A study has pushed Delhi down from 68th to 86th position in world rankings. The Delhi government’s inability to manage the pandemic better is a major reason The thousands of migrants walking to bus terminals, queuing for a way home, symbolises just how unprepared Delhi — like the rest of India — to face a […]

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After handling ration distribution and working in quarantine facilities, teachers of Delhi government now have to issue challans to the public for breaking social distancing norms and lack of masks Government school teachers’ role in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic is not over yet. From distributing hot meals and rations, to turning their schools […]

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The fact that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is running schools is one of the reasons why the Capital city lags behind. This is why the Delhi government’s efforts do not lead to a better outcome No matter how the education system may have been transformed by the Delhi government, the Union Territory still misses […]

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With online classes hardly viable in poor families with two or three school going children, their education is bound to suffer. The risk of them being put to labour or married off is real   Manisha Tiwari lives in a village of Jharkhand’s Koderma district. Since March, when the lockdown was imposed to fight the spread […]

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When two brothers running a jewellery showroom committed suicide due to inability to repay debt taken from private financiers, Patriot puts the whole modus operandi of loan sharks under the scanner and finds a dismal scenario Shopkeepers look around furtively to see if anyone else heard Patriot’s query about loan sharks. When they feel assured […]

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Neither the police or the administration swing into action in the case of rape of minors and women of the SC/ST community. Is this why these heinous crimes continue with impunity? There have been at least 10 cases of rape in Uttar Pradesh reported by the media in August of this year. This will not […]

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The public may have forgotten the Tablighi Jamaat incident, but they have been under arrest till now. The Bombay High Court found no evidence that Covid-19 was spread by their actions. In fact, it felt they are victims of circumstances The Tablighi Jamaat members became the face of the virus in India, with the state […]

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With a PIL now filed in the Supreme Court, the ease with which police personnel get away with custodial killing and torture is sought to be addressed. If the force respected rule of law, judicial intervention would not be necessary Baljeet, a 28-year-old from Haryana’s Bhiwani district, was arrested under the IPC Sections dealing with […]

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