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5 months, 1 week ago

Need of a single window system to ensure youth skilling and employment

In the post-COVID era, the issue of unemployment, particularly among the youth, remains severe despite good economic growth. The rural unemployment rate rose to 9.3 per cent in June from 6.3 per cent in May, and the urban unemployment rate climbed from 8.6 per cent to 8.9 per cent. The unemployment rate among youth stood at 45.4 per cent in …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

15 years on, the Tamil survivors of Sri Lanka’s brutal civil war live in fear — and disempowerment

Associated Press

MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka — At the site of a bloody battlefield that marked the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, Singaram Soosaimuthu fishes every day with his son, casting nets and reeling them in. The separatist civil war broke out in 1983 after years of failed attempts to share power within a unified country, with Tamil fighters — known as …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

15 years on, the Tamil survivors of Sri Lanka's brutal civil war live in fear — and disempowerment

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The former Tamil fighter lost both legs in 2009 …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

‘We have no seat in Pakistani parliament’: Syed Manzoor Hussain Gillani, former Chief Justice of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir

The Hindu

Published : May 27, 2024 18:50 IST - 5 MINS READ The life story of Justice Syed Manzoor Hussain Gillani, who was born and brought up in Karnah, in the border region of Jammu and Kashmir, reads like a perfect Bollywood masala film. In my opinion, whatever the Pakistani government does here in practice should be governed by specific constitutional …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Ladakh protesters seek Statehood and constitutional safeguards

The Hindu

Ladakh observed a complete shutdown on Saturday as thousands gathered in Leh to demand constitutional safeguards, protection of cultural identity and environment, and Statehood for the Union Territory. The LAB and the Kargil Democratic Alliance, representing the Buddhist majority and Shia Muslim dominated regions respectively, are jointly protesting for Statehood for Ladakh, the inclusion of Ladakh in the sixth schedule …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Meet Soundarya, south India's first AI news presenter by Kannada news channel

Hindustan Times

As Artificial Intelligence news presenters started entering into the Indian TV news industry, Kannada channel Power TV launched south India’s first AI news presenter. Meet Soundarya, south India's first AI news presenter by Kannada news channel In the first show, Soundarya introduced self by saying, “Hello everyone. I am Soundarya, south India’s first robotic anchor by Power TV.” The channel …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma on ‘superintelligent AI’: ‘Disempowerment of humanity’

Hindustan Times

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma has raised concerns over ‘disempowerment of humanity’ over a post by ChatGPT creator OpenAI which expressed inability to have a solution for controlling a super intelligent AI and preventing it from going rogue. The company said its techniques on aligning AI including reinforced learning from human feedback rely on human's ability to supervise the technology. …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Britain is angry and divided, and the Tories don’t get it

Al Jazeera

They’re instead being fed nationalism by an authoritarian government misreading the public mood. During the COVID-19 pandemic, public sector workers, particularly health service and local government, worked incredibly hard in often very difficult conditions in order to deliver a health service, and were applauded by everybody. Parliament has passed a bill that gives the government the power to enforce people …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Lancet Commission issues call to urgently address stigma in mental health

The Hindu

On Monday, observed as World Mental Health Day, The Lancet released a new report calling for radical action to end stigma and discrimination in mental health, indicating that 90% of people living with mental health conditions feel negatively impacted by stigma and discrimination. The report was the result of the labours of the new Lancet Commission on Ending Stigma and …

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2 years, 4 months ago

J&K parties hold protest against new voter list

The Hindu

Warning the Central government of “dangerous ramifications” for including non-local voters in the electoral rolls of Jammu and Kashmir, political parties in the Union Territory staged protests on Friday and asked the Election Commission of India to clarify the inclusion of “outsiders” in the newly released voters list for the upcoming Assembly polls. “It’s a protest against the electoral demographic …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Inclusion of non-local voters has heightened fears of demographic change in Jammu & Kashmir: Sajad Lone

The Hindu

Inclusion of non-local voters in the electoral rolls in Jammu and Kashmir has heightened the fears of demographic change in the Union Territory, People’s Conference chairman Sajad Lone said in Srinagar, on August 19. “The recent statement by officials of the Election Commission pertaining to allowing non-locals to vote in the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir has created a …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Madam President: The Hindu Editorial on Droupadi Murmu’s election as India’s 15th President

The Hindu

The election of Droupadi Murmu as India’s 15th President is rich in symbolism. In the 75th year of the country’s Independence, Ms. Murmu becomes the second woman to occupy the Rashtrapati Bhavan, and the first member of a tribal community to do so. Ms. Murmu’s election is a milestone in the journey of tribal empowerment, though she is by no …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Withdraw new forest rules: Congress

The Hindu

Alleging that the new forest conservation rules “violate” the Forest Rights Act, 2006, the Congress on Wednesday wrote to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes to urge the Centre to withdraw them in public interest. In a letter to NCST chairperson Harsh Chouhan, All India Congress Committee national coordinator for SC, ST, OBC and Minority departments, K. Raju, said the …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Congress urges Scheduled Tribe's body to direct Centre to withdraw new forest conservation rules

Firstpost

The party alleged that the new forest conservation rules will lead to disempowerment, dispossession, and displacement of STs and other traditional forest dwellers, and fuel conflict in tribal areas New Delhi: The Congress has urged the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes to take note of the alleged “violation” of the Forest Rights Act 2006 and ask the Centre to withdraw …

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3 years ago

Abdullahs, Mufti placed in house arrest ahead of stir on redrawing J&K assembly seats

Hindustan Times

Srinagar: Political leaders in Kashmir, including former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, were placed under house arrest on Saturday, ahead of a sit-in protest against the government’s intention of redrawing assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir governed by New Delhi. The top leadership of the Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration, an alliance of five political parties, have been …

