-The Hindu Regular reviews with 18 States that have the most adverse sex ratios is under way Implementation of the PC & PNDT Act rests with the State governments National Inspection and Monitoring Committee to undertake surprise inspections Concerned at the skewed sex ratio as reflected in the latest Census report, the Centre has asked the Medical Council of India to take cognisance of the practice of illegal sex selection and sex selective...
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Independent financial body to beset up to fund self-help groups: Sonia by K Balchand
The Union government will set up an independent financial institution to give funds for effective functioning of the self-help groups (SHGs) and better empowerment of the rural poor. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi announced this while launching the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), which will be funded through financial institutions. As of now, banks will be Mobilised to extend loans to the tune of Rs. 6,800 crore this year at subsidised rates...
More »Haryana khaps to join Ramdev fast by Sukhbir Siwach
Haryana's infamous khap leaders has decided to pitch for Baba Ramdev in Delhi on Saturday with a large number of supporters. Khap leader Om Parkash Dhankhar, who is coordinating with other khap leaders of Haryana to Mobilize support for the yoga gura, on Friday claimed that more than 50,000 people from the state would participate in the indefinite hunger strike called by Baba Ramdev to press for his demand to...
More »No need to panic over WHO report on Mobiles: ICMR by Aarti Dhar & Sandeep Joshi
It will wait for the findings of its own study before reaching final conclusion ICMR argues that findings can't be extrapolated on Indian population A study by Jawaharlal Nehru University has found impact on male fertility A day after the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned of the possibility of Mobile phone handsets causing cancer, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Thursday that there was “no reason to panic” as a...
More »WHO findings not conclusive: COAI by Sandeep Joshi
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has claimed that the World Health Organisation's research has not concluded that the radio frequency electromagnetic field is a cause for cancer. In its latest report, the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) warned that radiation from Mobile phone handsets can cause cancer. “It is significant that the IARC has concluded that radio frequency electromagnetic fields are neither a definite nor probable human...
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