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Calcutta HC directs West Bengal govt to file report on action taken to combat dengue menace

-PTI Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court directed the West Bengal government on Friday to file an action taken report on the dengue menace that has affected a large number of people in the state. A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya and Justice Arijit Banerjee directed the state government to submit the report by coming Friday when a set of PILs seeking steps to control the vector-borne disease and compensation...

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1,216.8 crore authentications: Govt swamps SC with UID data -Dhananjay Mahapatra

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Bombarding the Supreme Court with statistics to convINCe it about ease of doing day-to-day activities with Aadhaar, the Centre said 118.64 crore Indians, which is 88% of the population, had obtained Aadhaar and they used it 1,216.8 crore times for authentication purposes. "As of today, the total number of Aadhaar-based authentication is 12,168,022,172. Therefore, the Indian population has used Aadhaar-based authentication over 1,216 crore times to...

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Heavy rains hit TN capital, leave homes & crops in districts submerged

-PTI Chennai: Torrential rains for about ten hours overnight halted normal life in Tamil Nadu’s capital and neighbouring districts of Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur. Schools and colleges—already closed sINCe 31 October due to rains—have been shut today as well in Chennai, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts. The India Meteorological Department forecast heavy to very heavy showers in north coastal Tamil Nadu till Saturday. It said Thursday's low-pressure area over Sri Lanka and adjoining south West Bay...

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Feeding India -Uma Lele

-The Indian Express Discussions on IFPRI’s Hunger Index illustrate the complexity of India’s malnutrition problem. Solutions must focus on evidence, accountability. India’s ranking in the International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI’s) 2017 Global Hunger Index has invited much comment and criticism among India’s intellectual elite. India has slipped to 100 among 119 countries in the 2017 Global Hunger Index, down from 97 among the 118 countries in 2016. Fortunately, the Government of...

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World Bank's False Praise Pleases Besieged Modi -Subodh Varma

-Newsclick.in A World Bank study ignores slumping economy and raging joblessness to praise ‘reforms’. A charming little bromance seems to be brewing between the World Bank and India’s Modi-led government. A series of reports by the World Bank has praised Modi for various kinds of “reforms”. The latest is the so called “Doing Business” report of the World Bank which lavishes praise on the Modi govt. for making it easier to do...

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