-IANS CHANDIGARH: The green fields of Punjab, which are known to produce a golden harvest year after year to cater to the country's foodgrain needs, have a dark side -- water scarcity. Large areas in the state are staring at low water availability that has the potential of damaging the state's agrarian livelihood in the coming years. "Punjab, the land of five rivers, is staring at a dark future on the water front....
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Lancet questions MCI conduct, calls for revamp -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: After a parliamentary panel's report calling for reform, it is the turn of the international scientific community and healthcare experts to red flag the functioning of the Medical Council of India (MCI). A latest report in 'Lancet', a medical journal, has expressed concerns about the council and the state of regulation of medical education in India. Referring to several observations in the parliamentary standing committee report...
More »High Court judges get just 5-6 minutes to decide cases, says study -Pradeep Thakur
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Mounting cases and shortage of judges are well-documented challenges facing the Indian judiciary. Now, for the first time, a study has quantitatively analysed the work pressure on judges, and the results are shocking. A judge in a high court spends less than five minutes, on an average, hearing a case, it says. "The most relaxed high court judges in the country have 15-16 minutes to hear...
More »Failure of Bt cotton forces government to promote native seeds
-PTI NEW DELHI: With bollworm developing resistance to Bt cotton crop, the government has decided to promote cultivation of indigenous varieties of the crop in a big way this year. In 2015-16 crop year (July-June), there was a significant damage to cotton crop because of whitefly and pink bollworm pest attack in states like Haryana, Punjab, Rajashtan, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh. Almost 90 per cent of the country's cotton cultivation area is under...
More »MGNREGA will not suffer due to arrears of last fiscal, clarifies government
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government has rubbished media reports that performance of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee programme in the current fiscal year will suffer due to arrears of wages of over Rs 8000 crore in 2015-16. Stating that certain facts in the reports have been highlighted without appreciating the larger picture, the government has clarified that is committed to ensure flow of adequate resources to the programme...
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