The Guinness Book of world record would have been happy to include this feat by a surgeon on January 7 in Bihar's Araria district - 53 sterilization operations on females in two hours with the help of unqualified staff in Kaparfora Government Middle School that did not have basic amenities like running water or sterilizing equipment. Instead, the Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Union and state governments on...
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Kudankulam row: Government has problems with foreign-funded NGOs, but is comfortable with corporate lobbying-Kiran Karnik
Do dollars dictate dissent? Are agendas altered as advised? Government statements related to these questions - specifically, the foreign funding of non-government organisations (NGOs) involved in the protests against nuclear power at Kudankulam - generated much discussion. The uproar is over, and Kudankulam will soon be operational. However, many wider issues remain, and these merit consideration. Among these, two significant ones are the role of NGOs - or, more specifically, civil...
More »RTE Act: Two years on, there's still a long way to go by Liffy Thomas
Sunday marked the completion of two years since the landmark Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act came into force. Although Tamil Nadu initially took time to come out with its draft rules before it notified them in November 2011, the School Education Department, over the last couple of months, has taken up a number of initiatives to raise awareness of the RTE Act. One such attempt was setting up...
More »Big food brands hide harmful effects, claims Delhi-based NGO Centre for Science and Environment
-The Times of India Delhi-based NGO, Centre for Science and Environment, has alleged that leading food manufacturers are guilty of "large scale misbranding and misinformation" by claiming that their food contained zero trans-fats even though tests showed that they have heavy doses of it. Most popular "junk foods contain very high levels of trans-fats, salts and sugar - which inevitably lead to severe ill health and diseases like obesity and diabetes," the...
More »Anna’s top man in Mumbai floated NGO to help builder-Yogesh Sadhwani
E-mail circulated by an RTI activist alleges irregularities in the Chira Bazaar cluster development project On Sunday, when Anna Hazare sounded the war cry against the government with a day-long fast in Delhi, the India Against Corruption cadres in Mumbai were battling a crisis that can severely dent the reputation of one of Anna’s top aides. On the radar is Mayank Gandhi, the face of the India Against Corruption movement in Mumbai;...
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