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Lokpal among slew of anti-corruption bills on winter session table

-IANS   The government on Wednesday said it is determined to pass the Lokpal bill as it unveiled its agenda for the winter session of parliament that includes a slew of anti-corruption legislations apart from the ambitious food security bill. Apart from Lokpal, other anti-corruption bills slated for consideration and passing in the winter session include whistle blower protection bill and judicial standards and accountability bill. Talking to mediapersons, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar...

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Two more kids die of encephalitis in Bihar, toll 85

-IANS   Suspected encephalitis, which causes irritation and swelling of the brain, has claimed the lives of 85 children in Bihar's Gaya district in the last two-and-a-half months, with two more succumbing to the disease Thursday, an official said. 'Two more children died on Thursday,' an official said. The children reported high fever, followed by bouts of unconsciousness and convulsions. Most of the children belong to poor families. The first encephalitis-related death in the...

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UP is home to people with dangerously wide gaps in skills, income and caste by Saurabh Johri

If Uttar Pradesh was to be declared a separate country today, it would be the sixth-largest nation. With a total population at par with Brazil, population denSITy comparable to that of the UK and per-capita income similar to Kenya's, it indicates the paradox of its citizen occupying the same space as his Latin and UK counterparts, yet living in conditions similar to those in Africa. Setting this hypothesis aside, let us...

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National Food Security Bill to be affected by lack of human resources by Devika Banerji

The government's ambitious Socio-economic and Caste Census 2011, the bedrock for many social schemes, is facing a human resource crisis that is likely to delay not only the survey, but also many big-ticket electoral promises of the UPA government, such as the National Food Security Bill. To salvage the SITuation, the rural development ministry, which is executing the census through state governments, recently approached the Registrar General of India (RGI) for...

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Rein in drug prices, SC tells govt

-The Telegraph   The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to ensure that drug prices go down, not up, if and when a new price control policy comes into force. “Prices may go down but should not go up because of policy,” Justice S.J. Mukhopadhyay, SITting alongside senior judge G.S. Singhvi, said. “Bring it down, don’t escalate it in the name of policy,” the bench told additional solicitor-general Parag Tripathi, who was speaking...

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