Topic: Ariyalur
How a teen’s suicide has turned Tamil Nadu village into VHP’s war zone against ‘conversions’
The image of 17-year old Lavanya is everywhere. At the heart of the suicide controversy is a police complaint, two videos, a stepmother, and her convent school.
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Who is vocational education training for? Data shows over 84% Indian didn’t get any
Periodic Labour Force Survey data shows the situation is worse for women. And those who got the training, almost half of them accounted for self-learning or ‘learning on the job’.
‘We are cracking down’— how Modi govt plans to make it tougher for states to fund freebies
The Narendra Modi government is looking at ways to check states’ spending on handouts like free electricity and rations. The first step is to tighten the noose on state borrowings.
Defence
Army looks to reduce troops by 2 lakh, deployment in Kashmir could be rejigged
The Army, which faces a shortage of about 1.35 lakh personnel, is aiming to reduce its strength from 12.8 lakh to around 10.8 lakh.
In Kashmir 3 years on, 3 positive changes, 3 things that should’ve happened & 3 that got worse
Kashmir as a crisis has fallen off our headlines and from the top of our collective minds. Which is precisely the most important change for the better.