-The Economic Times blog Electoral bonds represent the latest attempt at removing black money from the electoral system. It is a financial instrument, much like a demand draft or currency note, which will conceal the identity of the donor from the intended recipient political party from everyone except the issuing bank. These bonds can be purchased for any value, in multiples of Rs 1,000, Rs 10,000, Rs 1,00,000, Rs 10,00,000 and Rs...
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IMA strike call may hit private OPDs today
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Services at private hospitals in India are likely to be hit on Tuesday as the Indian Medical Association has called for suspending routine services for 12 hours in protest against the National Medical Commission Bill, which seeks to replace Medical Council of India with a new body. The bill is likely to be debated in Parliament on Tuesday. OPDs of private hospitals may be hit...
More »Civil society activists allege another hunger death in Jharkhand due to failure of aadhaar-based biometric authentication
-Press note from Right to Food Campaign, Jharkhand Etwariya Devi, a 67-year-old widow, died of hunger and exhaustion on 25 December in Sonpurwa village of Majhiaon block of Garhwa district (Jharkhand). She lived with her son Ghura Vishwakarma, daughter-in-law Usha Devi and their three children in a dilapidated kutcha house. The family has a hand-to-mouth existence and is routinely unable to access adequate nutrition. Surviving the day on only a meal...
More »Bitcoins like Ponzi schemes: Govt
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government on Friday cautioned people against the risk of virtual currencies, saying they are not legal tender and do not have any regulatory permission or protection in India. In one of the sternest warnings by the authorities, the government said virtual currencies are not backed by government fiat. The caution comes against the backdrop of a surge in interest in such instruments, fuelled by astronomical...
More »Obscenity of hunger deaths -Jayati Ghosh
-Frontline.in The farce being played out in the name of Aadhaar has led to several deaths because it denies the poor their right to food and therefore life. THERE is no doubt that human life is cheap in India, perhaps more so now than ever before. The attacks, atrocities and killings of people from the minority communities and marginalised groups, which have now become so common, are particularly appalling because they reflect...
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