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What I brought back from my meeting with practitioners & visionaries


Interactions at the WSF, Tunisia with activists and thinkers from vastly diverse fields, united only by their dream for transformation and alternatives to well-being, inspire Ashish Kothari to hope for another world.




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Back-pedaling the market mantra


The Chawla Committee backs away from recent efforts to create a market for water rights. Still, it doesn't go far enough in recognising the importance of citizens' involvement. Shripad Dharmadhikary reports.




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Theyyam revived: A step backward?


The ritualistic form of worship, once rejected as superstitious and irrational, witnesses a steady resurgence in Kerala. Is it because of a strong wave of casteism, the interpolation of Hindu Brahminical philosophy or merely a yearning to go back to the roots? Nileena M S explores.




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A new coalition backs garment workers


Even if activists and trade unions in India succeed in pushing up wage scales in the garment industry, manufacturers are likely to point out that with higher labour costs and hence billing, the high profit global retail buyers would shift their business to cheaper nations like Bangladesh or Indonesia. Is there a way out? Anuja Mirchandaney finds out more.




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The Empire strikes back - and how!


The original report on 'paid news' of the Press Council of India sub-committee is relegated to the archive. Then too, it does not even appear on the PCI's website, writes P Sainath.




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One acre forward, two back


The decision to repeal and replace the 1894 Land Acquisition Act is welcome, but many provisions of the new Bill are so vague that they will only perpetuate past mistakes, writes Shripad Dharmadhikary.




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Residents of a municipal dumping site fight back


The women of Meghpar village of Kutch District are fighting the big port town Gandhidham municipality which is dumping its waste in their village. Vimal Kalavadiya and Shvetangini Patel report from Kutch.




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Setback for optimal river basin planning


Shripad Dharmadhikary explains why setting up a tribunal to resolve the Mahanadi Water Dispute will not help the people or the river.




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Blowing back the smoke


Reducing tobacco consumption is a multi-dimensional and complex challenge. Varupi Jain reports on an organisation that is lending its VOICE with strong efforts.




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Fiery debate back, but standards scuttled


Once again, a study by the New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment found alarming levels of pesticide residues in soft drinks and stirred up a public debate. However, the larger issue of how pesticides have invaded the ground water and gotten into the food chain must not be missed, notes Ramesh Menon.




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Study: India sitting on tobacco epidemic


Within in the next two years, around 10 lakh people will die because of smoking in India alone, says one of the most comprehensive studies on the habit in the country. India is on the threshold of a tobacco-unleashed epidemic, says Ramesh Menon.




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TB: Dangerous comeback


It is frightening to think of how the new drug resistant strain of tuberculosis is going to spread in crowded, unhygienic, urban India. Doctors are worried. Ramesh Menon reports.




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One step forward, two steps back


Subramaniam Vincent follows the intrigue, as New Delhi seeks to weaken Right to Information laws on the one hand, and receives a proposal to strengthen RTI at the same time.




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Bringing disabled kids back to school


When a teacher specially trained to handle children with special needs started work at a local government school in Bangalore, children were benefited and stopped dropping out. Padmalatha Ravi has more.




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How they pulled their farm back from the brink


"Trying to measure the success of water harvesting only with increased water level is not fair. The vegetation improves, so does the soil moisture.” Shree Padre reports on an arecanut farming family's success.




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Vegetables in the backyard


A retired physician in small-town Manipal in Karnataka sets an example in kitchen gardening and highlights the many benefits it brings apart from the yield itself. Shree Padre brings us his remarkable story.




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All fronts and no backs


Will the Congress-NCP gain from a multiplicity of fronts which could dissipate the anti-Congress vote? Or will the Shiv Sena-BJP benefit from the Third Front's cutting into the Congress-NCP vote?




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They hit back, "and it felt good"


A public hearing on NREGA in a remote village in Bihar created a confrontation between a leader accused of corruption and the workers who exposed him. Rajesh Veeraraghavan was there and he recorded this story.




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Throwback: जब प्रियंका चोपड़ा ने छुपकर 'कार पार्किंग' में निक को किया था Kiss

प्रियंका चोपड़ा (Priyanka Chopra) अक्सर अपने इंस्टाग्राम अकाउंट पर भी निक के साथ 'कोजी' तस्वीरें शेयर करती रहती हैं.




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पापा सैफ अली खान को खाना खिलाती दिखीं नन्हीं सारा, Throwback फोटो Viral

यह सारा के बचपन के दिनों की फोटो है (Sara Ali Khan childhood Photo With Saif Ali Khan) , जिसमें वह पिता सैफ अली खान की गोद में बैठी दिख रही हैं.




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ऐसे घटाया था सारा ने अपना वजन, Throwback Video शेयर कर किया फैंस को मोटिवेट

सारा अली खान ने एक बार फिर अपना वर्कआउट वीडियो (Sara Ali Khan Workout Video) सोशल मीडिया पर शेयर किया है.




