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No School ForSpecial Children

 
/ August 10, 2010

There are 112 primary schools, 34 middle schools and 23 high schools in Nagaland’s Wokha, but none for children with special needs.

Bamboo Bloom Spells Doom

 
/ August 6, 2010

Manipur, a hill state in north east India is facing one of it’s worst natural disasters: Flowering of bamboos.

Dam to DrownTribal Land

 
/ August 9, 2010

Arunachal Pradesh government has drawn a hydropower policy which aims to build about a hundred dams to produce 56,000 MW.

Uttarakhand’s Migration Woes

 
/ August 5, 2010

The state has very high rate of migration: 25%. It also has 58% unemployment rate

Plastic BagIs a Ban Enough?

 
/ August 4, 2010

India consumes around five million tonnes (mt) of plastic products every year.

Walhe’s UntouchedLeprosy Patients

 
/ August 3, 2010

In 2005, India ‘eliminated’ leprosy. But in rural belt, large number of leprosy cases go unregistered.

Minorities EvictedIn Meghalaya

 
/ August 2, 2010

Violating the laws, rich landlords and corrupt officials continue to dupe poor families in Meghalaya.

Rural WorkersDenied Wages

 
/ July 30, 2010

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) provides livelihood security to rural poor.