-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Backed by better monsoon rains so far as compared to the same period in 2014, the kharif (summer crop) sowing operation has picked up substantially in the last three weeks. The sown area touched 563 lakh hectares as on Friday which is nearly 62% more than what the country had reported at this time last year. The fast pace of sowing raised hopes that the total...
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Deaths continue but witness protection law still a far cry -Pradeep Thakur
-The Times of India DELHI: Despite cases of intimidation of key witnesses being a routine, there is still no law in India on witness protection or to deal with threat to their life and otherwise from criminals and those in positions of power. Many witnesses died under mysterious circumstances in the Vyapam scam. In Asaram case, too several witnesses came under attack. Not long ago in the Jessica Lal murder case, several...
More »Kudumbasree to try poultry farming
-The Hindu Kozhikode: Around 35 Kudumbasree units in the limits of Maruthongare grama panchayat are all set to venture into large-scale poultry farming by forming an exclusive society of entrepreneurs. Bharath Sevak Samaj (BSS) will coordinate the implementation of the scheme. Each of the 35 unit will get a financial Aid of Rs.15,000 to set up the farms. At present, around 350 women are part of these 35 Kudumbasree units in the...
More »Ford Foundation funding dries up as Modi clamps down on NGOs
-Reuters NEW DELHI: A leading global charity has frozen $4 million in funding to India, squeezing Aid to the poor, after a clampdown by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on donors deemed to be meddling in domestic politics that has raised concern in Washington. The government restrictions on the US-based Ford Foundation relate to a $250,000 grant to a vocal Modi critic, but a top official at the charity sAid the fallout has...
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-The Indian Express The public health system is failing all stakeholders: practitioners, patients and their families. Doctors — or, more broadly, medical practitioners — are the most important cogs in any health delivery system. They diagnose the sick, devise a course of treatment and follow it through, the lead problem-solvers, as it were. As a series in this newspaper has shown, however, doctors, particularly in the public health system, are overworked...
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