-TheWire.in While the dam breach in Madhya Pradesh's Karam river is a recent example of poor construction quality, the politician-contractor-engineer nexus in these projects has long been known. In his eighth Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, 2022, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined the need to fight against corruption and NEPotism. Highlighting the steps his government has taken to check corruption, Modi said: “In the...
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UP to get Harvard experts, MP goes for mother tongue — how states are implementing NEP -Kritika Sharma
-ThePrint.in Haryana's announced free education for underprivileged girls, Karnataka working on improving administrative aspects of institutions, according to presentations made to Union govt. New Delhi: While Uttar Pradesh plans to get its college teachers trained by experts from Harvard University, Haryana is considering offering free education to underprivileged girl students as part of its National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 implementation plans, ThePrint has learnt. This was discussed at two meetings — the first...
More »Police in Assam, Uttar Pradesh flag concerns at demographic changes in districts bordering Bangladesh, NEPal -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu They highlight an increase in number of mosques, seminaries and a high decadal growth in population in these areas Flagging concerns about demographic changes in districts along the international border with NEPal and Bangladesh, at the annual police meet last year, the Uttar Pradesh Police and the Assam Police highlighted an increase in number of mosques, seminaries and a high decadal growth in population in these areas. The annual Director...
More »Windfall tax on corporations goes as 5% GST on food items kicks in -Prasanna Mohanty
-Cenfa.org In continuation of its pro-corporate and anti-poor tax policy, the Centre imposes tax on the common man battling hunger and inflation while sparing corporates making windfall gains and record profits In keeping with its anti-people and pro-corporate tax policy, the Central government withdrew the windfall tax on oil exports on July 19th – 19 days after it was imposed – with effect from July 20. This comes a day after a...
More »Global Gender Gap Report Ranks India at 135, Poorest in Health and Survival
-Newsclick.in In the Health and Survival subindex, India was ranked 146, behind Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan. India has ranked 135th out of 146 countries in the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Report 2022. On a scale of 0 to 1,India has scored 0.629, which is its seventh-highest score in the last 16 years. However, India has fared more poorly in the subindex Economic Participation and Opportunity, where it ranked 143, falling behind neighboring...
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