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Tourists or trees? Doon picks trees
Rakesh Agrawal, Dehradun
THE Doon Valley is witnessing protests by young people and senior citizens against felling of trees to broaden a highway ...
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Udupi school grows paddy to revive fields
Shree Padre, Udupi
WHEN the school’s golden jubilee was to be celebrated last year, Murali Kadekar, headmaster of Nittur High School in Udupi, ...
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In Doon a call to save trees from airport extension
Rakesh Agarwal, Dehradun
About 25 km from Dehradun is a village called Thano with a small bazaar and a few houses. Adjacent to ...
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On Jhatkaa citizens talk garbage and more
Raj Machhan, Chandigarh
GARBAGE burning, before the pandemic, was a major cause of air pollution in Bengaluru, as in other Indian cities. No ...
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Ratnauli hero is now go-to man for migrants
Civil Society News, New Delhi
It is not easy to get through to Sanjay Sahni’s phone these days. He is besieged with calls from migrant workers ...
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A festival to teach children croc love
Tanushree Gangopadhyay, Ahmedabad
The first Children’s Crocodile Fair was held in Malataj village, in the lush Charotar region 20 km from Anand, India’s ...
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Anda Do gets 2 eggs, but says make it 5
Sidika Sehgal, New Delhi
The Chhattisgarh government has decided to stick by its decision to include eggs in the midday meals in government schools, ...
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Gargi and Ajay fight for clean air
Subir Roy, Kolkata
Air quality in Kolkata deteriorates severely every winter and during the last one it was the worst among all the ...
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Ashoka goes global: Changemakers from Gen Z
Rwit Ghosh, New Delhi
In the 30 years since it was founded, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public has come to be known for some ...
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Matri Sudha combats hunger with Poshan Champions
Kavita Charanji, New Delhi
Barkha’s husband, Pintu, earns Rs 7,000 a month as a salesman in a company. “I don’t spend much on food, ...
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In Vadgam Mevani talks women’s health
Tanushree Gangopadhyay, Ahmedabad
On International Women’s Day, Jignesh Mevani, Dalit leader and MLA, launched a ‘Maasik Jode Mitrata’ or ‘Befriending Menstruation’ campaign in ...
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‘When you take funds someone else becomes the master’
T.S. Sudhir, Chennai
Three years ago A. Narayanan founded Change India to fight for issues close to his heart. When he is not ...
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Campaign against lynching gathers steam
Saibal Chatterjee, New Delhi
If not now, then when? That unequivocal call to action stirred thousands of citizens. They took to the streets on ...
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Puppets with wit and wisdom for a cause
Bharat Dogra, New Delhi
Some of the most prominent social movements in recent times have seen the creative use of puppets. This is especially ...
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‘Donors, auditors cleared us,' say Teesta and Javed
Civil Society News, New Delhi
The government has cancelled the registration of the Sabrang Trust under the Foreign Contributions Registration Act (FCRA), citing six violations. ...
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Muslim women take fight against triple talaq to SC
Saibal Chatterjee, New Delhi
Zakia Soman is a co-founder of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), which is leading a campaign for the overhaul ...
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Facing up to Facebook and others on net neutrality
Civil Society News, New Delhi
When the telecom regulator in India ruled on 8 February against discriminatory pricing of data on the Internet, it was ...
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