-The Times of India Kanpur: The distribution of Aadhar cards assigned to two postmen for delivering them in Gadaria Mohal and Harbans Mohal were found floating in Pandu river near Bingawan village a few days back. The residents of he village had also found scores of Aadhar cards floating in Pandu river on Wednesday last. A probe had been ordered. The district magistrate had directed SDM (Sadar) Yogendra Kumar to conduct...
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Villages along Ganga to be open-defecation free by 2022 -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: As part of its ambitious 'Namami Gange' programme, the government plans to free all villages along the banks of the river from open defecation by 2022 and extend incentives to states to expand sewerage infrastructure in all 118 urban habitations along the river. Both the schemes will cost the government around Rs 52,700 crore. While Rs 51,000 crore has been earmarked for expanding the sewerage infrastructure,...
More »Tighter tracker for social media -Sumi Sukanya
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The government is examining proposals from the information technology industry to intensify real-time analysis of social media platforms for keeping tabs on developing events, public mood and impending threats. Sources said senior officials of the National Security Council held a meeting with representatives of software giant Infosys late last month after which a committee was constituted to brief the private company for developing a web application portal that...
More »Alarming rise in elder abuse in urban India
There has been a phenomenal rise in the percentage of elderly who are abused by their own family members, and although most of the victims are aware of police helplines, they seldom adopt such solutions. What can be the explanation behind such social behaviour? Based on a survey conducted in 12 cities across 8 states with a sample size of 1,200 elders covering both metro (Tier I) and non- metro (Tier...
More »Elderly Women More Vulnerable to Abuse Than Men: Report
-Outlook Elderly women face more abuse than their male counterparts in metro cities than non-metro cities, a survey on the existence of elder abuse in urban India has found. According to a report released today by HelpAge India, on the eve of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day to be observed on June 15, women seemed to be more vulnerable with 52 per cent women facing abuse as against 48 per cent men. The...
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