-The Times of India NEW DELHI: After the success with opening bank accounts and two insurance schemes, the government is lining up a major push for retirement savings under its financial inclusion programme. The finance ministry has begun talks to rope in 1.5 lakh post offices along with kirana shops and chemists to sell pension plans with an assurance of minimum returns. Sources told TOI that the department of posts, which is...
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Odisha innovators bag Nasa award for finding solution to tyre bursts -Priya Ranjan Sahu
-Hindustan Times What happens when the tyre of a speeding car bursts or blows up? The obvious answer is an Accident along with casualties as the vehicle goes out of control with the driver hardly getting a chance to react. There have been technologies for limiting the impacts of punctures, but there hasn’t been a solution to decrease the chances of a tyre bursting due to overheating. However, a latest innovation has...
More »The Work Women Do -Amrita Nandy & Rohini Hensman
-The Indian Express My mother does not work”. In country after country, this expression is heard each time someone describes a woman not engaged in paid employment. A recent study by McKinsey, titled “The Power of Parity: How equality for women could drive $ 2 trillion in global growth”, has evidence that every “stay-at-home” woman directly damages a country’s GDP by billions. Its message is that every woman should “work”; India’s...
More »‘Footpath breaks cause 45% pedestrian deaths’ -Somreet Bhattacharya
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Almost 45% of the pedestrian deaths in the national capital region can be attributed to walkers stepping onto the road because of frequent breaks in footpaths, a study conducted by the Delhi traffic police reveals. It also shows that more than 50% of footpath space has been encroached upon by shops or other structures that block the pedestrian's right of way. Police officers say stretches which...
More »SHOCKING: 33, 000 homeless people died on Delhi streets since 2004, 8 deaths every day
-IANS New Delhi: In a shocking revelation that could be seen as an indictment of the past governments in Delhi and at the centre, a report of union home ministry has claimed that more than 33,000 homeless people have perished in the national capital since 2004. According to the data released by the zonal integrated police network under the union ministry, 33,518 homeless people died in Delhi between January 2004 and October...
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