"We Will Starve Here," Say India's Poor Fleeing Cities In Mass Exodus

In small groups and large crowds, through inner-city lanes and down interstate highways, hundreds of thousands of India's poorest are slowly making a desperate journey on foot back to their villages...

from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2UKzyNp

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Explained: Why Are Facebook Instagram Cutting News Access in Canada

Meta Platforms plans to cut off access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada once a new law requiring internet giants to pay news publishers takes effect, arguing news has no economic value to the company and that its users do not use the platform for news. Canada drafted new rules after legacy media companies complained about internet companies elbowing news businesses out of the online advertising market. Why are technology companies against the law?  The Canadian parliament passed "Bill C-18" into law, requiring internet giants to pay news publishers. The Online News Act forces platforms like Facebook and Alphabet 's Google to negotiate commercial deals and pay news publishers for their content. Both Meta and Google had warned they would withdraw access to news articles on their platforms in Canada if the legislation is passed into law without amendments. Facebook says links to news articles make up less than 3 percent of the content on it...
Read more