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13.86 lakhs ration card applications pending in #Odisha for years. In this article I have discussed how the @Food_Odisha could easily cover them under the #PDS and the never ending #EKYC process should not be a reason for the delay m.thewire.in/article/rights… @CMO_Odisha

It must come on record that despite widespread protests & repeated demand from Opposition to send #TransgenderBill to a #Parliament Committee, Govt insisted on pushing it through by making unsubstantiated claims! See video👇 First, it's rare that debate on one Bill is stopped to take up another Bill. The debate on #Finance Bill was going on and Transgender Bill was listed AFTER it, but Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju asked for the Transgender Bill to be taken up & 'passed' today and for Finance Minister to reply to debate on Finance Bill tomorrow. It is only when a Minister is not available to respond to debate on a Bill, that it is postponed, but Finance Minister is sitting right there! What is the rush to pass #TransBill in #LokSabha today itself? Second, as Rijiju seeks sense of the House, several MPs from the Opposition, in fact, oppose and categorically demand that Bill be sent to a Select Committee to consult with stakeholders from Trans community. They even say that they raised this demand in Business Advisory Committee meeting as well and Rijiju concedes to this. Rijiju himself says that Congress, SP, AITC and NCP(SP) made a request for Bill to be sent to Committee. And then Rijiju makes several unsubstantiated claims: 1. It's not a major amendment Bill - amendments to exclude self-identification are not major? 2. Extensive debate have already happened on Bill - When? The Bill was never placed in public domain as Pre-Legislative Consultation Policy 2014 mandates. Where has this debate happened? Who participated in it? 3. The amendment has come after a year long debate in Standing Committee - When? Which Committee? In the last 1 year, the Standing Committee on Social Justice & Empowerment has not produced any specific report on any topic related to #Transgender persons. Even the Statement of Objects & Reasons of the Bill doesn't mention any recommendation from a Standing Committee report. 4. We are not going against any community - why are people from trans community protesting the Bill then? So, if the Bill is very good, very important, for the welfare of people from Transgender community, then why is the Govt not willing to send the Bill to a Committee? Rijiju keeps saying - Bill has to be passed today, let's not delay. An MP can be heard in the background asking - "itni jaldi kya hai"? Indeed, why the rush? Why does Govt keep taking short cuts for law making and avoid public consultations?

Prayagraj: Cold storage building collapsed, ammonia gas leakage, dozens killed in Phaphamau. Horrific incident! In this video, police personnel are seen rushing injured workers to hospitals for treatment. #PrayagrajColdStorage

📢 Dashboard update As of March 2026, 393M carbon credits have been issued across 948 projects in India. CSE’s one-of-a-kind voluntary carbon market (VCM) dashboard covers carbon offset projects across India and who is developing them. Access here: cseindia.org/page/vcmdashbb…

Co-authored with @KuruvaKvs, this piece reflects on how digital welfare systems are shaping access to basic rights, drawing from field evidence. @SameetPanda @rajendran_naray @LibtechIndia @idr_online

@NAPiIndia writes to Chairperson FSSAI to raise its concerns about organising additional "stakeholder consultation" to discuss provisions of FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020, of which Front of Warning labels are a part of . Having a SC order to go for warning labels, we raise two important concerns. 1. Why another stakeholder consultation. 2. Conflicts of interest embedded in this. In addition NAPi offers evidence and designs of warning labels. @RemaNagarajan @Mukesh_k @sayantanbera @KavitaDatt @chetanabelagere @SumiSukanya @ratnabhushanET @zubeda_h @AnonnaDutt @RujutaDiwekar @virsanghvi @ravishndtv @chetanecostani @BShajan @d_s_thakur @AnantBhan @PhilBakerNZ @CMonteiro_USP @MarkLawrence_Oz @GyorgyScrinis @SBarquera @DoctorChrisVT @TheLancet @PMOIndia @PMOIndia_RC @NITIAayog @PressCouncil_IN @MoHFW_INDIA @MoIB_Official @JPNadda @SwatiJaiHind @raghav_chadha @MPNaveenJindal @Tejasvi_Surya @thePHFI @RahulGandhi @beastoftraal @samajwadiparty @BJP4India @supriya_sule @KanimozhiDMK journals.lww.com/pmrr/fulltext/… More information : napiindia.in

କଟକ SCB ମେଡିକାଲ ଟ୍ରମା କେୟାର ICU ରେ ଭୟାବହ ଅଗ୍ନିକାଣ୍ଡ। ନିଆଁ ଲାଗିବା ଫଳରେ ରୋଗୀଙ୍କ ଅବସ୍ଥା ସଙ୍କଟାପନ୍ନ ହୋଇପଡ଼ିଛି। ଘଟଣାସ୍ଥଳରେ ସ୍ୱାସ୍ଥ୍ୟ ସଚିବ ପହଞ୍ଚି ସ୍ଥିତି ଅନୁଧ୍ୟାନ କରୁଛନ୍ତି। #SCBMedical #FireAccident #CuttackNews

Your Parents Are Getting Older. 30 Things To Do With Them Before Time Moves On. 1. Record their voice telling a story. One day that voice becomes a sound you can never hear again.

