-The Hindu While government pushes for affirmative action in private industry, players differ on the methodology to be followed Even as P.L. Punia, Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes said that reservations for marginalised communities in the private sphere should be mandated, industry members differed on the strategy for affirmative action. While everybody acknowledged the problems faced by marginalised communities and the need to find solutions, they did not agree on the way...

-The Times of India COIMBATORE: Coming down heavily on the Coimbatore Corporation, the State Information Commission has levied a penalty of Rs 25,000 on a Public Information Officer of assistant commissioner rank, in connection with the delay and inconsistency in a reply furnished to an RTI query filed by a city resident. The assistant commissioner of the corporation's east zone has also been asked to furnish the details sought in the...

A cure for India’s health care ills is within reach provided there is political will In most developed — and many developing — countries today, a 12-year school education and universal health coverage (UHC) are the two primary responsibilities of the state. India has failed miserably on both counts. Let us look at some of the problems of medical and health care: • Fifty years ago, when there was no commercialisation of...

-The Hindu Offers of help poured in following a report in The Hindu A Narikurava youth of Vallimalai village near Uthangarai in Krishnagiri district has got an MBBS seat in the Government Medical College, Thanjavur, through counselling held in Chennai on July 9. M. Rajapandi secured 1,167 marks out of 1,200 in the Plus-Two examination, and his score in the relevant subjects during counselling was 197.75. He was ranked 1014 under general category. Under the...

-The Hindu School staff members offended by government circular asking them to avoid wearing indecent clothes A recent circular issued by the school education department, which urges teachers to be dressed in a “decent manner”, has evoked strong responses from teachers, who are offended by what they see as the officiousness of the message. The circular dated June 29, in essence, tells teachers: Please avoid wearing indecent clothes; it is important that you...