-Live Mint UPA govt hasn't succeeded in improving learNINg outcomes in India's schools, says the report New Delhi: Despite levying a tax to fund education and enacting a law to ensure access to education for all children between the ages of 6 and 14, the government hasn't succeeded in improving learNINg outcomes in India's schools, according to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) published on Wednesday. The quality of learNINg-as measured...
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Is India ready for non-profit media?-Sevanti NINan
-The Hoot We can either spend another year discovering how much the old model is disintegrating or we can explore alternatives. But India has not developed a tradition as yet of not-for-profit journalism, says SEVANTI NINAN. Two recent developments at the New York Times and at Time Inc. which publishes Time magazine underscore the fact that financing has and will remain become the number one issue for the future of journalism as...
More »Rahul Gandhi meets Manmohan over raising LPG quota
-The Hindustan Times Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and made a strong case for increasing the quota of subsidised LPG cylinders for households besides sought the passage of key anti-corruption bills in the forthcoming session of Parliament. Congress sources said Gandhi is expected to meet the Prime Minister once again in the coming days exclusively on the issue of raising the quota of subsidised LPG cylinders. Soon...
More »Uttarakhand disaster survivors left to fend for themselves -Seema Sharma
-The Times of India DEHRADUN: Residents of flood-hit villages near Uttarakhand's Guptkashi have been left with no option but to live in their damaged houses or temporary one room huts in the biting cold. Erratic power supply has made matters worse with cuts lasting five-six hours. "The state government gave me meager financial assistance of Rs 15,000 for the house repair. Hence, I could not fully repair my house," said Nathe Singh,...
More »How to feed NINe billion people, and feed them well -Zareen Bharucha
-The Conversation Resource-intensive agriculture, despite its productivity, nevertheless has failed to feed the world's current population, never mind the NINe billion people expected by 2050. This system that currently fails both people and planet is ripe for revision. We need to be more ambitious, to go beyond simply producing more. We need to produce more of what's good - not just cereal staples, but nutrition-dense foods - in ways that can prevent...
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