Right to governance
This has to be the ultimate irony. Barely a few weeks after a Supreme Court committee comes out with a…
Read MoreLack of clean water impacts children’s learning and health, UNICEF warns
Many schools in poorer countries lack adequate water and sanitation facilities, affecting children’s educations and even claiming lives, the United…
Read More“Civil society must push for self-regulation by media”
Concerned over disturbing trends in the media, including commercialisation and trivialisation of content, corporatisation of the sector and the phenomenon…
Read MoreCore Group on prices meeting tomorrow by Gargi Parsai
With food inflation still in double-digits, the first meeting of the Core Group of Central Ministers and State Chief Ministers…
Read MoreWhat about the farmers?
While the government’s recent clarification on the policy on foreign investment in wholesale trade is welcome, it needs to be…
Read MoreAd blitz to highlight UPA II education schemes by Anubhuti Vishnoi
If the ‘Bharat Nirman’ ad campaign marked UPA I, education campaigns will underscore UPA II. The government is set to…
Read MoreHealthy fast food by Aparna Pallavi
It is popular in periods of Hindu religious fasting like Navratri. It is also commonly found on the shelves of…
Read MoreHard to stomach by Biraj Patnaik
As the nation debates the National Food Security Act (NFSA) and its implications on food security for the country, it…
Read MorePoor families may get right to 35 kg foodgrains a month
A ministers’ panel meeting tomorrow is likely to consider raising poor families’ entitlement for rice or wheat to 35 kg…
Read MoreTens of millions to benefit from India’s Right to Education Act – UN agencies
Three United Nations agencies are hailing what they described as a “ground-breaking” new act that legalizes the right to free…
Read MoreIs India moving toward urban disaster? by Sunil Jain
With 130-140 million Indians likely to move to cities in the next decade and an equal number in the one…
Read MoreGirl’s expulsion stayed as lawyer cites RTE
Barely days after right to education was enforced in the country, the Act was cited in the Delhi high court…
Read MoreNew Bill in next session to bring CAG under RTI
A new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Bill, likely to be introduced in the next session of Parliament, will bring…
Read MoreInclusive exclusion by Ashok V Desai
For no fault of theirs, the poor have given the government much trouble. Unlike Blacks or Women, two other classes…
Read MoreFarmers’ Woes by SL Rao
A meticulously researched book by A. Vaidyanathan, Agricultural Growth in India: Role of Technology, Incentives and Institutions, is an illuminating…
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