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Landmark Pune study on diabetes begins testing the third generation -Anuradha Mascarenhas

-The Indian Express Thin Indian babies ‘fatter’ than European babies, greater risk of diabetes: Data Pune: At 28 weeks of pregnancy, Surekha Patil (name changed) from Pabal village in Shirur tehsil of Pune district knows she has to report to the Diabetes Research Centre at KEM hospital in Pune on Tuesday for a glucose tolerance test and a gynaecological evaluation. This is no routine check for 22-year-old Surekha. She has been monitored since...

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Another Budget, Another Year of Ignoring Binding Laws on Rights -Nikhil Dey and Aruna Roy

-TheWire.in The making of the Union Budget has been a far too secretive and hidden exercise. Social sector expenditure and allocations related to policy announcements should be matters of open ongoing debate. On December 20, 2017, a group of 60 eminent economists sent an open letter to the finance minister stating: “We are writing to draw your attention to two urgent priorities for the forthcoming budget.” The first was to increase the central...

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Kashmir's information warriors -Vidya Venkat

-The Hindu Where the citizen-government gap is bridged by using the RTI Act for administrative reforms April 18, 2014 is a day the shepherds around Budgam town near Srinagar will not forget. This was the day when Tosa Maidan — a vast pasture that shepherds from seven districts traditionally grazed their livestock in — was reclaimed from the Indian Army. Leased out to the Army in 1964, Tosa Maidan or ‘the king of...

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Upper caste farmers stand to gain more from loan waivers -Roshan Kishore

-Hindustan Times Access to formal credit can be a major game-changer in determining farm-incomes. It is to be expected that richer farmers would find it easier to avail of formal credit lines. What ails Indian farmers? The answer to this question is often mired in ideological quarrels. Some blame a lack of reforms in agricultural markets, while others accuse the state of not doing enough to support farming. Systemic issues are...

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Adivasis from BJP-ruled Jharkhand Urge President To Stop Eviction of 3 Lakh People

-Caravandaily.com The tribal representation appealed to President of India to use his authority as guardian of the constitution to prevent this planned mass evictions as the projects are ill conceived and constitute a form of land grab. NEW DELHI: As about three lakh people from tribal communities in Jharkhand are facing eviction from their homes due to some projects, their representative group met President of India Ram Nath Kovind here on Friday...

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