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Modi’s PMCARES and Gotabaya’s COVID–19 fund: Two similar kitties?

Beginning with a lack of accountability, there are a number of interesting similarities between the Sri Lankan president's COVID–19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund...

OWSA Contributor - 21 January 2022

Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s prime minister calls for international recognition for his government

A massive job crisis that threatens to grow further, lack of food and medicines and frozen overseas assets prompted today's press conference. Afghanistan's acting prime...

OWSA Contributor - 20 January 2022

Civil society

Sophisticated cyber-attack targets Red Cross data on 500,000 people

A cyber-attack targetted an external company in Switzerland that the ICRC contracts to store data. It has compromised personal data and confidential information on...

OWSA Staff - 20 January 2022

Civil society

Students, faculties from centres of excellence raises voice; attempt breaking silence of the past

Protests against the communal hatred and misogyny in both, online and offline spaces are now coming from unexpected quarters. The Haridwar dharam sansad (religious parliament)...

OWSA Staff - 20 January 2022

Bangladesh

For China, charity begins in SouthAsia

China has undertaken more projects in SouthAsian countries than anywhere else in the world. Even India figures prominently in terms of the number of...

OWSA Contributor - 20 January 2022

COVID-19

Hunger strike by New York prison inmates

Inmates complain of human rights abuse and indifference by prison officials regarding the risk of COVID-19, inadequate heating during winter, lack of proper hygiene...

OWSA Contributor - 20 January 2022

Afghanistan

Study says Taliban deprive women of livelihoods, identity

A study by Human Rights Watch and and San Jose State University reveals that Afghan women and girls are severely restricted, harassed and frightened...

OWSA Contributor - 19 January 2022

COVID-19

COVID-19, food shortage and inflation could bankrupt Sri Lanka

Food shortage and inflation are causing distress and the government has barely any foreign exchange reserves to import food – especially as agricultural productivity...

OWSA Contributor - 19 January 2022

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India Sets 15-Day Deadline for Rural Job Scheme Complaints Under New VB-G RAM G Rules

The Ministry of Rural Development has stated that the rules seek to institutionalise a citizen-centric, accessible and time-bound framework, thereby reinforcing the rights and entitlements of rural households under the scheme.