A farmer union leader was shot dead and two people were injured following a scuffle with a group led by a commission agent during the auction of a farmer’s land at Beero Ke Khurd village in Mansa district. Pirthi Singh, 38, of Chak Ali Sher village was shot in the chest, said police. The injured are Lachhman Singh and Tarsem Singh. The incident occurred around 3 pm. Pirthi was the vice-president of...
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‘Don’t blame it on RTE... implement it well’ by Meghna Sharma
Remember those days when we woke up at five in the morning to revise the history chapters while longing to go back to bed for some time more. That was the 1990s; today, students don’t have to worry much about examinations thanks to the new policies under RTE. According to the RTE's 'no- fail' policy, students cannot be detained in Std I to VIII. The move was made to ease the...
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Evincing keen interest in working with India in the area of rural development, a British delegation today called on Rural Development Minister C P Joshi and sought co-operation in furthering Indo-British ties in the sector.The delegation, led by All Party Indo-British Parliamentary Group chairman and Labour Member of Parliament for Ealing Southall Virendra Sharma sought the co-operation of the Ministry in furthering Indo-British ties in poverty alleviation, education, skill development...
More »Doctors to support healthcare in Orissa
The project will focus on malaria and Tuberculosis VHAI has been working in Orissa for several years French non-governmental organisation Doctors of the World (Medecins du Monde) has tied up with the Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) to provide health care facility and awareness in Bhawanipatna in Orissa. Talking to reporters here on Wednesday, Pierre Micheletti, former president of Medecins du Monde (MDM) said the aim is to facilitate and supplement the...
More »Differently-abled children under-reported by John Samuel & Raja D
The differently-abled account for 5-7% of India’s population in the age group of 6-14 years, but they make up only 0.4% of its workforce. This large variance in the space of a few years can be explained by the disadvantages and discrimination the differently-abled face at every step, starting from the first: being counted. Civil society activists say various attempts by the government to identify and enumerate the differently-abled in...
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