-The Times of India LONDON: India should give political asylum to American whistleblower Edward Snowden for exposing the US cyber snooping programme that targeted India in a big way, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told TOI on Wednesday. Assange, who is holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since June 19 last year, said in an exclusive interview that India was among the first countries he had approached for asylum. But he...
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India to seek details from US about snooping reports
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Amid reports that India was the fifth most monitored country by the National Security Agency (NSA), US' foreign surveillance agency that scans worldwide internet data, India on Monday expressed concern and surprise over the disclosure. The foreign ministry said that it will take up the matter with US authorities. The government also made it clear that it would be "unacceptable" if it was found that domestic...
More »Despite slight drop, number of children missing out on school remains high, UN agency reports
-The United Nations New figures today from the United Nations educational agency show that the number of children out of school dipped slightly last year over 2011. Fifty-seven million children were out of school in 2011, according to the UN Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics, down just two million from the previous year. The agency also points out that the challenge of getting more children into school is being...
More »How to reduce our rotting mountains of grain
-The Economic Times India's GDP growth has almost halved from 9.2% in 2010-11 to 5% in 2012-12. Major problems include a high current account deficit, high fiscal deficit, and lack of bank credit for small and medium enterprises. All three problems can be mitigated substantially by one single measure - reducing excess food stocks. So say Ashok Gulati and Surabhi Jain, chairman and joint director respectively of the Commission for Agricultural...
More »Global leaders sign comprehensive charter to tackle stunting in children -Kounteya Sinha
-The Times of India LONDON: The fight against stunting - the world's most urgent nutritional challenge - got a big boost through a global agreement signed by world leaders in London on Saturday. The Global Nutrition for Growth Compact signed by countries and global leaders committed to reduce the number of children under five who are stunted by an additional 20 million in developing countries like India by 2020. At present stunting...
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