-IANS Food minister KV Thomas on Wednesday said the Union government was committed to ensuring food security of the people, particularly the vulnerable sections. He said the proposed food security bill aimed to give legal rights to cheaper foodgrains to 63.5% of the population. Around 180 million households -- 65 million below poverty line (BPL) and 115 million above poverty line (APL) category families -- get subsidised rations under the Public Distribution System through...

-ANI Food Minister K.V. Thomas on Wednesday said that the proposed National Food Security Bill marks a paradigm shift in addressing the problem of food security - from it being viewed as a welfare approach to a right-based approach. Launching the bulletin on food justice in India brought out by the Oxfam India, the institute of development studies and the centre for legislative research and advocacy here, Thomas said: "The Act seeks...

-Deccan Herald Frustrated over his ‘failure’ to ensure development of Dalits and because of ‘apathy’ by public representatives towards them, a former BSP leader on Monday committed suicide by setting himself ablaze in Azamgarh town. Baliram Prasad, 65, killed himself at Ambedkar Park at 11 pm, police said. “He was rushed to hospital, where he died later,” said superintendent of police V S Meena. Prasad allegedly consumed some poisonous substance before pouring kerosene...

-The Indian Express Government must bring the assisted reproductive technologies bill to Parliament. More stringent regulation could have saved lives Sushma Pandey, just 17 years old, reportedly died due to procedures related to egg harvesting conducted on her by a fertility clinic in Mumbai. Two years after her death, the Bombay high court did well to criticise the police for not prosecuting the hospital for its flagrant violation of the age requirement...

-The Hindu Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre provides care, rehabilitation for free Around 10 days ago, when 15-month-old Dundavva was brought to the Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) at the government hospital here, she was critically malnourished. Now, after her stay at the centre, she is not only recovering from chest infection, but is also gaining weight. An anganwadi worker brought Dundavva and her mother, Sharada, to the centre from Matyal village in Basavanabagewadi taluk. Pilot project Like Dundavva,...