-The Telegraph New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report about the problems being faced by patients because of the shortage of doctors in government hospitals in Tamil Nadu. Around 80 per cent of the state's seven crore people are dependant on government hospitals. The commission noted that according to Medical Council of India regulations and recommendations of the World Health Organisation, one lakh doctors...
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How Delhi Government Schools Are Revamping Their Approach to Education -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in While the transformation is gradual, Delhi’s government schools have come a long way in improving their infrastructure and quality of education. New Delhi: CBSE Class 12 results were announced on May 28 and Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia took no time to tweet about the city’s government schools performing better than private schools for the second year in a row. He tweeted, “Last year Delhi Government schools had 2% better...
More »Farmers prepare for Kharif crops as monsoon sets in -Madhvi Sally
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Farmers have started preparing land for growing kharif crops following onset of monsoon rains in some parts of the country. This time round, farmers are expected to bring 107 million hectares under cultivation for paddy, soyabean, pulses, cotton, bajra, jowar, groundnut and maize, raising hopes of a bigger grain harvest this year. Companies and analysts said the acreage under cotton could surpass soyabean and pulses as prices are...
More »Supreme Court upholds law making PAN linking with Aadhaar must -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In a major victory for the Narendra Modi government that is set on making Aadhaar compulsory for several kinds of transactions, the Supreme Court upheld on Friday the law making the UID number a must for filing income tax returns and its linkage to PAN card. In what could cheer up the government, which faced anxious times while defending validity of Section 139AA of the Income...
More »Farmers died in police firing, MP govt tells MHA
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The five farmers who were killed during violent clashes in Mandsaur, MP, on Tuesday died due to police firing, the state government has said in a report sent to the home ministry. The report clears up the air over the firing as the state had initially claimed that police had not fired on the agitating farmers. It says police resorted to firing after the protesters turned...
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