Varsha Singh
Passionate about social issues, especially children and women’s rights, rising inequity and human rights, Varsha Singh, a Post-Graduate in English (Hons) from Calcutta University and Mass Communications from St Xavier’s Calcutta, gravitated naturally to journalism in 2013. Varsha has made her passions the subject matter of her work and she has been writing regularly about these issues, besides business, tourism, culture and politics. Of late, Varsha has been pursuing another passion, multimedia journalism making videos reports on social issues and current affairs, looking at them with a different lens. Outside of her work, Varsha is equally passionate about cinema, music, travel and tea. Indeed, she is the inhouse film and music encyclopedia and a full-time chai-o-holic.
Amar Chitra Katha inspires Great Indian Journeys for SOTC & Thomas Cook
September 19, 2020
How would you like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj or Maharana Pratap to accompany you the next time you head to the iconic Sindhudurg Fort set in the Arabian Sea off the Konkan coast or the famous Chittorgarh Fort in Mewar? That’s no longer a fantasy, as the famous Amar Chitra Kat...
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International Equal Pay Day: COVID-19 pushes Indian women from low pay to no pay
September 18, 2020
A mid-career tourism professional with over 10 years of experience behind her, Sharda Wagh was working in a leading travel firm in Mumbai in the Domestic FIT operations wing and was content with her career and life. All was fine until the COVID-19 pandemic hit India and the gover...
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Human rights groups uneasy over proposed police force in Uttar Pradesh
September 16, 2020
Human rights groups say they are considering challenging in courts of law the creation of Uttar Pradesh Special Security Force (UPSSF) being set up by the Uttar Pradesh government as soon as its contours are defined and the rules governing the special force, which seems to have s...
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Pandemic to cloud Indian automobile market despite August uptick
September 12, 2020
On Thursday, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) said that the passenger vehicle sales in August stood at 215,916 units, a rise of 14 pc as compared to August 2019, ending a 9-month long losing streak that had clouded the mood in the world’s fourth largest automob...
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Confusion, anger, panic in Delhi slums over Supreme Court order on demolition
September 8, 2020
Supreme Court’s order for demolition of slums on railway land in Delhi has created panic and confusion in the slums as residents say they will not vacate unless given alternative accommodation.
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Delhi slum dwellers to go to Supreme Court seeking rehabilitation
September 4, 2020
Delhi’s slum dwellers surprised by Supreme Court’s order for eviction of 48,000 of them living near railway tracks. The latest order also ignores India’s obligations to UNSDGs as well as Right to Housing.
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Shinzo Abe: Pillar of Indo-Japanese ties
September 3, 2020
One of the most powerful prime ministers of Japan since the end of the World War II, Shinzo Abe was instrumental in bringing momentum to ties with India.
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Workations: When work from home is away from home
August 30, 2020
For millions of Indian professionals who have been cooped up in their homes since March due to coronavirus pandemic, a break from home in the shape of workations is turning to be a life-saver for them. ‘‘Though coming back home for such a long time and enjoying the luxuries t...
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Delhi riots: Serious human rights abuses by Delhi Police, says Amnesty
August 28, 2020
In a scathing report, Amnesty International accuses Delhi Police of being complicit in the riots that had struck the national capital for days in late February even while US President Donald Trump was in the city. It criticises government for granting total impunity to errant pol...
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Outbound travel firms gasp for survival in bubbles
August 26, 2020
Over five months after international flights were suspended in view of the coronavirus pandemic, outbound travel business in India is in deep trouble in absence of any clarity over resumption of regular flights. Confusion over who can fly and to where confounds the problem furthe...
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Lockdown locks down sexual and reproductive healthcare in India
August 25, 2020
Millions of women in India will pay a rather heavy price as they were denied access to sexual and reproductive healthcare during lockdown. Situation is far from normal even now.
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World Photography Day 2020: Picturing the pandemic
August 19, 2020
On World Photography Day 2020, Media India Group tells the story of struggles of ordinary persons in dealing with Covid-19 through the photographs captured during the pandemic.
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