-The Times of India India has found a way to increase the number of doctors specifically to treat cancer. The Union health ministry will soon allow every professor of three disciplines - radiotherapy, medical oncology and surgical oncology - to teach three students as against the existing norm of two. Besides, associate professors across all specialities will be allowed to take two students under their wing as against one as per the...
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In action-packed 2011, Supreme Court cleared over 79,000 cases by J Venkatesan
The year 2011 saw the highest number of cases disposed of in recent years, with more than 79,000 cases cleared under the leadership of Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia. In his Law Day address, Justice Kapadia rejected the allegation made in certain quarters about the huge pendency of cases and said: “There is a backlog of cases. However, it is not as big as is sought to be projected.” Seventy-four...
More »National panel asks govt to take action against schools violating RTE
-The Times of India The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Tuesday asked the state government to take stringent action against those schools who were violating the Right to Education Act, 2009. Taking suo motu cognizance of a TOI report, 'Residential Schools Violate RTE Norms' published on December 20, which talked about how elite residential schools like Mayo College,Mayo College Girls (both in Ajmer), Delhi Public School (Jaipur), Neerja...
More »Elite residential schools violate RTE norms by Shoeb Khan
Residential schools in the state are the latest additions to the bandwagon of private elite schools contravening the provisions of the national Right to Education (RTE) Act 2009. TOI did a reality check by calling them impersonating as parents and going through their websites. These schools are planning to hold a Screening procedure in the form of interactions with parents of students seeking admissions at the elementary level and in primary...
More »Status Update? Bad by Debarshi Dasgupta
Assailed from all sides, does the UPA really hope to recover its ‘image’ by muzzling online dissent? Kapil Sibal ko gussa kyon aata hai? Butt of online jokes: Politicians in 'tweaked' cinematic avatars. Out of the frying pan and into the fire. The UPA government has made it something of a fine art. Hardly had the ruckus over the decision to open up the retail sector to FDI died down than...
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