November 2021 – The Vidarbha Gazette

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Nov

Society

Vidarbha Gazette

Goondas in Uniform

Inhuman Torture by Chandrapur Forest Department leads to Death and Injuries Mayabai Kishore Thakur whose husband was brutalised by the forest department Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray who is also Maharahstra’s Forest Minister should take serious cognizance of the Goonda elements inside Chandrapur district’s forest department. In the last two months two separate incidents have occurred
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Nov

Women

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Future Expectations from NFHS Reports

The NFHS provides valuable insights into women’s health, nutrition, education and standard of living. It is important to note that the NFHS reports are not mere academic exercises but have policy implications because of the stewardship provided by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Based on my work with women in rural communities of
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26

Nov

Society

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Performance of Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts in the National Family Health Survey

National Family Health Survey: Performance of Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts The National Family Health Survey Round 5 (NFHS-5) provided the welcome information that the country’s population was stabilizing as the Total Fertility Rate declined across a majority of the states in the country including Maharahstra. The NFHS conducted by the International Institute for Population Science, Mumbai
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25

Nov

Environment, Society

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वन्यप्राण्यांच्या हल्लेतील पीडितांना समान न्याय द्या!

१५ फेब्रुवारी २०१९ रोजी श्रमिक एल्गारने मानव व वन्य प्राणी संघर्षातील पिडीतांना न्याय मिळावा, हा संघर्ष कमी होवून वन्यप्राण्यांचे सरंक्षणही व्हावे यासाठी काय उपाययोजना करता येईल याकरीता, हळदा ता. ब्रह्मपूरी येथे परिषद आयोजित केले होते. या हळदा परिषदेत पाच हजाराचे वर, परिसरातील नागरीक उपस्थित होते. परिसरात त्यावेळी जवळपास १५ शेतकरी, शेतमजूर, महिला, गुराखी वाघाने
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24

Nov

Literature, Women

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Sajida: The Conqueror of Darkness

(19 Feb. 1968 – 22 Sept. 2019) It is impossible not to be impressed by Tamollanghan (Conquering Darkness) – the autobiography of a strong and sensitive person told in a straightforward, thoughtful manner. Sajida Sheikh-Meshram born in a middle-class Muslim family of Hyderabad becomes blind in a childhood accident. With her father’s support she travels to Mumbai
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24

Nov

Politics

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‘Ek Rahen Eer, Ek Rahen Beer, Ek Rahen Phatte …’

The Antilla Bomb Scare Case has all the twists and turns of a first class Bollywood potboiler. Some gelatin sticks are found outside the house of the richest industrialist of the country and then a man turns up dead. Sachin Waze, the police officer in-charge of the investigation of the explosives ends up as the
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21

Nov

Politics

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Learning from The Modi Stepdown

The Modi Stepdown: Lessons for Future Andolans The year-long agitation spearheaded by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha against the three farm laws came to a conclusion on 19th November. A movement that sacrificed 700 lives and in which peaceful demonstrators were brutally mowed down by a minister’s son won the sympathy of the entire nation and
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19

Nov

Politics

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खा. शरद पवार आणि रिकाम्या खुर्चाचे वाटेकरी

काल राष्ट्रवादीचे सर्वेसर्वा, पदविभूषण खासदार शरद पवार यांची मूल येथे सभा संपन्न झाली. शरद पवार यांचे विदर्भ दौर्यानिमीत्त शेतकरी, कामगार मेळावा घेण्यात आला. नावांत जरी शेतकरी आणि कामगार असले तरी, भाषण मात्र राजकीयच होते. अपवादानेच एखादा शब्द शेतकर्यांचा आला, कामगार शब्द तर साहेबांच्या तोंडीही निघाला नाही. मागील काही दिवसापासून या दौर्यांची राष्ट्रवादीकडून जयत तयारी
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18

Nov

Literature

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Gadchiroli (A Poem)

Gadchiroli An ancient tale reverberates Of epic battle, blood and gore A Dharmayuddha that brothers fought Slitting throats for land and throne. Widows wailed amidst pyres lit Who could say which side had won? Men lay dead all around Here a father, there a son. Eons passed, the battle persists The same fury, the same bloodlust
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Nov

Politics

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Countering the ‘Azadi was Bheek’ Propaganda Remembering the Revolutionaries of Chimur

Countering the ‘Azadi was Bheek‘ Propaganda Remembering the Revolutionaries of Chimur The bestowing of a Padmashree, the fourth highest civilian award conferred by the Republic of India, means that the statements issued by Kangana Ranaut can no longer be dismissed as the ravings of a lunatic. In fact it is a matter of concern that her latest averments
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