-The Times of India VARANASI: A high-level official report on the recent violence and arson in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has reportedly noted that proper and timely communication with protesting girl students by the varsity administration could have nipped the problem in the bud and prevented it from escalating. On Tuesday, the BHU vice-chancellor, too, ordered a probe into the incidents headed by a retired HC judge. UP chief secretary Rajiv Kumar had...
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Ranchi civic body disrobes those defecating in the open -Kelly Kislaya
-The Times of India RANCHI: Several men in the city were in for a surprise on Sunday morning when Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) personnel forcibly took away their lungis as punishment for defecating in the open. The clothes were given back only after they took a pledge never to answer the call of nature in the open. Part of RMC's campaign `Halla Bol Lungi Khol Abhiyan' which was launched on Sunday ,...
More »Compensate cow violence victims, punish violators: SC to states -Ananthakrishnan G
-The Indian Express Taking serious note of violence in the name of saving cows, the Supreme Court had on September 6 passed a slew of measures and asked states to appoint a senior police officer in every district as a nodal officer. New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday said states were under obligation to compensate victims of violence by cow vigilante groups even without any judicial order. “We do not have...
More »MGNREGA, once world's largest source of rural livelihood, now a tale of decay and digital delay -Rashme Sehgal
-Firstpost.com Have women living in rural India benefitted from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGA)? MNREGA was introduced in 2006 and has emerged as the largest programme in the world for providing employment to the rural poor. While there is no doubt that MNREGA in a short span of ten years did help generate 20 billion person-days of employment benefitting 276 million workers from which more than half were women....
More »Indian economy in a tailspin: What went wrong -Asit Ranjan MIShra and Gireesh Chandra Prasad
-Livemint.com While investment demand was anyway weak when the NDA came to power in 2014, private consumption has also started decelerating due to demonetisation New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won a landslide in the 2014 general election with the proMISe of fast-tracking economic growth and creating jobs. It replaced the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government that was mired in corruption scandals and had MISmanaged the economy. Three years on,...
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