Unending saga of Chittoor’s child brides

Over 100 forested villages in this district of Andhra Pradesh remain vulnerable to child marriage due to customs, limited access to education, and parental fears of dowry and elopement. While voluntary organisations and the police have made an effort to curb these life-altering decisions, strict enforcement remains a challenge, finds…

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Fight against bauxite mining in Odisha: the view from the hill

The red-brown soil of the bauxite belt in southern Odisha’s Eastern Ghats is seeing an escalation of interest in mining, with the government auctioning sites to private companies processing it into aluminium. Satyasundar Barik finds this comes at a cost — to the environment and the tribal people who have inhabited the…

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Kerala Cabinet decision to recommend restoration of ‘unapproved’ power supply deals taken in public interest: Electricity Minister K. Krishnankutty

A transparent process was followed to arrive at the decision, says the Minister while countering corruption charges levelled by Opposition UDF Read More | Source: The Hindu…

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