The Modi government stands exposed once again. A scientist and climate activist who had dedicated his life to the nation was arrested without any evidence. The months he spent in jail were not only a personal loss for him but also a loss to the country. This sheer dictatorship must be called out and stopped immediately.

Government of India invokes the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, to regulate the availability, supply and equitable distribution of petroleum and petroleum products and natural gas

In light of current geopolitical disruptions to fuel supply and constraints on supply of LPG, Ministry has issued orders to oil refineries for higher LPG production and using such extra production for domestic LPG use. The ministry has prioritised domestic LPG supply to households and introduced 25 day inter- booking period to avoid hoarding/black marketing. Non domestic supplies from imported LPG is being prioritised to essential non domestic sectors such as Hospitals and Educational institutions. For LPG supply to other non-domestic sectors, a committee of three EDs of OMCs have been constituted to review the representations for LPG supply to restaurants/hotels/other industries. @HardeepSPuri @Secretary_MoPNG @IndianOilcl @BPCLimited @HPCL

Wild animals are not political gifts or corporate assets to be transferred at will. Leopards belong to their forests, their territories, and the ecosystems that shaped them, not to private enclosures built for spectacle. This is not even funny anymore.

What happens when digital networks fail? Vanthala Bhaskar and Jartha Matyakondababu discuss the intervention of S R Sankaran Adivasi Sahaya Kendram--- a people-centric offline system that supplements. In ASR district, offline distribution of PDS and low network connectivity renders rightholders incapable of accessing vital information regarding their entitlements. The Kendram draws information from key registers--- food-grain prices, ration cards, and entitlements of approximately 2,500 households in the area every month--- and disseminates in the form of WhatsApp messages and printed notices in community spaces. Read the full story here buff.ly/CWJpsnG #DigitalDivide #PDS #Righttofood

For those who wish to read my latest column 👇 on what a prolonged conflict in the Middle Wast might mean for India. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Youth Congress protest at AI Summit was political dissent; no inciteful slogans: Delhi court grants bail to 9 report by @prashantjha996 barandbench.com/news/youth-con…

@sanjukta @tavleen_singh Are we celebrating the killing of one dictator jointly by two other dictators who have been responsible for killing millions of people by themselves and their regimes and as if the killing is going to make the life of women and children safe in #Iran #Khamenei

For once I and Tavleen mam are on the same side. There is a difference between killing an elected leader of a functioning democracy that did no harm to others and killing of an evil dictator who is responsible for the death of thousands upon thousands all over the world. The Iranian people themselves are cheering. We cannot look at this from this singular lens of "nation" "border" "sovereignty". We can look at it from a global human race perspective. He deserved to die.

Rajdeep may I say that you are very wrong. The death of an evil man who killed thousands of his own people and allowed women to be tortured and raped for showing their hair must be celebrated. Iranians are celebrating the death of a monster.

5 Teachers r@ped a 13 year old girl. Rashmi Kanta Biswal (47) Teacher. Chandan Kumar Prusty (37) Teacher. Biswa Ranjan Sahoo (31) Teacher. Minati Bai (34) Teacher. Rashmi Ranjan Rana (32) Peon. They are not Muslim that’s why Adani TV is too Shy to mention their name.

New Law in #Odisha ! All vendors are asked to produce AADHAR card and Chant Jai Shree Ram by Bajarang Dal members before entering into any village to sell their items ! It has become a trend after BJP has come to power ! @Apoorvanand__ @TeestaSetalvad @sushant_says @irfhabib

Deepak Bhai is considering organising an Insaniyat Jodo Yatra across the country with like-minded people. Perfect to bring all communities together and rattle the BJP-RSS ecosystem.

1.5 months ago, after our campaign in which we exposed serious concerns regarding IAS officers and Jal Shakti Ministry awards, the official portal went offline. Now comes a massive development from Barmer. A local newspaper filed an RTI after our campaign seeking records of 91,000+ water tanks reportedly constructed under a public campaign. The same achievement cited for national level recognition. The district administration’s response: Records Not Available. Let this sink in. • 91,000+ structures claimed • Award granted at national level • Public money involved • But no district-level records? If there are no records: 👉On what basis were awards recommended? 👉What data was sent to the Jal Shakti Ministry? 👉Who authenticated the numbers? 👉Where are the GPS locations? 👉Where are the work orders and payment files? 👉Where are the completion certificates? Was the Ministry given verified ground data or just compiled figures on paper? National honours are not social media badges. They require documentation, audit trails and accountability. If records truly do not exist, this is not a clerical lapse. This is either gross administrative failure or deliberate misrepresentation. The administration must answer clearly: 👉Were 91,000 tanks actually built? 👉If yes, show the files. 👉If no, who is responsible for sending inflated data to Delhi? And if this newspaper report is false, then take strict action against the newspaper agency immediately. Either way — the truth must come out. 🙏

Strike in #Bihar #Muzzafarpur enters 48th day today. 14,000 #MGNREGA workers not getting pymnt, job card, work. Is someone listening? @MoRD_GoI @BiharRDD @manojkjhadu @ChouhanShivraj @roadscholarz @nikhilmkss @rajendran_naray @dr_rajbhushan