‘Outlays have had no relationship with outcomes’: Mani Shankar Aiyar
As an Indian, and one who has held high ministerial office, it is only right that I begin by portraying…
Read More‘Take firm steps to enforce RTI compliance’
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday reiterated his government’s commitment to ensuring better implementation of the Right to…
Read MoreA case for passing HIV/AIDS Bill
World Vision India organised a public hearing for people living with HIV/AIDS at YMCA here on Thursday to highlight the…
Read MoreIITs told to reveal candidate details
The Central Information Commission has ordered the IITs to disclose most details of candidates who sat the 2009 entrance examination,…
Read MoreMidday meal index vetoed by Charu Sudan Kasturi
An ambitious human resource development ministry proposal aimed at ending persistent gaps between allocated and needed funds that plague the…
Read MoreSurvey of 422 slums in city planned by Deepa H Ramakrishnan
The Chennai Corporation will soon commission a study on the household and livelihood profile of 422 slums across the city.…
Read MoreJairam points out ‘gross violations’ in dam project by Mahim Pratap Singh
Writes to Madhya Pradesh CM about Maheshwar clearance Proposes to stop construction work on the dam ‘Lack of progress on…
Read MoreEntries invited from media persons
For the UNFPA Laadli Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity CHANDIGARH: “It is a sad reality that even today the girl…
Read MoreOf receding glaciers and lack of benchmark data of Meena Menon
From Leh, the 40-km drive to Khardungla, the highest motorable pass in the world at 18,380 feet, winds gently through…
Read MoreUN agency calls for global day-long fast as symbol of war on hunger
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today called for a day-long, global hunger strike in solidarity with the…
Read MoreFood shortages incapacitate and kill millions of children each year – UN report
An astonishing 200 million children under the age of five, almost all in Africa and Asia, suffer from the debilitating…
Read MoreFood dilemma: High prices or shortages
For a man who will inherit vast tracts of fertile farmland in Punjab, India’s grain bowl, Jaswinder Singh made what…
Read MoreIndia’s children stunted, undernourished and wasted: UN
India has the largest number of stunted children below the age of five in the world, according to the latest…
Read MoreNew legislation on Judges’ accountability soon: Moily
The Centre plans to bring a "state-of-the-art" legislation in the Winter session of Parliament to deal with complaints of corruption…
Read MoreNot free to starve
IROM CHANU SHARMILA, 37, a poet and aspirant suicide, was this week unable to attend a cultural festival held in…
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