-The Indian Express India seems relieved, having convinced the United States to advocate on its behalf at the WTO regarding the issues arising from its food security programmes, while food-exporting nations are rejoicing at New delhi signing on the dotted line without insisting on a reduction of farm support in developed countries. As we defend public procurement and stock holding, they will be looking at opportunities to export to India high-value...
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Majority of rape accused are known to victims -Mohammed Iqbal
-The Hindu High Court had asked the police to provide details of sexual offence cases In majority of rape cases reported in delhi this year, the accused were known to the victims or their friends, followed by neighbours and relatives such as brother-in-law, uncle, husband or ex-husband and even father. Only 4.23 per cent of the alleged rapists were strangers. In an affidavit filed in the delhi High Court on Tuesday in compliance...
More »Capital shame: Incest rapes on rise; fathers among offenders -Soibam Rocky Singh
-The Hindustan Timess New delhi: Shocking figures submitted by the police to the delhi high court have revealed that of the 1,704 cases of rape registered in the Capital in the first 10 months of this year, 215 were instances of incestuous rape. More disturbingly, in 43 of these cases it was the father who committed the crime and in 27 cases it was the brother. In one case the accused turn...
More »Government to undertake extensive changes in land use, acquisition policies -Rajesh Ramachandran
-The Economic Times NEW delhi: The government could soon undertake extensive changes in its land use and acquisition policies as the PMO puts pressure on the agriculture ministry to implement the recommendations of an eight-year-old report that was prepared by a working group chaired by the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi. The report had proposed that industries and developers could make use of productive agricultural land for industrialisation and urbanisation by ensuring...
More »PMO got 70% more RTI pleas under Narendra Modi -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India NEW delhi: There is a 70% spurt in the number of RTI applications to the Prime Minister's Office after Narendra Modi took charge in May this year. Worryingly the number of appeals have increased by 65% indicating that people are dissatisfied with the responses they have received so far. The number of RTIs have increased from 3069 between January-May 2014 to 5208 applications between June-October this year. The...
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