Different Truths News Service

July 12, 2024
Different Truths News Service
Book Extract

Oneiric Ambrosia: A Sensual Exploration of Love and Dreams

Mahua Sen’s Nostalgia Crafting a Home Within, a book extract exclusively for Different Truths, offers a poignant journey through childhood memories, evoked by familiar scents and nostalgia. Dreamscape In...

September 2, 2022
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Advocacy, Children's Right, Cover Story, Crime

409 Crimes Committed Against Children Daily: NCRB 2021 Data Reveals

There is a 16.2 per cent rise in the number of crimes against children compared to last year, according to NCRB data. It works out to 409 crimes against...

August 23, 2022
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Advocacy, Gender, Governance

Let’s talk About It! Period!

A press release by CRY launching a pan-India campaign to demystify taboos on menstruation. Just think about it – a time when ISRO, in a mission to celebrate ‘Azadi...

January 22, 2022
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Book Club, Book Extract

1. Katha Sarita Sagara — The Genesis

Here’s a book extract from Kings, Saviours & Scoundrels, by Anupama Jain, published by Redomania. An exclusive for Different Truths. I am Somadeva, the son of Rama, a Shaiva Brahmin...

September 7, 2021
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Advocacy, Children's Right, Pandemic

National Level Workshop on Covid-19 & Children: A Rural Perspective

A national level workshop on Covid-19 and children – a rural perspective, organised jointly by CCDRR Centre, NIDM and CRY, deliberated on several issues. A report for Different Truths....

August 13, 2021
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Advocacy, Children's Right, Education

Free Smartphones, Data Packs for Children to Access Online Education

For a bunch of children of Kolkata, it was a much-cherished taste of freedom from the digital divide, as they receive free handsets and data cards to access online...

June 15, 2021
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Advocacy, Children's Right, Pandemic

Covid-19 Reverses Progress Made to Eliminate Child Labour: CRY Calls for Immediate Collective Efforts

On the occasion of World Day against Child – Labour 2021, a study of CRY finds that the pandemic has reversed the progress made to eliminate child labour. CRY...

March 25, 2021
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Advocacy, Children's Right, Human Rights, Pandemic

COVID Pandemic Impacted Child Psyche: Missing Schools, Facing Financial Crisis among Biggest Stress Factors

With one in every four child-respondents citing financial problems to be one of the biggest stress factors during the COVID-19 months, reveals a recent study conducted by Child Rights...

March 3, 2021
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Advocacy, Health, Pandemic

World NGO Day: Celebrating the Role of Indian NGOs in Combatting the COVID Pandemic

As the world celebrated the World NGO Day on February 27, it is time to take a note of the huge efforts put forth by the non-profit organisations in battling...

February 27, 2021
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Education & Career, Human Rights

Social Scientist Amit Singh wins the SYLFF Fellowship

Social Scientist and Human Rights activist, Amit Singh, wins the prestigious Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF). A report for Different Truths. Amit Singh, an Indian doctoral researcher...

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