-The United Nations Funding disbursements from donor governments for the AidS response in low- and middle-income countries dropped overall in 2010, mainly due to a reduction by the largest donor, the United States, the lead United Nations agency tackling the epidemic sAid today. According to an annual funding analysis carried out by the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AidS (UNAidS) and the Kaiser Family Foundation, donor governments disbursed $6.9 billion in 2010...
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Hundreds gather outside Tihar jail as Anna refuses to leave
-PTI Despite being offered release, Anna Hazare spent the night in Tihar Jail refusing to come out insisting on an unconditional release and permission to launch his fast at Jai Prakash Narain Park. The Gandhian’s Aide Manoj Sisodia came out of the jail last night and sAid Mr. Hazare told the authorities that he will come out of the prison only after a written unconditional permission is given to continue his fast...
More »Delhi HC appoints committee to scrutinize fee hike by the schools by Hary M Pillai
The Delhi High Court today appointed an adhoc regulatory committee to examine the 2009 notification of the Delhi government which allowed schools to hike tuition and development fees. The court in its judgment on a bunch of petitions filed by various parents associations, including the Delhi Abhibhavak Mahasangh, also suggested to the Delhi government to constitute an expert committee which can go into the feasibility of establishing a regulatory body for...
More »90% of people in Amethi support Lokpal Bill: Team Anna by Himanshi Dhawan
Buoyed by what they claimed to be a ringing endorsement of the Jan Lokpal Bill in Congress scion Rahul Gandhi's constituency, Team Anna on Thursday swiftly ramped up its plans, announcing a dramatic hour-long blackout to coincide with August 15. Announcing the results of the "referendum" in Amethi, Team Anna claimed that 90% of Rahul's constituents polled by them had supported their version of Lokpal Bill. The Hazare group sAid over...
More »Legal loophole shields killers in uniform by Manoj Mitta
The Supreme Court's threat to award death penalty for fake encounters will make little difference to the impunity enjoyed by security forces. For, its own stay order in another case comes in the way of any murder case being booked against killers in uniform. The stay order, passed two years ago by a bench headed by the then Chief Justice of India, K G Balakrishnan, has rolled back an attempt made...
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