India’s rural poor may lose out as drones map village land
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation A government plan to map residential areas in rural India and issue title deeds could benefit hundreds of millions of people, but exclude lower-caste communities and those traditionally denied land, human rights experts said on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week unveiled ‘Swamitva Yojana’, or ‘Ownership Scheme’, to map rural […]
Essay: From pews to patients – churches have long served as hospitals, particularly in times of crisis
ADAM J DAVIS, of Denison University in the US, looks at the key role churches have played in the development of hospitals…
Postcards: Warming climate and Arctic oil push threaten Russia’s reindeer herders
ALEC LUHN, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from northern Russia…
US religious freedom attorneys pick their battles amid pandemic
New York, USAP As states grapple with when and how to reopen establishments amid the pandemic, religious freedom remains a legal flashpoint – particularly for the conservative non-profits that have taken a leading role in representing churches which have challenged stay-home orders. At least a dozen state or federal suits filed since the virus outbreak […]