-The Times of India KOLKATA: In yet another legal blow to the Mamata Banerjee government, Calcutta high court on Tuesday upheld the compensation recommended by West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC) to Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra, who was arrested in 2012 for forwarding an email joke on the chief minister. Justice Dipankar Datta also ordered a probe into the role of two police officers involved in the arrest of Mahapatra and...
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Rape of Dalit women registers 500% increase since 2001, RTI reveals -Parimal A Dabhi
-The Indian Express Gandhinagar (Gujarat): Rape of Dalit women rose in Gujarat over the last 13 years, reaching the highest in 2014, higher by 500 per cent since 2001, says an RTI reply. The reply to an RTI application by Mehsana-based human rights activist Kaushik Parmar, from the office of Director General of Police (DGP), Gujarat, revealed that 74 Dalit women were allegedly raped and cases were registered under the provisions...
More »Nearly half of India's entrepreneurs are women: Study -Ananya Dutta
-The Times of India PUNE: Three years after she graduated from business school, Bhagyashri Dixit took the plunge and set up her own graphic T-shirt brand to fulfil a lifelong dream of setting up her own enterprise. Five years after the brand - SheepStop - had found its feet, Dixit gave birth to her son and is now able to balance her responsibilities towards work and home. "Setting up your own business...
More »Implementing Centrally sponsored schemes set to become dear -Nagesh Prabhu
-The Hindu Bengaluru: Acceptance of the 14th Finance Commission's recommendations by the Union government is likely to cost the State dear, particularly in implementation of Centrally sponsored schemes. Karnataka is expected to feel the pinch despite higher allocation in the form of its share from Central taxes. The hike in the Central pool of taxes is likely to be nullified with reduction in allocations proposed in the Union Budget for 2015-16 for...
More »Against the grain -Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express By officially committing to inflation targeting through the signing of a monetary policy agreement between the finance ministry and the RBI, India has joined 28 other countries in explicitly fixing goals for annual increases in the consumer price index (CPI) and pinning responsibility on the central bank for achieving them. Interestingly, among the now 29 countries, India has the lowest per capita income. While there are as many as...
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