After Andhra Pradesh, damaged crops coupled with the fear of defaulting on loan repayment has come to haunt growers in Madhya Pradesh. In the first case of suicide by a farmer in the state in recent times, a 35-year-old agriculturist of Harrai village in Damoh district ended his life by consuming insecticide on Wednesday. Nandlal Yadav, the farmer, was depressed after the failure of two successive crops. In Andhra Pradesh,...
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PRactical rules
While the lay public may have been shocked by the revelation of an often cosy relationship between public relations (PR) professionals and the media, brought out by the Niira Radia telephone tapes, few in the media or in business would have been surprised. Few editors and reporters today can say they have not been approached for “friendly stories” or threatened with ad blackouts or block access for failure to publish...
More »Act does not prohibit lobbying: Salman Khurshid
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs will not look into the activities of companies involved in the 2G spectrum scam unless asked to do so, Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Salman Khurshid said here on Wednesday.Speaking to Journalists, Mr. Khurshid said the involvement of companies in the 2G spectrum scam was entirely different from the Satyam Computer Services fraud case. They now appeared like business transactions and should, therefore,...
More »Don't drag names until we decide Radia tapes,SC tells media
The Supreme Court today asked the media not not to drag the name of any person figuring in the controversial Niira Radia tapes until the case was decided by it as dignity of every individual was precious.It even warned Journalists of being hauled up if the ''lakshman rekha'' is crossed.A bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly while warning the media from crossing the "Lakshman lekha" chided...
More »Workshop highlights social exclusion of children
Social exclusion of children belonging to marginalised groups and barriers to children's access to their rights-based entitlements were highlighted as crucial issues confronting the society at a workshop on children's rights here recently. Activists said children being forced to work as labourers was an “abysmal failure” of all institutions.The day-long workshop was organised jointly by Save the Children, Prayatna, Society for All Round Developemnt (SARD), Consumer Unity and Trust Society...
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