-FirstPost.com Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a jibe at India's perennially hostile neighbour Pakistan at his Kozhikode speech, just a few days ahead of the 'surgical attacks' conducted by the Indian army's special forces at LoC. The Prime Minister said India is ready for a war with Pakistan, but a war on poverty, unemployment and malnutrition. Modi's 'war cry' resonated well in Pakistani media, too. It seems we, Indians, are indeed...
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HRD ministry tweaks norms to push world-class institutions plan -Ritika Chopra
-The Indian Express The committee is meant to screen applications and shortlist institutions that deserve the world-class status. New Delhi: The Human Resource Development Ministry has tweaked the UGC regulations for setting up 20 world-class institutions, just weeks after the proposal hit a roadblock with the Solicitor General of India objecting to the unlimited powers of the proposed empowered experts committee. The committee is meant to screen applications and shortlist institutions that...
More »India's global Ranking hit because of unspent anti-sex selection funds in Uttar Pradesh -Alison Saldanha
-Scroll.in/ IndiaSpend.com The country’s child sex ratio fell from 962 girls per 1,000 boys, to 914 girls per 1,000 boys in 2011. The Uttar Pradesh government has left unspent about half the funds it was allocated to curb sex selection, according to a recent report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. This, in turn, has impacted India’s position in global gender indices. Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, also records the...
More »Disparity between States growing: Study -Samarth Bansal
-The Hindu Governance performance ranked over a decade Regional disparity has been growing over the years, shows a new study which evaluates the governance performance of 19 major States. The research, conducted by Sudipto Mundle, Samik Chaudhury and Satadru Sikdar, was published in The Economic and Political Weekly earlier this month. Five of the six best-performing States in 2001 — Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Punjab — continue to be the...
More »India's poor health infrastructure bags it 143rd spot in 188 countries
-PTI New Delhi: India was given the 143rd spot in 188 countries by a global health study, that released on Friday. The study cited various challenges, including mortality rates, malaria hygiene and air pollution for India’s abysmal Ranking. “Despite rapid economic growth, India was ranked 143rd, below Comoros and Ghana,” the first annual assessment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) health performance published in the Lancet and launched at a special event at the...
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