-The Indian Express The 10th edition of the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) by Pratham, released last week, shows that over the last decade, basic learning levels for children in elementary school in India have remained low. Only about half of Class V children in rural India can read a simple Class II level text, and a similar proportion can do a two-digit subtraction problem with borrowing. While there are...
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Muslim population grows 24%, slower than previous decade -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The latest census data on the population of religious groups, set to be released shortly, shows a 24% rise in the Muslim population between 2001 and 2011, with the community's share of total population rising from 13.4% to 14.2% over the 10-year period. While the growth rate of the Muslim population has slowed from around 29% between 1991 and 2001, it is still higher than the...
More »Hudhud, Kashmir flooding 2014’s costliest catastrophes, says report -Rajat Ghai
-Down to Earth While Hudhud caused $11 billion worth of damages, the flooding in the Indian and Pakistani portions of Kashmir was worth $18 billion The floods in JAMmu and Kashmir and Cyclone Hudhud in Peninsular India were the costliest natural disasters of 2014, a new report has said. According to the ‘Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report' by leading global reinsurance intermediary and full-service capital advisor, Aon Benfield, while Hudhud caused $11...
More »Elite agri hub awaits nod -ASRP Mukesh
-The Telegraph Ranchi: A centre on the lines of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pusa, New Delhi, gifted to Jharkhand by the Modi government in its first budget in July 2014, is yet to sprout from state agriculture department's drawing board. In his maiden budget speech, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley allocated Rs 100 crore this fiscal for both Jharkhand and Assam for two agriculture centres in each of these states. But why...
More »UN study finds increase in women managers, urges greater efforts for workforce equality
-The United Nations The last 20 years has seen a surge in the number of women employed in senior and middle management positions, according to a new United Nations report, which notes that although all-male company boards are decreasing in number, more must be done to achieve gender parity. The study, released by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and entitled Women in Business and Management: Gaining Momentum, covers 80 of the 108...
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