60 Articles by
Akshita Bhadauria
News Reports
Farm to market: How Agri-startups are working to empower small and medium farmers in India
Prime Minister Modi has emphasized the need to remove barriers for our farmers, create an open market for them, and encouraged investment in the agricultural sector by enhancing logistics and technology.
OpIndia Explains
How farmers in Gujarat have benefitted with entry of private players and contract farming
It appears that the opposition parties are opposing the new laws only because Modi government brought them in.
Government and Policy
#WorldWaterDay: India’s efforts on water conservation, cleaning rivers, and supplying safe water to every household
Extending the Jal Shakti Abhiyan, PM Modi will be launching National Water Mission’s (NWM) campaign 'Catch The Rain' with the tagline “Catch the rain, where it falls, when it falls”.
News Reports
HP government appoints non-Hindus to administer Maa Jwalamukhi Temple, one of the Shaktipeetha
Commenting on the appointment of non-Hindus VHP leader said, we cannot expect someone who is not emotionally connected or believes in that place of worship to work efficiently in the administration.
Government and Policy
Indian Railways over the years: How it went from a primitive mode of transportation to modern, electrified network
Even though Indian Railway was regarded as the lifeline of independent India, it was plagued with multiple plights from primitive maintenance methods to ageing track to outmoded rolling stock technology.
Opinions
‘Bacha Bazi’: The rampant sexual exploitation of minor boys in Afghanistan and Pakistan
'Bacha Bazi' or using minor boys for sexual pleasure has been rampant in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Opinions
Protestor for hire? How ‘environmental activist’ and child protestor Licypriya Kangujam has endorsed every random cause on Twitter
Licypriya Kangujam joins various hashtag trends from NEET exams to unemployment to mocking Atmanirbhar Bharat abhiyan, like a true-blue e-aandolanjeevi
News Reports
Centre of learning or hub of sexual crimes? Exposing the dark side of religious institutions in Pakistan
Children sent to study come back with scars of sexual abuse and physical violence. Pakistan a UN Human Rights Council Member puts to shame the organization established to promote and protect Human Rights globally
World
Pakistan: In a rare judgement, Peshawar cleric gets death sentence for raping a minor girl inside mosque
Qari Saeed based in Peshawar who holds a master’s degree in Islamiyat and leads Friday prayers in his mosque, was found guilty of rape of a minor and was convicted under Section 376(3) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
Opinions
It’s a trap! How ‘Woke YouTubers’ are spreading propaganda through their live streams littered with abuse and slander
The most fascinating touchpoint of propaganda (other than the obvious Instagram stories, posts) being YouTube live streams.
