-The Hindu Facts show that the Services are the last bastion of male dominance, with women even denied a permanent commission Despite the latest move by the Army to induct 800 women into its ranks, cold facts show that the Indian military is the last bastion of male dominance in the government. Many women in uniform are hoping that the country’s first full-time woman Defence Minister will take bold decisions against what...
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CBI books former environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan in corruption case -Neeraj Chauhan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The CBI on Saturday registered a corruption case against former Union environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan+ and raided her premises in Chennai in connection with clearance given during her tenure for diversion of forest land for mining in alleged violation of laws. The CBI alleged that Natarajan, as the environment minister during UPA rule+ , abused her official position while giving clearances to Electosteel Casting Limited, a...
More »CIC backlog grows as vacancies remain unfilled -Vidya Venkat
-The Hindu Of the 18,518 cases registered as appeals, 13,796 were returned to appellants There are a whopping 24,302 cases related to information appeals pending with the Central Information Commission as on Thursday, according to the CIC website. This backlog is in spite of the fact that the Commission is returning a majority of appeals coming to it, citing lack of documentation, premature appeals or forwarding of cases to the relevant State...
More »Wait for Muzaffarnagar riot aid
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Four years after the Muzaffarnagar riots, a survey by Amnesty International and NGO Afkar India Foundation has found that at least 200 families from some of the worst-hit pockets were left out of the compensation. The then Samajwadi government of Uttar Pradesh had declared that each of the 1,800 displaced families from the nine worst-affected villages would get Rs 5 lakh. Between August 2016 and April 2017, the...
More »Indicators that matter: On the quality of public healthcare -Soumitra Ghosh
-The Hindu Governments must be judged on the quality and extent of the public health care they provide The deaths of more than 70 children in one hospital in Gorakhpur and 49 in Farrukhabad, both in Uttar Pradesh recently, reflect the appalling state of public health in India. However, it needs to be remembered that India’s public health care sector has Been ailing for decades. According to the latest Global Burden of...
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