-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked Reliance Communications to stop the Free Basics service of Facebook, at least for some time. "We have asked them (Reliance Communications) to stop it and they have given us a compliance report that it has been stopped," a senior government official told TOI. Reliance Communications is Facebook's sole telecom partner in India to offer a set of basic...
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Will the juvenile ever walk free again? -Kalpana Purushothaman
-The Hindu What the ‘juvenile’ in the Delhi gang rape case will be going back to will be state surveillance despite having served his legal time, threats of vigilante justice, social exclusion and poverty The debate on the Juvenile Justice Bill had been getting louder, with several developments unfolding in the horrific December 16, 2012 Delhi gang rape case, till the Rajya Sabha finally passed it on Tuesday. Ahead of release of ‘Raju’...
More »Agrarian crisis: Anantapur registers 150 suicides -VK Rakesh Reddy
-The Hindu Agrarian distress has a cascading effect on all other businesses in the district ANANTAPUR (Andhra Pradesh): The year bygone, so far, has been one of sorrow for the poor of the district, with several of them committing suicide out of desperation and hopelessness. According to estimates of different political parties and social organisations, who have also done field level verification of the reports of suicides, no fewer than 150 suicides —...
More »After makeover, NITI Aayog may take to old ways -Yogima Seth
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: NITI Aayog, established as the government's think tank, could soon become PLAnning body for the Centre and states, similar to its predecessor — the erstwhile PLAnning Commission. However, the institution would adopt a bottom to top approach as it moves on from five year PLAns to longterm perspective PLAnning. This would keep it in sync with the government's focus on cooperative federalism. A senior government official told ET that...
More »Over 3.6 Crore Rural People At Risk Due To Unsafe Drinking Water: Government
-PTI New Delhi: Over 3.6 crore people living in more than 63,000 rural areas are exposed to health hazards due to drinking water quality problems like excess arsenic, fluoride, iron, salinity or nitrate. Of this, 1,318 rural habitations are arsenic-affected, Minister of State for Drinking Water Ram Kripal Yadav told the Upper House in a written reply today. "As reported by the state governments under the Online Integrated Management System (IMIS) of the...
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