-IANS Kolkata: The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), which started the 75th round of survey from July 1, is for the first time collecting data related to communicable diseases, officials said here on Monday. The National Sample Survey 75th round (NSS-75) covers household consumer expenditure as well as household social consumption -- education and health. "For the first time in NSS health survey, the data collected will enable assessment of population who are...
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SC to hear plea against slaughter ban rules -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea seeking modification of its July 11 order, which recorded the Centre’s submission that the Madras High Court staying the cattle slaughter ban rules extends all over the country. The Centre on July 11 submitted that it was ready to keep in abeyance both the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017 and the Prevention of Cruelty...
More »186 cases of abuse in AFSPA enforced states in 4 yrs -Rumu Banerjee
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Between 2012 and 2016, a total of 186 complaints of human rights abuses by defence personnel were recorded in states where the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 is in force, with the troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir accounting for almost half the complaints. Of the 186 complaints received between, the ministry of home affairs (MHA), while answering an RTI query, said that 127 cases...
More »Amma canteens set to dwindle -Aloysius Xavier Lopez
-The Hindu Fund-starved civic body mulls move Chennai: Owing to a severe fund crunch, the Chennai Corporation is now exploring the possibility of reducing the number of Amma canteens in the city. The civic body, which is unable to settle bills of contractors for completed infrastructure projects worth ?700 crore, is likely to reduce the number of canteens from 407 to 200. However, the decision to close many of these canteens has been...
More »Safflower cultivation sees drastic fall despite benefits -Hiren Kumar Bose
-VillageSquare.in Despite its many health advantages, the cultivation of safflower for its oil is declining across India because farmers are not finding a ready market and are discouraged by the low prices it fetches Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka: Vijay Jagtap discontinued sowing safflower (kardi) last year on his one-hectare plot in Baramati Pandhare village, 12 km from Baramati town in Maharashtra. “The price we get for kardi is not at all attractive....
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