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ECB brings back memories of Rashid foxing Kohli & Rahul

With the sporting world coming to a standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic, sportspersons and international sporting bodies have taken to social media to interact with fans and bring back classic moments from the past. The English and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has posted two videos of leg-spinner Adil Rashid dismissing Virat Kohli and KL Rahul.




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अर्चना पूरन सिंह ने शेयर की Throwback तस्वीर, कहा- जब प्यार किया तो डरना क्या

अर्चना पूरन सिंह (Archana Puran Singh) ने सोशल मीडिया पर एक तस्वीर शेयर की है, जिसमें परमीत और वो दोनों एक-दूसरे को किस कर रहे हैं.




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Late Rishi Kapoor's daughter Riddhima Kapoor Sahni shares a picture with her mom Neetu Kapoor; captions, "Got your back Ma #yourpillars




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EPL: Giggs fires United back to summit

EPL: Giggs fires United back to summit





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Odisha: Don't hold back migrant workers, kin to government




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Back home, workers narrate their plight




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Missing cop brought back to Steel City




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How pandemic can set back your career

The unemployment rate in the US has seen an unprecedented growth; Indians are making ends meet after thousands were asked to take pay cut.




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Preity Zinta has the simplest solution for your lower back ache

Preity Zinta has the simplest solution for your lower back ache





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When will Boris Johnson send Britain back to work?

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due this week to present a possible way out of the coronavirus lockdown to get the world's fifth largest economy back to work without triggering a second spike in cases.​




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In lockdown, man finds his way back home, 14 years after he left




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Ghaziabad: 348 workers sent back to Rajasthan




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AI flight crew should stay back in Delhi: Noida police

The ‘stay back in Delhi’ controversy is not ending with doctors.




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Walking their way to UP, thousands reach Ambala from Ludhiana, sent back to Punjab




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Walking their way to UP, thousands reach Ambala from Ludhiana, sent back to Punjab

Thousands of migrant labourers on way to their home state Uttar Pradesh from Ludhiana in Punjab on Friday reached here on foot. But, halting their march, the district administration sent most of them back to Punjab, while the rest were accommodated in shelter homes of Ambala.




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Why virus may bring plastic back in favour




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UP CM to officials: Ensure nobody walks back home

Directing officials to ensure that nobody walks back home, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that the government was making all efforts in deploying buses and trains to bring back stranded migrant workers.




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Covid-19: Global backlash builds against China over coronavirus

Australia has called for an inquiry into the origin of the coronavirus. Germany and Britain are hesitating anew about inviting in Chinese tech giant Huawei. President Trump has blamed China for the contagion and is seeking to punish it. Some govts want to sue Beijing. Across the globe, a backlash is building against China for its initial mishandling of the crisis.




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Job prospects for China's fresh graduates bleak as Red Dragon limps back to normalcy

As China limps back to normalcy after COVID-19 outbreak, job prospects in the country seem to be truly bleak especially for the nine million students or so who are due to graduate in June.




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UP CM to officials: Ensure nobody walks back home

Directing officials to ensure that nobody walks back home, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that the government was making all efforts in deploying buses and trains to bring back stranded migrant workers.




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India's First All-Girl Band 'Viva' Has Reunited in Lockdown to Bring Back Your Childhood Memories

Immensely popular indipop band Viva that once comprised of Anushka Manchanda, Pratichee Mohapatra, Neha Bhasin, and Mahua Kamat is back to rock you again.




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Stephenie Meyer is Back with Her Latest in 'Twilight' Series. Save the Date, Fans

The release of the book 'Midnight Sun' comes 15 years after she published her first book of the series.




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Kohli Tried to Troll Pujara With a Throwback Picture But Kevin Pietersen Stole the Show

Late on Tuesday, Kohli took to his Instagram account and tried to pull his teammate Cheteshwar Pujara's legs with a snapshot from an old Test match.




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Over Sized Clothing and a Fan Moment: Brian Lara Trolls Suresh Raina With Throwback Picture

Raina also went on to have a successful international career. He played an integral role in India's win at the 2011 World Cup.




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Mumbai Police's Lockdown Meme on Chemistry Will Take You Back to Your School Days

Adopting a rather creative way to urge people to stay home, Mumbai’s Commissioner of Police took to Twitter to share the periodic table and asked netizens to solve it.




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SoftBank-backed Oyo to Offload More Loss-making Hotels Amid Pandemic: Report

The hospitality sector has been one of the worst affected by the coronavirus outbreak, with global and domestic travel coming to a near-halt.




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JustDial Board Gives Nod to Rs 220 Crore Buyback Proposal at Rs 700 Per Share

In its filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the company said that the board of directors of JustDial has given its nod to a buyback proposal worth maximum Rs 220 crore.




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ITC Faces Union Backlash Over Coronavirus Work Warnings to Employees

While ITC had so far not taken any action against workers, the company notices said "absence without leave" would lead to salary cuts and "disciplinary action", without elaborating.




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Armand Duplantis, Renaud Lavillenie Split Gold in Backyard Pole-vaulting

Armand Duplantis and Renaud Lavillenie shared the honours in the Ultimate Garden Clash.