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The Indian parliament passed the J&K Re-organisation Act on August 5, 2019, de-operationalising Article 370, ending Jammu & Kashmir

Tanko Bole Chhe (The Stitches Speak) is an animated documentary that celebrates the art and passion of the Kutch artisans associated with Kala Raksha.

As proved in Hiroshima-Nagasaki medical science has no remedy to offer in the event of a nuclear exchange. The situation is much worse now as the present-day weapons are much more deadly.

The most important support needed by elderly persons is for regular and adequate pensions. Only about 10 per cent of senior citizens in India have access to regular and reasonable pensions. They are mostly those who have served in the civil government, armed forces and related parts of the formal sector. For the remaining over 90 per cent of senior citizens, pensions either do not exist, or else are irregular, uncertain or extremely inadequate.

500+ NREGA workers from across 15 states gathered in Jantar Mantar for the second day of the dharna today. Workers from Haryana, U.P., Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka gave testimonies about the hardships they have faced owing to persistent delays in wage payments, on how they did not get work when they demanded it, and about how no compensation was provided when workers were injured or even killed at the workplace. Many raised concerns regarding the introduction of the NMMS app for attendance at worksites and other technological interventions making it difficult to work in NREGA.