-The Times of India CHENNAI: Hearing impairment being the most common congenital anomaly in newborns, the rising numbers indicate that the state would soon become the deafness capital of the country if efforts are not taken at the earliest to curb it, warn experts. A study conducted by a medical team of the Madras ENT Research Foundation (MERF) found that six out of every 1,000 kids were victims of severe to profound...
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Female population in Assam sees a rise
-PTI Guwahati: In Assam, where the social status of women is high in comparison to some other states, the female population recorded a growth rate of 19.7 per cent during the last decade compared to 18.2 per cent males against the previous decade's 18.5 per cent and 15.7 per cent. The growth rate of the female population in the state over males continued to be high during 2001-2011 as in the previous...
More »Thieves cost Indians Rs. 35,000 cr in a decade-Sneha Agrawal and Mohit Sharma
-The Hindustan Times Indians lost valuables worth Rs. 35,257 crore to thieves, robbers and cheats in the past 10 years, reveal statistics of the National Crime Records Bureau for 2002-2011. That is equivalent to the Delhi government's annual budget or what it last year took to run the national rural employment guarantee scheme which benefited 4.8 crore households. The national average for recovery was just about 20% ( Rs. 7,953 crore) of the...
More »India has a problem with inequality, and it won't be solved easily-Kunal Kumar Kundu
-The Business Standard Why government policy and jobless growth have let inequality worsen in recent times The Forbes list of billionaires features 55 Indians in 2013. The estimated net worth of only the top ten is $102.1 billion or approximately 5.5 per cent of India's gross domestic product. Paradoxically, every third poor person and every second malnourished child in the world is also an Indian. India also adds 7.5 million babies with...
More »Depositors from outside add to complaint pile
-The Indian Express Kolkata: AMONG the 6.25 lakh complaints received by Justice Sen Commission, which has been set up by the West Bengal government to inquire into the Saradha Group and other chit fund scams and also to look into ways to return money to investors, many have been submitted by people from other states where the firms were operating. "Since the West Bengal government is the only state government that has...
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