Protests at Delhi's Rohini dog shelter over alleged cruelty and bone discoveries following Supreme Court order modifications, with officials denying wrongdoing and suggesting rival involvement.
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In Savda Ghevra and other informal settlements, even a simple glass of water comes at a huge cost. Families spend up to 15% of their tiny monthly incomes on buying canned water because taps rarely provide safe drinking water. Getting an RO system is simply unaffordable. Broken toilets, leaking roofs, damp walls, and unsafe homes make daily life even harder. Women are often forced to relieve themselves in nearby fields. Greenpeace India’s audit exposes these harsh realities and calls for urgent solutions, like water ATMs and tankers, to ensure residents have safe, reliable water.
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Despite genuine efforts made under the District Mental Health Programme in Uttar Pradesh, the poor are slipping through the cracks. Launched in 2018, the main initiatives of the DMHP include the opening of mann kakshas across 75 districts of the state, the launch of Tele Manas helpline number and the 'dawa se dua tak' programme. A ground report from Lucknow, Barabanki, Unnao, Kanpur and Gonda reveals that the rural mental health crisis needs urgent attention as more people were found at religious places than at the state-operated mental health counselling centres.
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Ahead of Women's Day, Outlook profiles Nirmala, a widow who has taken care of her three daughters by working as a puncture mechanic, a profession dominated by men
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As the state borders are difficult to cross through due to the lockdown, many people are unable to immerse the ashes of their loved ones. At Delhi's Lodhi Road Crematorium, Pandit Dharam Vir has the onerous task of looking after the urns containing the ashes of the deceased.
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