supreme Court-ordered police reforms
Only Andhra Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh have complied with most of the directives, reveals a new analysis.
Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com & Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
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India’s strict lockdown pushed its Dalits, Muslims and Adivasis deeper into debt
The loss of income and livelihood forced India’s marginalised groups to take fresh loans, shows a survey.
Shreya Raman, IndiaSpend.com & Sadhika Tiwari, IndiaSpend.com
The Field
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Cricket: Angelo Mathews falls one short of double ton, drives Sri Lanka to 397 against Bangladesh
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Srikanth Kidambi, unbeaten and unfazed, leads India to the top of the world
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Women’s T20 Challenge squads: Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma named captains
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Watch: India’s Thomas Cup badminton champions speak with PM Narendra Modi after historic triumph
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