-The Times of India MUMBAI: Is India witnessing a spurt in unnecessary hysterectomies? Data released by international charity organization Oxfam on February 6 says as much. The agency said that unnecessary hysterectomies were being performed in Indian private hospitals to economically exploit poor women as well as government-run insurance schemes. A right to information (RTI) request filed by one of Oxfam's local NGOs in the Dausa district of Rajasthan showed that 258...
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EPFO puts on hold decision to make Aadhaar must for new accounts
-PTI Retirement fund body has decided to put on hold the decision to make it mandatory for new members joining EPF scheme to provide Aadhaar number as credential for enrolment from March 1, 2013. "In view of discussion with UIDAI official and the time required in the process of obtaining Aadhaar numbers, it may not be possible to obtain Aadhaar number by EPF members by March 1, 2013. Therefore it has been...
More »Cell tower radiation: SC to hear plea against HC order banning towers from public-use buildings- Kalyan Parbat & Gulveen Aulakh
-The Economic Times Beginning today, the country's highest court will hear petitions filed by telecom-industry lobbies challenging a recent Rajasthan High Court order that directed telecom companies to remove cellphone towers from schools, hospitals, jails and heritage buildings in the state amid claims that tower radiation was harmful. Officials of two leading industry associations, representing mobile operators and telecom tower companies, feel the Supreme Court's verdict in the case could set...
More »2 mths to go, 53% national population register work pending -Ambika Pandit
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: With a deadline of March 31, the office of the director, Census 2011, which is supposed to put together the national population register (NPR) has a challenging task at hand. They have to biometrically enrol over 80 lakh Delhiites, which is now mandatory under law. Even those who have already enrolled for Aadhaar UID cards will have to enrol for NPR, as it will link...
More »Varna Of Money-Uttam Sengupta
-Outlook Caste has nothing to do with graft. Even so, Nandy must be heard. Forging a link, however tenuous, between caste and corruption is akin to saying that the average Indian male has sex on his mind, caste and communalism in his heart and indigestion in his tummy. That was an irreverent response to the sweeping statement made by the “ageing enfant terrible” of Indian sociology, Ashis Nandy, during a discussion...
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