-The Hindu A crowd funding platform for legal fees, www.azadi.in, is enabling greater ease of access to justice for all. The founders are four young men from Kochi Four young men from Kochi - Radhakrishnan Ram Manohar, Siddharth Vijayan, Praveen Paul and Stalvart John – a couple of years back thought up something that won our hearts – ‘Sisters Across Borders’. Those were hard times in flood-hit Kashmir; aid was pouring in...
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Heavy rains bring down prices of pulses -Jayashree Bhosale
-The Economic Times PUNE: Sowing reports from across India's pulses growing regions have indicated a bumper area under the crop tipping domestic and international prices that have corrected over the last 15 days setting a downward trend in prices. A July 26th forecast by National Australia Bank predicted a fall in chick peas and lentils from their peak of $1,200/tonne to $700/tonne by September 2017. The report, however, noted that prices of pulses...
More »No rain mercy in eastern India, flood toll now 59
-The Times of India DELHI/ GUWAHATI/ BHOPAL: The flood situation aggravated in Assam, Meghalaya, Bihar and West Bengal on Saturday with the toll reaching 32 even as another 27 people died in lightning strikes in Odisha. Assam was the worst affected with 27 killed even as home minister Rajnath Singh made an aerial survey of the state's flood-hit districts. "Over 30 lakh people and 28 districts have been affected. The problem is...
More »Untouched by economic growth: One in 4 beggars in India a Muslim, reveals census -Zia Haq
-Hindustan Times New Delhi: Almost a quarter of India’s 370,000 beggars are Muslims, newly released data from the 2011 Census show, reinforcing that the community still lags behind on most counts despite the country’s rapid economic growth. Muslims, the largest minority who make up 14.2% of India’s 1.25-billion population, come out pretty much at the bottom of most socio-economic indices, even a decade after a high-level government probe into their historical disadvantages...
More »States to be ranked on health, education parameters
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: States will now be ranked on the basis of their performance in the social sector, including health and education. The move, initiated by Niti Aayog, is aimed at encouraging states to compete among themselves and improve social sector indicators as there is growing realisation that performance in health, nutrition and education has not kept pace with the country's economic growth. A senior official said as the states...
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