Report notes decline in media freedom in South Asia by Anita Joshua
Sri Lankan journalists suffered worst by all standards Tendency to sell news space for trivia grew in India A dozen…
Read MoreFuture bright for Indian economy, says Rangarajan
Fiscal slowdown has not affected India much Forecasting a brighter future for the country’s economy by 2009-10 end, C. Rangarajan,…
Read MorePoverty is surely declining, but not fast enough: Manmohan Singh by Prafulla Das
“Much more needs to be done to improve the living standards of the poor” The decline in poverty has not…
Read MoreIndia set to retain top spot in milk production
India is expected to maintain last year’s record of being the world’s largest milk producer, with an estimated 110 million…
Read MoreRs.56 crore for market intervention
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Food and Civil Supplies Minister C. Divakaran has said that Rs.56 crore has been sanctioned to Kerala State Civil…
Read MoreRTE still remains on paper by Anita Joshua
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE) remains on paper today; four months after it…
Read MorePM sees reforms benefiting poor
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the economic reforms initiated by him almost two decades ago had reduced the number…
Read MoreProd to states on child scheme by Charu Sudan Kasturi
Women and child development minister Krishna Tirath is writing to all chief ministers urging them to join the ambitious child…
Read MoreIt’s tougher now for babus to overstay by Mukesh Ranjan
In a bid to curb the tendency among bureaucrats belonging to the All-India Services (AIS), including Indian Admini-trative Service (IAS)…
Read MoreThe imminent food crisis by AV Rajwade
The current food inflation is a result of food output growth not keeping pace with population growth Few recall that,…
Read MoreChanged Forever by Disaster by Akash Kapur
THANTIRAYANKUPPAM, INDIA — Five years ago, I woke up on a Sunday morning, checked the news online and saw that…
Read MoreCAG questions NRHM funds’ flow management by Aarti Dhar
Maintenance of accounts not proper, it says Most States yet to adopt e-banking Delay in release of funds from State…
Read MoreAam admi finds dal-roti out of reach in UPA’s second innings by Gargi Parsai
More than the return of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to power, the aam admi will remember the year…
Read MoreOilcos to cook up deadly mix of kerosene for poor by Durbar Ganguly
Toxin-mixed fuel may deter adulterators but will pose danger to users After indirectly helping adulterators for seven long months to…
Read MoreWhere child labour, migration are a way of life by Meena Menon
In Amravati villages, dropout is pronounced; alcohol is another problem The wooden door of Surekha Rathod’s house is held together…
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