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Left Government’s move to allow quarrying in Assigned Lands to legalise all irregular quarries: Environmentalists

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Left Government’s move to allow quarrying in Assigned Lands to legalise all irregular quarries: Environmentalists

Anupama Vimal - July 13, 2019

In a controversial move that has invited criticism from some quarters, the Nagpur University has introduced the history of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in its History ( BA second year) syllabus. The chapter on RSS dwells on the Sangh’s history and the role it played in nation building. It is not the first time that RSS history is being introduced in the university. The Sangh’s history is already taught for post graduation course. While the University authorities are reported to have claimed that RSS and its role in nation building was introduced in the Degree level as the same has been already been taught at the University in MA. As a prelude to the MA students on the topic, the topic was introduced in the BA now, they claimed. Meanwhile, the Congress has come out against the University, alleging that it was unfortunate that the university has introduced such a topic in the syllabus. They also accused the University of promoting the Sangh ideology. They also alleged that everyone knew what role the RSS had during the freedom struggle and how they had. The congress also alleged that the RSS was an organisation that had opposed the Constitution and even had refused to have the tricolour in its headquarters for 52 long years. “So what is that they have done in history and what nation building exercise has been executed by them is a question,” the congress leaders asked. The National Students Union of India, who had met the Vice Chancellor and demanded withdrawal of the syllabus, are for launching wide spread agitation. The introduction of a chapter exclusively for the RSS is likely to create much uproar in the c

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Yielding to Mining lobby, Kerala’s Left government paces ahead for quarrying in assigned lands

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For Kerala, cardamom hills are not that spicy

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Religion vs Public Land is what haunts the Left government in Kerala now with all the tension at Panchalimedu in Idukki district over erecting wooden crosses in the tourist hill spot.

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Officials caught between Church and Temple over retrieving encroached land

The CPM in Kerala is in a spot over the alleged rape case against the party’s state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan’s son Binoy Kodiyeri. The registration of a case of rape against Binoy by Maharashtra Police has already snowballed into a controversy and is likely to haunt the CPM in the coming days. A rape case against Kodiyeri’s son has been registered in the Oshiwara Police Station on a complaint by a 33 year old woman. After the jolt in the recent parliament elections, the rape allegations against the state secretary’s son come as a major shocker for the party. In the complaint, the woman alleges that she was sexually assaulted for about eight years and also has a child of eight years in the relation. In the complaint, she said that the relation started when she was working as a danseuse in a Dubai bar hotel and that Binoy had cheated her on the pretext of marrying her. In the Fir, she also states that she was being paid maintenance for many years when she shifted to Mumbai from Dubai. Meanwhile, Binoy had denied the allegations and alleged that the woman was trying to blackmail him. He alleged that the woman had been threatening him for the last many days and he had registered a complaint with the Kannur police. However, the Kannur police is yet to take action on the complaint. With the issue becoming a controversy, the national leadership of the party seems to trade a safe path with general secretary Sitaram Yechuri saying that he was not aware of the rape case. He also said that it was a personal case and no need to connect it with the party. Meanwhile, Politburo member Brinda Karat said that the law will take its own course and that the party has nothing to do with it. She said that it was the responsibility of the person against whom the allegation has come up to prove all of them wrong. The party has nothing to do with it, she said. It is not the first time that the party is in a fix over Binoy Kodiyeri. In 2018, a businessman in Dubai had accused Binoy of swindling money and had legally moved a

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Anupama Vimal - June 5, 2019

All lands in Idukki to come under the scanner

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Anupama Vimal - June 4, 2019

Kochi Flat demolition: Only a week remains but Kerala Government takes it slow

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Anupama Vimal - May 31, 2019

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Anupama Vimal - May 28, 2019

The Left government is alleged to be moving ahead with roping in a private playe

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Is Kerala’ Left roping in private agency to scrutinise secretariat works?

Sona Prebhakar - May 25, 2019

Tentacles wide spread, land mafia want men of their choice in top positions

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Anupama Vimal - May 18, 2019

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The world has seen a 16 per cent reduction in HIV infection in eight years with 1.7 million infected persons in 2018 when compared to 2.1 million in 2010, according to a global report on AIDS brought out by the United Nations. The report says that new infections among adults annually have declined 13 per cent since 2010. The report also points out that infection among young (15-24 years of age) women have been reduced by 25 per cent between 2010 and 2018. However, the report also cautions that about 6000 women and girls become victims of HIV every week. TREATMENT AND DEATHS It said that increase in treatment has brought down the deaths from about 1.7 million in 2004 to 770000 in 2018. As part of the treatment procedure, the report said that the antiretroviral therapy to women with HIV who are pregnant has lowered the transmission rate from mother to child. When about 28,000 children (0 to 14 years of age) were HIV infected, it was just 160 000 in 2018, which means a 41 per cent reduction in HIV transmission. While looking at the regions, the report states that the percentage of people infected with HIV has come down in eastern and southern Africa, which is home to 54 per cent of the AIDS patients. Meanwhile, Central Asia and Eastern Europe have both shown an increase of 29 per cent, the report said. When ten per cent of increase was reported from West Asia and North Africa, there was an increase of seven per cent of infected in Latin America. When looking at the mortality level, Southern and Eastern Africa had shown a decline of 44 per cent in the eight year period. But the deaths in central Asia and Eastern Europe had increased by a margin of five per cent. An increase of nine per cent of AIDS related deaths was reported from Northern Africa and West Asia. MOST TRANSMITTED Stating that the epidemic has changed in 2018, the report says that majority of the new HIV infected were among sex workers, gay men, transgender, drug users and prisoners. Gay men added to 17 per cent of new HIV infected persons globally, which included more than a half in North America, central/ Western Europe, 40 per cent in Latin America, 30 per cent in Asia. Drug users contracting HIV came to about 12 per cent. Among drug users who were newly diagnosed with HIV, 41 per cent were from Central Asia and Eastern Europe, 37 percent of new HIV infections were reported in West Asia and North Africa. The report says that sex workers amounted to six per cent of global HIV infected people in 2018, transgender only amounted to five per cent of the newly affected. In the report, it has been said that infections in young women (15-24 years of age) are 60 per cent higher than young men. The disparity is highly visible in regions where the epidemic has been worst hit, the report added. The report also states that the affected people are more aware of their situation than before and are taking antiretroviral therapy. Apart from this, testing and treatment facility has also increased worldwide. However, the report says that 20 per cent of the affected people are still not aware that they are infected. When coming to children who had contracted the infection during pregnancy, breastfeeding or child birth, the report says that diagnosis process was still a challenge. It points out that the children who are under treatment in 2018 were nearly a million, which is said to be double that of 2010. Despite efforts to bring down infection, the report points out that many of the countries are not taking stern efforts in achieving the goal taken in the 2016 UN General Assembly’s Political Declaration on Ending AIDS. The report says that this was quite evident in 2018 with investment in HIV related issues had a drastic reduction by the low and middle i

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