Guild asks editors to endorse pledge against ‘paid news’ by Anita Joshua

As part of its campaign against “paid news,” the Editors Guild of India has asked all editors to endorse a…

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“No violation in seeking allowance for CJI’s wife” by J Venkatesan

No practice has been violated in seeking sanction for grant of a daily allowance by the Union government to the…

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Child marriages continue in Kodakarai by P Arivanantham

KODAKARAI (KRISHNAGIRI): Awareness programmes and action against the perpetrators have not been able to put an end to child marriage…

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It’s for Supreme Court to decide on RTI applicability to CJI: Attorney-General by J Venkatesan

Substantial questions of law are involved  The issues of applicability of the Right to Information Act to the office of…

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Ban on new units in highly polluted areas

The Centre has imposed temporary restrictions on new development projects in industrial clusters that score more than 70 points on…

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Financing healthcare in India by NJ Kurian

The government needs to allocate more funds for public health. The mismatch between the declared objective of universal healthcare through…

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Most Indian plastic toys are ‘toxic’

Many of the plastic toys sold in India may contain chemicals harmful to children, an environmental group says in a…

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Earthquake adds to woes of a benighted country by Haroon Siddique

The earthquake that has hit Haiti, raising fears that thousands have been killed, is the latest in a long line…

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Pinki Virani interviewed by Nandita Sengupta on child abuse

Winner of a national award for Bitter Chocolate, an eye-opener book on child sexual abuse, author-activist Pinki Virani tells Nandita…

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Delhi’s homeless fight bitter cold and apathy by Gayathri Sreedharan

Shetty Chauhan, 60, died on the night of 12 January near a busy traffic roundabout in central Delhi. He had…

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Sugar free

Nobody in government should be surprised that sugar is selling at nearly Rs 50 a kg, possibly the highest it…

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Rules laid down for school bag weights

In an effort to unburden children, the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has laid down stringent weight norms for school bags carried…

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Starvation and suicide by PC Alexander

During the last three years, two subjects have been consuming the attention of the world community almost to the exclusion…

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Attacks on social activists in HC glare

Bombay High Court today noted the rise in murderous attacks on social activists and asked the state police chief to…

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Tens of thousands of refugees to benefit from new UN-backed microfinance project

Tens of thousands of displaced people around the world will get micro-loans to set up their own businesses and become…

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