-The Hindu Business Line But wheat planting begins on a strong note New Delhi: Tepid progress in the planting of pulses and coarse cereals has pulled down total rabi sown area by 20 per cent till the weekend compared to the corresponding week in the 2017-18 season, according to data released by the Agriculture Ministry on Friday. However, the planting of wheat has begun on a strong note with acreage registering a 20...
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Demonetisation disrupted the life of every Indian -- and failed all of its stated goals -Meera H Sanyal
-Scroll.in On the second anniversary of the note ban, banker Meera Sanyal shares her experience of writing a book on the government’s great blunder. Some incidents are hard to forget – the death of a loved one, the moment one falls in love, the birth of a child. They remain etched in our memories with a vividness that transcends time. Occasionally, there is an incident that imprints itself on the collective memory...
More »Only 9% of high court judges are women -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: It was a historic moment in April 2017 when four women judges headed the most important high courts of Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta and Madras. But the Indian judiciary may have to wait for another decade to repeat the feat as women judges constitute barely 9% of the current working strength in high courts of the country. The golden moment for women in judiciary, which got its...
More »18 newborns die in Jorhat hospital -Anup Dutta
-The Times of India JORHAT: As many as 18 newborns died at the Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH) in the past nine days prompting the health depARTment to order a probe into the incident. The probe is to be headed by the director of medical education. A representative of Unicef (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) is scheduled to visit the hospital on Saturday. JMCH principal and chief superintendent Debajit Hazarika...
More »Delhi: Little change in pollution despite SC push, 310 arrests for bursting crackers
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Tradition trumped law and concern over air pollution as a large number of Delhiites openly defied the Supreme Court’s guidelines and celebrated Diwali on Wednesday by bursting traditional firecrackers despite a major crackdown. While reports suggested fewer crackers were burst this year than in 2017, air quality the day after Diwali was almost as bad. The average AQI recorded on Thursday was 390, at “very...
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