-IndiaSpend Only 73% of one kind of TB cases registered for treatment were successfully treated, than the government-reported 84% success rate Only 73% of one kind of tuberculosis (TB) cases registered for treatment were successfully treated, much lower than the government-reported 84% success rate, according to a new study published in the United States and United Kingdom-based health journal Plos Medicine. Untreated or partially-treated TB patients may infect others, at least partially nullifying...

-TheWire.in Nitin Sethi responds to the rural development ministry’s defence to reports that it used a WhatsApp group to tell states to stop creating MGNREGA work. Ministry of rural development (MORD) clarifies: The reports are not a summary of the reality. It has questioned the intent of the government on the basis of an informal communication of a joint secretary of the department. The informal communication of a joint secretary does not...

-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Supreme Court had recently said security forces had no inherent right to shoot people, which suggests that yesterday's killing of the eight Simi operatives by Madhya Pradesh police went against that ruling. The court had held that even if a person was seen carrying weapons in a "disturbed" area, it did not automatically give the security forces the right to shoot him. Even the army had no blanket...

-Livemint.com Childlessness is the biggest factor for divorce in India while religious stereotyping for social practices such as polygamy can be misleading, studies and Census data show After the Central government has made clear its opposition to triple talaq among Muslims in an ongoing case in the Supreme Court, the debate around a uniform civil code (UCC) has once again gathered momentum in the country. Broadly speaking, there are three camps on the...

-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Centre plans to track every student enrolled in every private or government school in the country by their Aadhaar numbers to keep tabs on dropout rates. Those among the 26 crore students who do not have Aadhaar cards will be given a unique 18-digit number by which they will be tracked till they get their Aadhaar numbers. The idea behind the ID-based tracking system is to log the...