-Deccan Herald Bangalore: While 42 children of ragpickers in Pune are all set to begin a promising academic year under the provisions of the Right To Education Act, domestic workers in Bangalore are waking up to the potential of the provisions to provide better education to their children. This is mainly due to lack of awareness, according to Domestic Workers Rights Union (DWRM) that comprises nearly 2,200 domestic workers spread across...
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70% elders unhappy with life in cities
-The Times of India With increasing incidents of robbery and thefts reported from homes, 80% seniors living in major cities worry about break-ins. This is one of the major reasons why 70% of senior citizens living in nine cities find life in metros hectic and want to move to smaller towns and properties of their own, according to a study. A survey by A Z Research Partners says that of every 10 aged...
More »Poll-ready Congress for improving RTE record
-Live Mint National Advisory Council seeks an institutional audit of the implementation of the Right to Education programme In yet another signal that the ruling Congress party is getting ready for the next general election, the National Advisory Council (NAC), which sets the social agenda for the Union government, has sought an institutional audit of the implementation of the government’s marquee Right to Education (RTE) programme. NAC is headed by Congress party...
More »Kundapur: RTI Activist's Murder - Four Contract Killers Arrested in Bangalore?
-DaijiWorld.com Kundapur: Four persons have reportedly been arrested in Bangalore in connection with the murder of RTI activist and Congress member Vasudeva Adiga, whose body was found on January 12 in Chikmagalur. Adiga was allegedly kidnapped on January 7 from Goliangadi. Five days later, his body was recovered from a pond at Kadur, with signs that he had been strangled to death. It is said that the police have arrested four persons who...
More »How weak checks and balances in mining are destroying forests and livelihoods in India -M Rajshekhar
-The Economic Times When asked where the coal blocks will come up, the forest officer draws a clover-shaped map. Take the right at the traffic intersection, he says, and you will enter Pathriya Dand coal block. Keep going for 11 km and the road turns to the left, which is where Gidhmudi coal block is. Come back to the main road, cross over to the other side, and you will enter...
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