-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In April this year, the Indian Meteorological Department had stuck its neck out and warned the country of a second straight drought this year. It was IMD's bleakest monsoon forecast, the first time it had predicted a rain shortfall of more than 10%. As it turned out, IMD was spot on. As on September 24, the monsoon deficit for the season was 13%, as against the...
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15-Year-Old Sushma Verma, Daughter Of A Sanitation Worker, Is India's Youngest PhD Student -Nikita Mukherjee
-MenXP.com In a country where more than 35 per cent of girls are discouraged from studying and going to school, young prodigy Sushma Verma from Lucknow has a different story to tell! At age 7 when most of us were barely able to dedicate 30 minutes to studying, Sushma had already completed her 10th. At the young age of 13, she had enrolled herself in college and was getting her Master’s...
More »Dengue cases could spike: Centre issues advisory to Delhi govt after showers, asks it to step up measures
-The Indian Express Over 1,800 people have been affected by the virus, according to the municipal corporation’s last report. Overnight showers in the capital has prompted the Union health ministry to issue an advisory to the Delhi government on Saturday to “intensify” measures to check mosquito-breeding, while warning of a further spike in dengue cases. The advisory stated, “In view of further rain predicted by the weather department, there is a possibility of...
More »Fix MGNREGS first, ‘smart villages’ can wait -KumKum Dasgupta
-Hindustan Times The Cabinet on Wednesday took two decisions that focus on rural India: First, it approved an additional 50 days of work for farmers/workers under the MGNREGS over and above the 100 days in areas where drought or natural calamities have been notified; and, second, it okayed a plan to develop a cluster of ‘smart villages’ to transform rural areas to economically, socially and physically sustainable spaces. The two decisions...
More »Delhi's Upscale Hospitals Are Turning Away The Poor In Whose Name They Got Land, Subsidies -Vidya Krishnan
-Huffington Post The heartbreaking story of the parents who jumped to their death in Delhi following the death of their 7-year-old son who succumbed to dengue after being turned away from two major city hospitals has shaken the public health establishment. Union health minister JP Nadda has ordered an enquiry into the incident. Just last month, a man was made to wait for his infant son's dead body because he couldn't pay...
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