-IndiaToday.in The NGO, whose PIL in Supreme Court led to the update of NRC, now claims financial irregularities in the process Two years after the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published in Assam, an allegation of large-scale financial irregularities in the process of preparing the document have surfaced. The allegation has Been levelled by Assam Public Works (APW), the NGO that first filed a PIL in the Supreme Court demanding update,...
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171 Children Admitted In UP Hospital Due To Chronic Diseases, Viral Fever: Official
-ANI/ NDTV.com As the floodwater is receding in the flood-affected areas, multiple cases of chronic diseases and viral fever are being observed among children. Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh): Over 170 children have Been admitted to Motilal Nehru Hospital of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh due to chronic diseases and viral fever like encephalitis and pneumonia where they need oxygen support are admitted here, Prayagraj CMO Dr Nanak Saran said on Sunday. "A few days back, when...
More »12-year-old dead as Nipah reappears in Kozhikode
-The Hindu 2 health workers symptomatic, 188 contacts isolated KOZHIKODE: After a gap of over three years, a case of the zoonotic Nipah virus infection was reported in Kozhikode district of Kerala on Sunday morning, with the death of a 12-year-old boy from Pazhoor, near Chathamangalam, at a private hospital. State Health Minister Veena George told the media that a contact list of 188 persons, a majority of them healthcare workers, had Been...
More »Poor Remuneration and Late Payments: The NREGA Payments Trap -Debmalya Nandy
-TheWire.in The current, complex payments systems employed by the government must give way to simple, decentralised systems to ensure greater accountability as empower local governing bodies. The Union government’s approach to payments under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has Been a ridiculous joke, played on the workers who wait for their hard-earned money for a long time. Many do not get their payments at all, owing to various local malpractices....
More »Hathras case: A year on, victim’s brother questioned for five hours in court -Nidhi Suresh
-Newslaundry.com Last week, the high court had dismissed his petition on being threatened and intimidated inside the courtroom by other advocates. It was 5.30 pm by the time Nitish got home, visibly exhausted and clutching a plastic bag of vegetables. His three-year-old daughter came running towards him, gleefully yelling, “Papa, papa.” She clung to his legs while he laughed and tried to walk. In any other household, this wouldn’t be an unusual moment....
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