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At a time when Maharashtra is seeing its worst ever drought, thousands of farmers are forced to migrate to seek livelihood. We went to Beed where every village complained about lack of employment.
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The lack of rural jobs has serious implications. It forces farmers to seek livelihood elsewhere during distress times such as now. In our second part we look at the problems arising out of drought and how it affects a long chain of stakeholders scroll.in/article/1096534/as…
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Short video on how drought has impacted farmers.
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Drought in Maharashtra’s Beed district has devastated crops and deepened farmers’ debt. Since January, 153 farmers have died by suicide due to farm distress, district data shows.
@tabassum_b & @kri_tikka travelled to Beed to report on how the crisis is pushing farmers to the brink.
A short video report on the manipulations of VB-G RAM G scheme in Beed that is siphoning tax payer money out of labourers' pocket and depriving them of rural jobs. @scroll_in
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Four months after their eviction, Pardhi Adivasis in Malad live in fear of the BMC and police, while their former settlement has been turned into a parking lot
"When I ask them about the SIR process, they say that 54 names have been deleted from the draft roll. With their homes demolished, they will most likely be disenfranchised. Predictably, the bureaucracy has begun to call them ‘Infiltrators’ – the quasi-official term for the lower tier of (predominantly poor) Indians, who are being stripped of their right to have rights."
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The drought is hurting farmers in every possible way.
90-year-old Awasrao Powal has seen many droughts .
This year, he says, is worse. Most water sources have dried up in his village, Chumbali. “There is no money. There is no work.” @scroll_in
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Delhi Police detained protesters. Then they beat them.
@mrajshekhar was inside Pandwalan Khurd and saw it first-hand:
"One youngster was pushed to the floor and beaten there. Another was viciously stamped on."
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Scoop | Modi Govt mandated coal imports across the country, delivering a bonanza to the Adani Group. States warned this would lead to higher electricity bills. Adani won big, followed by a Gujarat firm with ties to a company that Hindenburg alleged routed funds within Adani Group.
I report: scroll.in/article/1096068/ho…
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This is an exhaustive list of accounts from journalists who were either detained, assaulted, or had their equipment damaged by the Delhi Police. There are around 30 accounts in total, with direct quotes from almost all of them.
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Exclusive: Wearing a tilak and donning an orange scarf is Deepak Sisodia, one of the right-wing goons who was seen brandishing lathis, abusing women and making provocative, communal remarks over the weekend where anti-Gyanesh protests were held.
He also went viral for making remarks against women saying "these girls are sold for Rs 300." But who is he and what do we know about him?
Read the full report on The Quint: thequint.com/news/politics/d…
Mumbai: Silent protest at Shivaji Park led by UBT Sena and MNS today. Very few citizens and a large number of political workers.
Police have made no detentions so far. @scroll_in
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The Delhi Police detained and brutally beat up The Caravan’s assistant multimedia producer, Ryan Thomas, on 11 October. Ryan was covering the protests against Gyanesh Kumar and SIR, which the government has tried to quash with an unprecedented police mobilisation in the capital, with multiple trains and metros halted, and with internet shut down across central Delhi.
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court had directed that, among other things, journalists “shall not be hindered in discharge of their professional duties in any manner whatsoever.” Police tried to seize Ryan phone and force him to delete footage he had recorded.
Video by Amrita Singh (@singhamritaa), Puja Sen (@psen9) and Shahid Tantray (@shahidtantray)