-The Times of India BHOPAL (M.P.): Without an Aadhaar registration, new-borns in Bhopal's Sultania hospital are being refused discharge. In no uncertain terms, a dictate by hospital administration, instructs hospital staff, ward in-charge and security guards, not to allow new-borns to leave hospital premises unless registration unique ID is produced. The need for 12-digit unique Aadhaar number for babies born is pasted across the largest maternity hospital in Madhya Pradesh. "These instructions...
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111 killed in communal incidents last year: Minister
-The Hindu As many as 111 people were killed and 2,384 others were injured in 822 communal incidents in 2017, up from 751 such incidents in 2016, Union Minister Hansraj Ahir said on Tuesday. The highest number of communal incidents, as many as 195, was reported from Uttar Pradesh where 44 people were killed. Karnataka has seen 100 communal incidents in which nine were killed while there were 91 incidents of riots in...
More »Fixing a high MSP not a solution to agrarian crisis: P Sainath -Vishakha Chaman
-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: The farm crisis is something more than a minimum support price (MSP) issue, said Ramon Magsaysay award winner and renowned journalist P Sainath, who was at Institute for Development and Communication to deliver a public lecture on inequality and agrarian distress on Monday. The agrarian crisis, Sainath said, is no more a measurement of input cost. It is not just the measure of the loss of...
More »Agriculture needs a cure more than quick fixes -T Sarita Reddy
-The Hindu Policy should address credit, crop insurance, drip irrigation The government’s efforts to focus on the welfare of farmers in the Union Budget is admirable. However, in a zero-sum situation such as budget allocation, the government often finds itself trying to choose between short-term results and long-term benefits. Short term results might come with loan waivers and increase of Minimum Support Price (MSP), but care should be taken to address the...
More »Aadhaar card tampering racket busted in Surat -Yagnesh Bharat Mehta
-The Times of India SURAT (Gujarat): Even as police are trying to reach the root of biometric data theft racket done to pilfer food grains issued to poor people, another scam of tampering with Aadhar data has been exposed in the city. The accused Hiren Prajapati, 26 and Prashant Pradhan, 20, both residents of Pandesara, were modifying the Aadhar Card data of individuals using a rubber thumb. They were arrested on Saturday...
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