Over 200 million escape slums but overall number still rising, UN report finds
While more than 200 million slum dwellers worldwide have escaped their conditions in the past decade, the overall population of…
Read MoreFresh life for tribal artefacts
The beautiful artefacts designed by primitive tribal groups of Orissa and dying a slow death are set to get a…
Read MoreEvery day, 1.1bn people poo without a loo by Kounteya Sinha
This is one world No. 1 tag that ’emerging India’ would love to shed. Indians comprised 58% of all people…
Read MoreEntire PDS has collapsed, says SC panel by Dhananjay Mahapatra
The sale of foodgrains through the public distribution system to poor families throughout the country at highly subsidised prices is…
Read MoreWoman beaten, paraded naked in Orissa village
A woman suspected to be practicing witchcraft in an Orissa village was beaten and paraded naked, police said on Wednesday.…
Read MoreRation supply to homeless people fixed, SC told by Aanchal Bansal, Krishnadas Rajagopal
Homeless people in Delhi will not have to go hungry anymore. Now, under the Antyodya Anna Yojana (AAY), a homeless…
Read MoreConundrum of Kerala’s struggling economy by Soutik Biswas
Why is India’s most socially developed state – and one of the developing world’s most advanced regions – an economic…
Read MoreCommittee on PDS conducts public hearing in Puducherry
In its visits to about 10 to 12 States across the country so far, the Central Vigilance Committee on Public…
Read MoreRajasthan gets nearly 20% of FY10 NREGA funds by Ruhi Tewari
The state has received Rs 5,942 crore, or 19% of the total Rs 31,149 crore released by New Delhi this…
Read MoreAnna Hazare on indefinite hunger strike
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra): Social activist Anna Hazare, who began an indefinite hunger strike on Tuesday, has alleged that the Congress-Nationalist…
Read MoreWorkers at Commonwealth Games sites an exploited lot: Panel by Abhinav Garg
In a big embarrassment to the Centre and Delhi government ahead of the Commonwealth Games, a committee appointed by the…
Read More‘Rs 33k cr needed to clean India’s rivers’ by Dhananjay Mahapatra
Diehard devotees may not believe this. But it’s true that the water of the holiest among holy rivers — the…
Read MoreA new deal for BPL families by Gargi Parsai
The Centre will set up a Central Food Security Fund to monetarily compensate the Below Poverty Line (BPL) beneficiaries of…
Read MoreIndian school helping the brightest Muslims by Sanjoy Majumder
In a congested part of Patna, capital of India’s Bihar state, stands a striking yellow building – a 100-year-old mansion…
Read MoreEGoM likely to clear draft food security Bill tomorrow
An empowered ministers’ panel meeting tomorrow is likely to take some decisions to tackle price rise and finalise the draft…
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