-The Hindustan Times Last winter, two men were hanged to death in India's jails, indicted for crimes of terror. On August 8, another man, Maganlal Barela- a little-known tribal cultivator, charged with killing his five little daughters - was scheduled to hang in the Jabalpur Central Jail. Human rights lawyers chanced to read of his hanging in an online news item the evening before his execution was fixed, and rushed to meet...
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How MGNREGS can help education-Sreelatha Menon
-The Business Standard A study finds migration doesn't lead to child labour; it impacts the education of child migrants Migration has helped rural incomes and, to a certain extent, agriculture. Typically, migrants from rural areas are short-term migrants. Often, adult migrants take their children with them, and this leads to the overall picture being distorted. A 2010 study on the impact of short-term - often as short as a month - migration on...
More »Some good news: Farm sector likely to grow over 5%-Surojit Gupta & Sidharth
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Agricultural GDP is likely to grow by over 5% this year thanks to the most abundant rains in nearly two decades, a government thinktank has forecast. If the prediction turns out right, it could help tame food inflation, provide a much-needed boost to rural incomes and a knock-on effect on other sectors of the economy. The demand for two-wheelers, tractors and mobiles, in particular, could rise...
More »Centre urges states to focus on road safety to cut down accidents -Dipak Kumar Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Centre wants states reporting large number of road fatalities, injuries and accidents to focus on road safety to improve the country's performance as the United Nations has set a target of reducing deaths by 50% during this decade. Five states - Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, madhya pradesh and Rajasthan - accounted for over 50% of the country's road deaths in 2012. The number...
More »On December 8, tune in for 2014 Lok Sabha polls forecast
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Assembly elections in Delhi will be held on December 4. The Election Commission (EC) on Friday announced assembly polls in five states between November 11 and December 4, setting the ball rolling for what is set to be the semifinal between Congress and BJP before their big face-off in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. madhya pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh are expected to witness virtually a straight...
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