-The Times of India JAIPUR: A day after Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) officials sealed Khandka Hospital here over commercial activity in a residential area, around 450 private hospitals in the city went on an indefinite strike terming the action as "repressive". The hospitals stopped functioning at around 4.30 pm on Saturday for an indefinite period and pasted notices mentioning, "This hospital is on indefinite strike. No consultation and admission of patients will...
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In rural India, less to eat than 40 years ago -Pavitra Mohan
-The Indian Express Within overall food inflation, the price of pulses, fats and vegetables rose quicker than that of cereals. The result is that fewer people can buy these foods. As India’s 70th year of Independence begins, widespread progress is evident, but in rural India, where 833 million Indians (70 per cent) live, people are consuming fewer nutrients than are required to stay healthy, according to a National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau...
More »10 more killed in floods in Bihar, UP
-PTI Major rivers are flowing above danger mark; NDRF teams sent to Varanasi, Allahabad and Ghazipur Ten persons were killed and lakhs affected due to floods in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, where major rivers are flowing above danger mark on Wednesday. Two boys were feared dead after they were washed away in flash floods in the Tawi river in Jammu on Wednesday. In Uttar Pradesh, two persons were killed in floods...
More »Maharashtra's Bizarre Address Rule Leaves Its Nomadic Tribes Out in the Cold -Varsha Torgalkar
-TheWire.in Members of nomadic and denotified tribes are required to produce address proof from 1961 to obtain a caste certificates, without which they cannot avail the benefits of government schemes. Chetan Ramchandra Pawar, 23, works as a labourer 125 kms away from Pune in the farms of Sansar village. That is, if he is lucky enough to get work. Pawar, who belongs to the Vadar community – a nomadic tribe – otherwise...
More »Poor dam management responsible for Bihar flood -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Bihar has been battling floods despite receiving less than normal rains this year. Long at the receiving end due to release of water from Nepal, this time though the blame lies squarely on mismanagement of a dam and a barrage in neighbouring states of Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. The SITuation has become so bad in the past four days that state chief minister Nitish Kumar...
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