-The Business Standard Not so efficiently or transparently but there is progress and hope, besides showcasing likely problems with the Centre's own law Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh): The UPA government at the Centre has been mulling hard on ways to enact its Food Security Bill, even as the Chhattisgarh government has completed six months of enacting a like law, one providing 35 kg of rice a month at Rs 2 a kg to all...
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Modi's tribal scheme shows he is pro-poor as well (Comment)-Vivian Fernandes
-IANS Those who cherish India's constitutional values will find Gujarat Chief Minister Narenda Modi's boast to build a state of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (India's first home minister and deputy prime minister) taller than the Statue of Liberty rather chilling. By prizing nationalism over individual freedom, Modi may have once again revealed his illiberal nature. People who dislike this aspect of him, Leftists mainly, give vent to their disapproval by dismissing Modi's development...
More »I&B ministry’s plan to have separate social media cell faces hurdle -Mahendra Singh
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The plan to give tablets, laptops and smart phones to babus as part of the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry's proposal to set up a social media cell has hit a major hurdle with Planning Commission objecting to the scheme. While the plan to buy costly gadgets has raised eyebrows, the proposal to have a separate social media wing, independent of the existing Press Information Bureau...
More »More mines, fewer schools in former Maoist stronghold-Anumeha Yadav
-The Hindu Manoharpur (Jharkhand): Deep inside the Saranda sal forest, Thalkobad lies at the core of what was a CPI (Maoist) "liberated zone" in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district along the Odisha border. Thalkobad, along with 24 other villages, was reclaimed by the Indian state after a massive military operation - Operation Anaconda-I in August 2011 to destroy the CPI (Maoist) Eastern Regional Bureau and several training camps inside Saranda. The village...
More »Prices of key drugs to be cut by up to half-Sushmi Dey
-The Business Standard NPPA to soon notify prices in line with new pharma pricing policy Some key cancer drugs, antibiotics and medicines to treat cardiovascular diseases and tuberculosis are set to become cheaper by up to 50 per cent within the next 45 days. The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) will soon notify prices of as many as 150 packs of essential medicines in line with the new pharma pricing policy, according...
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