-Financial Express Recently, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan cautioned the government that Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) can be a potential credit risk for the economy. Recently, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan cautioned the government that Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) can be a potential credit risk for the economy. Rajan’s caution be that as it may, one thing is certain that today KCC has become a tool in the hands of several...
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Pollution causing cancellation of surgeries at Delhi hospitals, say doctors -Anonna Dutt
-Hindustan Times Every year, the number of planned surgeries that get cancelled in major Delhi hospitals sees a threefold rise owing to patients failing pre-anaesthesia check-up due to throat, airways and lung infections compounded by pollution, doctors said. New Delhi: Every year, the number of planned surgeries that get cancelled in major Delhi hospitals sees a threefold rise owing to patients failing pre-anaesthesia check-up due to throat, airways and lung infections compounded...
More »Failing Its Purpose -Anil Swarup
-The Indian Express RTE Act has not ensured delivery of quality education We have a belief that enacting a legislation is a panacea for all ills. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (popularly known as RTE Act) was born out of this mindset. This approach raises a few questions. Why should the executive arm of the government require a law to do something which it is authorised...
More »Children under 15 at serious risk from polluted air: WHO -Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu93% of world's 1.8 bn Children in this age could suffer neuro-development deficitsEvery day about 93% of the world?s Children under the age of 15 (1.8 billion Children) breathe polluted air that puts their health and development at serious risk, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a new report that puts into numbers the devastating impact that air pollution is having on the global population?s health.Tragically, many of...
More »India tops in under-5 deaths due to toxic air, 60,000 killed in 2016: WHO -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: India's toxic air has been linked to the premature deaths of close to 1,10,000 Children in 2016, with the country witnessing highest number of deaths of Children under five years of age attributed to their exposure to ambient air pollution of particulate matter (PM) 2.5, said a World Health Organisation (WHO) report released on the eve of the first-ever conference on air pollution and health. As...
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