-NDTV Hyderabad: The already-flooded regions of coastal Andhra Pradesh - districts like Vizianagaram and Srikakulam - will continue to be beaten by heavy rain over the next 24 hours, says the MeT department. More than 20 people have died in the last five days, the savage after-effect of Cyclone Nilam that hit last Wednesday. Initially, the Andhra Pradesh government had said Cyclone Nilam was in fact good news for the state because...
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Maharashtra food scam: Private companies eat up Rs 1,000cr meant for poor -Nitin Sethi
-The Times of India Private companies have hijacked the government's flagship scheme to provide food to poor children and their mothers, the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), with contractors in Maharashtra alone controlling Rs 1,000 crore worth of supplies in contravention of Supreme Court orders, a report of the SC commissioners office has said. The SC orders bar contractors from supplying rations under the scheme. It only permits village communities, self-help groups...
More »What was thought to be milder malaria may not be so: Study-Pritha Chatterjee
-The Indian Express Ganga Ram docs link ‘benign’ parasite with platelet drop, liver problems. A malaria parasite responsible for the milder form of the disease — Plasmodium vivax — has been linked with severe complications in patients. A new study by Sir Ganga Ram Hospital doctors on 165 patients, published in the journal Tropical Doctor, says the parasite may be deadlier than thought. Of 121 patients diagnosed with vivax malaria, three died of...
More »Haji Ali dargah issue: women's group to approach state authorities
-The Hindustan Times Mumbai: The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), a women's group, plans to write to the state authorities over the restricted entry to women at dargahs in the city. A group of women from the organisation had visited the Haji Ali shrine in August. The ban over the entry of women into the sanctum sanctorum triggered their survey. Of the 20 city dargahs visited in September, seven did not allow...
More »Nagri land battle chronicle released -Jaideep Deogharia
-The Times of India RANCHI: Nagri activists have started making efforts to take the fight for land rights to a new platform. Tribal writers and activists have compiled the Nagri land row in a book which was released here on Sunday by Mandar MLA Bandhu tirkey. The 160-page book titled "Nagri ka nagara" is dedicated to three tribal villagers Mundri Oraon, Dahsmi Kerketta and Poko Tirkey, who died because of heat...
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