-TheWire.in A report points at how a large number of Muslims feel they are implicated in terrorism cases, Dalits for petty crimes, and Adivasis for being Maoists. Muslim representation in the police force remains abysmally low whereas the community continues to have a disproportionately high representation in prisons, a report brought out by Common Cause and the Lokniti-Programme for Comparative Democracy at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) has...
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India, World Bank sign USD 200 million loan deal for national nutrition mission
-The Economic Times The World Bank will provide a USD 200 million loan to help the government achieve its goal of reducing stunting in children 0-6 years of age. NEW DELHI: The World Bank will provide a USD 200 million loan to help the government achieve its goal of reducing stunting in children 0-6 years of age from 38.4 per cent to 25 per cent by the year 2022, a finance ministry...
More »UP Making Repeated Attempts to Quash HC Order Demanding Healthcare Overhaul -Anoo Bhuyan
-TheWire.in The state government has been seeking an ex parte injunction on Allahabad high court's wide-ranging judgment on its health system, but has not been granted one yet. New Delhi: For the last several weeks, the Uttar Pradesh government has been trying to file a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking an ex parte injunction on an Allahabad high court judgement prescribing a massive overhaul and audit of the state’s public health...
More »BJP's Karnataka pledge may trigger loan waiver demand in other states -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com Loan waiver promises fell short of farmers’ expectations in states like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Punjab New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP’s) poll promise in Karnataka to waive off farm loans is likely to intensify demands for a similar waiver in other states such as Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan which go to polls this year. In February last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to waive off farm loans...
More »Delhi govt likely to put a cap on hospital profits this week -Durgesh Nandan Jha
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government is likely to come out with a policy to cap profit margins for hospitals this week. A first for any state, the policy will cover sale of medicines, consumables and devices to patients. The state government had appointed a nine-member committee in December last year to suggest the scope and process of capping prices. The move followed public outrage on the death of...
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