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3 years, 5 months ago

J&K: Five politicians, including two former PDP MPs, join People's Conference

India Today

People’s Conference received a shot in the arm to its expansion programme as five politicians, including two former PDP MPs, from various parts of Jammu and Kashmir joined the party on Saturday. Former MLC and ex-PDP leader Murtaza Khan, former PDP MPs Nazir Ahmad Laway and Mir Mohammad Fayaz, DDC chairman Baramulla Safina Baig and former deputy mayor of Srinagar …

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3 years, 5 months ago

J&K will remember August 5 as 'day of disempowerment': People's Conference

India Today

August 5 will be remembered as a "day of disempowerment" in the history of Jammu and Kashmir, the People's Conference said on Wednesday. Adnan Ashraf Mir, the spokesperson of Sajjad Lone's party People's Conference said on Wednesday, "August 5th is seen as a day of disempowerment, a reminder of the humiliation that the people of Jammu and Kashmir were subjected …

Kashmir Jammu Conference

4 years, 2 months ago

What's next for Mehbooba Mufti?

India Today

Among the first things former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti did after her release on October 13 was to put out an audio recording on Twitter where she vowed to fight the Centre’s action of abrogating Article 370 which gave J&K special status. What the Delhi darbar snatched from us unconstitutionally and illegally on August 5 last year, …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Srinagar shuts down over Article 370 abrogation anniversary

Deccan Chronicle

The local police and Central armed police forces on Tuesday imposed a curfew in Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar whereas strict security restrictions are in force elsewhere in the Kashmir Valley, a day before the first anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state. Among them is PDP’s Rouf Bhat who had announced at a …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Victorian First Peoples' Assembly calls for truth commission on path to treaties with Aboriginal nations

ABC

Victoria's First Peoples' Assembly has called on the State Government to establish a truth commission to lay out the state's history of colonisation and its impact on Aboriginal communities. Key points: An inquiry would be tasked with delving into Victoria's history of massacres, Stolen Generations and deaths in custody Assembly members who spoke in favour pointed to the Prime Minister's …

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5 years, 1 month ago

First Peoples' Assembly calls for sovereignty and truth in Victorian treaty negotiations

ABC

On the steps outside the imposing pillars of Victoria's Parliament House, Wathaurong, Gunditjmara and Arrernte man Jordan Edwards waited to enter the building and make history. Key points: Many assembly members spoke of the importance of bringing sceptical Aboriginal communities with them Two members chose to leave their seats vacant due to concerns about the treaty process Several members used …

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5 years, 3 months ago

Victorian treaty vote for First Peoples' Assembly delivers a different kind of state election

ABC

"I have never voted in my life, in any process. Key points: Voting is underway to elect a First Peoples' Assembly to set up the rules for Victorian treaty negotiations Voters said they wanted treaties that delivered truth-telling, better education and stronger protection of cultural sites Some scepticism remains towards the process, with one Aboriginal corporation rejecting the elections It …

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5 years, 7 months ago

Latrobe Valley workers' co-op opens own factory in a bid to create new jobs

ABC

Since the privatisation of Victoria's coal-fired power stations in the 1990s, the Latrobe Valley has been known for high unemployment. Key points: A group of Latrobe Valley workers have opened their own factory in the wake of power station closures The move coincides with a report recommending Victoria cut emissions significantly over the next 10 years The targets are expected …

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5 years, 8 months ago

Narendra Modi's 'Khan Market gang' jibe sums up disempowerment of elites, rise of new middle class with a voice

Firstpost

The elites are aghast at Narendra Modi’s ‘Khan Market gang’ jibe, all the more because this paradigm is here to stay. With his “Khan Market gang” jibe, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has introduced a new lexicon in political discourse that appears to have rubbed his rivals and critics the wrong way. This was reflected in Modi’s reference to the ‘Khan …

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Need of a single window system to ensure youth skilling and employment

15 years on, the Tamil survivors of Sri Lanka’s brutal civil war live in fear — and disempowerment

15 years on, the Tamil survivors of Sri Lanka's brutal civil war live in fear — and disempowerment

‘We have no seat in Pakistani parliament’: Syed Manzoor Hussain Gillani, former Chief Justice of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir

Ladakh protesters seek Statehood and constitutional safeguards

Meet Soundarya, south India's first AI news presenter by Kannada news channel

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma on ‘superintelligent AI’: ‘Disempowerment of humanity’

Britain is angry and divided, and the Tories don’t get it

Lancet Commission issues call to urgently address stigma in mental health

J&K parties hold protest against new voter list

Inclusion of non-local voters has heightened fears of demographic change in Jammu & Kashmir: Sajad Lone

Madam President: The Hindu Editorial on Droupadi Murmu’s election as India’s 15th President

Withdraw new forest rules: Congress

Congress urges Scheduled Tribe's body to direct Centre to withdraw new forest conservation rules

Abdullahs, Mufti placed in house arrest ahead of stir on redrawing J&K assembly seats

J&K: Five politicians, including two former PDP MPs, join People's Conference

J&K will remember August 5 as 'day of disempowerment': People's Conference

What's next for Mehbooba Mufti?

Srinagar shuts down over Article 370 abrogation anniversary

Victorian First Peoples' Assembly calls for truth commission on path to treaties with Aboriginal nations

First Peoples' Assembly calls for sovereignty and truth in Victorian treaty negotiations

Victorian treaty vote for First Peoples' Assembly delivers a different kind of state election

Latrobe Valley workers' co-op opens own factory in a bid to create new jobs

Narendra Modi's 'Khan Market gang' jibe sums up disempowerment of elites, rise of new middle class with a voice