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Jharkhand child rights panel seeks CBI probe -KA Shaji

-The Hindu   Palakkad (Kerala): The Jharkhand State Child Rights Protection Commission (JSCRPC) will urge its State government to recommend a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the two incidents of alleged child trafficking in which 589 children from Bihar, Jharkhand, and West bengal were brought to Palakkad in Kerala. Talking to The Hindu here, commission member Sanjay Kumar Mishra said a CBI investigation was necessary as the case involved four States...

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Bengal’s Muslims worse off: study-Suvojit Bagchi

-The Hindu   Report establishes the nature of socio-economic disparities Kolkata: A report on the status of Muslims in West bengal released on Saturday gives startling information on the socio-economic status of the community. The report suggests that only 17 per cent of Muslims in the State live in urban settlements as against the national average of 28 per cent. The report underscores the fact that the condition of Muslims has not improved much...

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First count of third gender in census: 4.9 lakh -Rema Nagarajan

-The Times of India There is finally an official count of the third gender in the country - 4.9 lakh. While transgender activists estimate the numbers to be six to seven times higher, they are thrilled that such a large number of people identified themselves as belonging to the third gender, despite the fact that the census counting happened well before the Supreme Court order gave legal recognition to the third...

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Another hailstorm in Maharashtra, claims 2 -Aparna Pallavi

-Down to Earth   Ready-to-harvest crops damaged, farmers fear orchards may not regenerate In a repeat of the hailstorms that devastated crops in parts of Maharashtra in March this year, several districts in western part of the state, including Marathwada region, experienced another bout of hail on Tuesday. Though the MeT department has called this phenomenon a pre-monsoon event, the intensity of the storm and the scale of damage caused to life and...

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Gender gap among voters narrows, changes outcomes-Rukmini S

-The Hindu   The rising tide of female voters in 2014 might have had a concrete impact on the outcome of these elections, data shows. Despite the Election Commission's efforts to get more women registered to vote, the number of female electors (those registered to vote) grew much slower than the number of male electors, between 2009 and 2014, The Hindu found. Men registered to vote outnumber women by over 40 million, giving...

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