-The Hindu Rescue work in Uttarakhand to gain momentum with reopening of 16 roads Dehradun: Rescue operations in Uttarakhand, hit until Thursday afternoon as helicopters faced bad weather, are now expected to speed up, as 16 roads that were blocked across the State were declared open on Thursday. They include roads reaching Guptkashi in Rudraprayag district and Joshimath in Chamoli district, which are very crucial routes for rescue operations. According to the Border...
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More women die of burns than men in India, says study -Aarti Dhar
-The Hindu The number of cases of burns among women is unusually higher in India with the proportion being undisputedly more in women married for less than 10 years, a latest study has shown. The pattern of burns in India is unusual in two senses. First, deaths from burning are more common among women than men, and second, burns are a well-known means of female suicide or homicide, the study suggests, describing...
More »Uttar Pradesh most unsafe place for children -Pervez Iqbal Siddiqui
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: The news is worrying. Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the most unsafe state for children in the country. The latest report of the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) says UP tops the list of crime against children in 2012. The state reported 15.8% of total crime against children cases last year. UP is also ranked second in crime against women. Madhya Pradesh is a close second with...
More »The exploding reality-Ashutosh Sharma
-The Hindu Kitne hi raaste hain mere dil mein jo Poonch ko jaate hai Mein jidhar se chalta hun Poonch pohonch jaata hun. Engraved on a granite plate under the bust of noted Urdu writer Krishan Chander at a public garden in Jammu & Kashmir's Poonch, these intense lines reflect the writer's love for this beautiful border district. But even as he penned these lines, little could he have known that the inspiring...
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-The Hindu India's paradox of fast economic growth across several years and chronic malnutrition in a significant section of the population is well known. It has vast numbers of stunted children whose nutritional status is so poor that infectious diseases increase the danger of death. About 34 per cent of girls aged 15 to 19 are stunted in the country, according to a major review of global undernutrition by The Lancet....
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