-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The government's plan to get the joint house panel to process the contentious land acquisition bill and submit its report on the opening day of monsoon session of Parliament on July 21 faces a fresh hurdle. Bowing to demands from the Opposition members, the panel's term was on Monday extended by a week to July 28. This means the government will now have a window of just...
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Anganwadi Workers Not Paid Salaries for 4 Months, Says Union
-PTI Mumbai: The Maharashtra Anganwadi Sevika Union has alleged that the state government has not paid salaries of its workers for the last four months. "For last four months, we have not been paid our salaries. We met Rural Development Minister Pankaja Munde and Finance Minister Mungantiwar several times. But they say the government has no money to pay our dues," Anganwadi Sevika Union general secretary Kamal Parulekar alleged. If Ms Munde can...
More »NASA data shows rainwater could help Indians save rupees
-PTI Washington: Collecting rainwater for vegetable irrigation could reduce water bills, increase caloric intake and even provide a second source of income for people in India, according to a new study by scientists looking at NASA satellite data. The study is based on precipitation data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which provided observations of rainfall over the tropics and...
More »UP school uniform Scam: Shocking findings
Despite the provision of free school uniforms to be given to school children aged 6-14 years under the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, when it comes to education department of Uttar Pradesh things are happening in the wrong way. Officials working in UP's education department demand for commissions from uniform suppliers, reveals a Cobra Post sting. In order to know more, please read the press release from Cobra...
More »Study shows NCR homeowners turn away Dalits and Muslims -Seema Chishti
-The Indian Express In both the methodologies, the home-seekers had the same credentials but for their names that indicated their caste and religion. A study on discrimination in urban housing rental preferences, to be published in a forthcoming issue of Economic and Political Weekly, shows high levels of exclusion of Dalits and Muslims in the five metropolitan areas of NCR. The team of researchers, led by Prof S K Thorat, chairman of...
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