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Smriti Irani launches ‘Digital Guddi-Gudda Board’ in Dharavi slum

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Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Monday inaugurated a ‘Digital Guddi-Gudda Board’ at Dharavi as part of the weeklong ‘Poshan Maah 2021 (Nutrition Month)’ in the Dharavi slum.

The DGGB is located at the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) office in the famous Mumbai slum and will be used for updating, monitoring and giving visibility to birth statistics under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao initiative.

The unique innovation, developed by the Jalgaon district in Maharashtra, displays information and educational material on the scheme to act as a medium for advocacy and awareness.

Irani, along with Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, visited the homes of some of the citizens benefitting under the central Poshan Abhiyaan scheme, distributed fruits and nutrition kits to pregnant women, lactating mothers or children suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) as part of the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram.

The central minister duo attended some of the ‘Poshan Jagrukta Abhiyan (Nutrition Awareness Campaign) being organized all over Mumbai for people from the minority communities like Muslims, Christian, Buddhist, Parsi, Jain and Sikhs.

The series of programmes are being held at Anjuman-I-Islam Girls School and Mahatma Gandhi Sewa Mandir Hall in Bandra, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, Sion, The Dadar Athornan Institute at the Dadar Parsi Colony, etc.

“Since the launch of Poshan Abhiyaan on March 8, 2018, September is observed as the Nutrition Month. In Sep. 2019, there were 3.66 crore activities all over India, in Sep. 2020 a massive 12.84 lakh plantation and nutri-garden drive across Aanganwadis and public spaces was launched,” said Irani.

This year 2021 its being observed in a thematic fashion with weekly themes focused on improving holistic nutrition with a series of activities in tandem with states and UTs.

Naqvi said the government is committed to the good health and wellbeing of girls and women through schemes like Poshan Abhiyaan, BBBP, Mission Indradhanush, Swachh Bharat Mission and Ujjwala Yojana, and is especially significant in the 75 years of Indian Independence.

The poor and backward women from the minority communities are being informed of the benefits of nutrition for children, adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers, to support content, delivery, outreach and outcomes to nurture health, wellness and immunity.

The ICDS is described as the world’s largest and unique flagship nutrition programme of the Indian government to early childhood care and development, commitment to the children in the 0-6 years age group, expectant and nursing mothers.

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Azmi’s unique protest… Wearing a mask, he reached Nagpur Assembly with a banner demanding effective action to end toxic air pollution in Mumbai, SMS company

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Mumbai: Air pollution and toxic atmosphere are common in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar. The people of Shivaji Nagar and Govindi are facing toxic fumes every day. Successive governments have neglected this area because it is a poor neighbourhood.

On the second day of the winter session of the Assembly today, the Samajwadi Party (SP) made a clear demand.

It has demanded the immediate closure of the SMS company, RMC plant, and dumping ground and made it clear to the government that it should stop playing with the lives of the common man.
The government should take effective steps to eliminate this toxic air pollution. Abu Asim Azmi said that due to the SMS company in Govandi, the average age of people has increased to 39 years and diseases are spreading due to burning waste and chemical materials in it, so it should be banned immediately. He further said that clean sanitation and other facilities should be available in Govandi and such a factory should be closed so that the people can live a healthy life. Abu Asim Azmi protested against the toxic air outside the Nagpur Assembly in a very unique way by holding a banner and wearing a mask.

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Increase in crime incidents in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, demand for action against drug dealers and drug users, Abu Asim demands in Nagpur Assembly

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Mumbai: Due to the increase in crime incidents in Mumbai’s Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, the law and order situation is dire. Due to the shortage of police manpower, it is difficult to control crimes. Three murders have been committed here in three months. The increasing incidents of crime. Maharashtra Samajwadi Party leader and MLA Abu Asim Azmi, while addressing the Nagpur winter session, expressed concern and said that he demanded an increase in the police manpower and the establishment of a new police station in Shivaji Nagar so that criminal elements can be curbed. Along with this, he has also demanded action against drug and drug addicts here. Abu Asim Azmi told the House on a notice seeking attention that there has been an increase in murders, attempted murders and robberies last month. A 24-year-old coconut vendor was murdered over a money transaction. The second murder was committed due to personal enmity and the third murder was committed due to drug dealing. The police are investigating this case in connection with drugs. Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar is a poor area. The law and order situation here is bad due to drug addicts and drug dealers. The population here has also increased immensely. Whenever a road expansion or other project is started somewhere, people are rehabilitated here. That is why there is a shortage of police here. Even after setting up a bat post, there is no police in it because there is a shortage of police manpower. In such a situation, Azmi has demanded that police be deployed here.

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Mumbai: Hajra, wife of builder Riaz in Kurla, accused of illegal abortion, Kherwadi police registers case against mother

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Mumbai: An incident has come to light in Mumbai in which a case has been registered against a mother for illegally aborting a pregnancy. Kherwadi police have registered a case of abortion against the second wife of Kurla builder Riaz Shah. On December 7, Riaz Shah’s son filed a complaint in which it was stated that Hajra Shah had miscarried a 24-month-old child. The abortion was done using contraception in 2024 and on the complaint of this illegal act, the police have registered a case against Hajra and her brother Ashfaq under sections 88, 91, 238 of the BNS. This is the first case of its kind in which a case has been registered against the mother for wasting contraception. In 2024, when Riaz Shah asked his wife where the child was, she said that she had miscarried and that she had done the autopsy of the newborn in the Kurla Sunni graveyard and her brothers Ashfaq and Imran Lado knew about this. When Riaz checked in the graveyard, no record of the newborn was found, after which the police registered a case of misleading and aborting the child. Junaid Riaz Shah has filed a complaint against Liya. The police are investigating the matter further.

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