-The Hindu   Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat on Thursday demanded action against those responsible for allowing clinical trials of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat without following the guidelines and ethics. Speaking at a seminar organised by the All-India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) here on “Cervical Cancer Vaccine — Consequences” the CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member said the poor in the country were...

-Hueiyen News Service   Members of Parliament from North Eastern States including three MPs from Manipur Rishang Keishing, Dr.Th Meinya and Thangso Baite demanded strengthening of the Vigilance and Monitoring Committee (VMC)s, which conduct social audit on the implementation of NREGA in the districts, with powers to the local MPs so that they could play an effective role in the implementation, Monitoring and vigilance of the flagship programmes related to rural...

Discussions with Plan panel, finmin and NAC almost over, draft law to be finalized at the next eGoM meeting The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is expected to introduce the National Food Security Bill, a proposal that aims to provide subsidized foodgrain to the poor, in the monsoon session of Parliament even as the procurement of rice and wheat touches a record high. The ruling Congress party had pledged in its...

-The Times of India   Six years after it was conceived, the first lot of 10,000 laptops – the HRD ministry calls it low-cost access-cum-computing device — would be delivered to IIT-Rajasthan in late June, and over the next four months 90,000 more would be made available at Rs 2,200 apiece. The announcement was made on Wednesday at the state education ministers' conference. Ministry officials said once the supply of one lakh...

-DNA   The state government on Monday took strong objection to Union rural development minister Vilasrao Deshmukh’s statement about irregularities in implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the state. State government spokespersons Jaynarayan Vyas and Saurabh Patel described Deshmukh’s allegations as baseless. “Gujarat’s record in implementation of projects for the rural poor is impeccable. It has been lauded by the Planning Commission and experts,” they said. Reacting to Deshmukh’s...