-The Hindu Bangalore: The former Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar on Monday defended in the Legislative Assembly the announcement on supplying rice at Re.1 a kg to the Below Poverty Line families. Participating in the debate on the motion for thanking Governor H.R. Bhardwaj for his address to the members of both the Houses of the State legislature, he termed the "negative reaction" by the media as "inhuman." He said that the...
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Global leaders sign comprehensive charter to tackle stunting in children -Kounteya Sinha
-The Times of India LONDON: The fight against stunting - the world's most urgent nutritional challenge - got a big boost through a global agreement signed by world leaders in London on Saturday. The Global Nutrition for Growth Compact signed by countries and global leaders committed to reduce the number of children under five who are stunted by an additional 20 million in developing countries like India by 2020. At present stunting...
More »Madhya Pradesh: Found pregnant, brides forced out of mass marriage -Manjari Mishra
-The Times of India JABALPUR: Twenty-year-old Naraini was one among nine prospective brides who were unceremoniously evicted from a government-organised mass marriage function in Betul and made to surrender their gift hampers on Friday after two women officials prodded their belly and announced them pregnant. As Naraini came out of the venue, the groom followed suit after surrendering the gifts worth Rs 10,000 given under Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's scheme for...
More »Government ordered to disclose spend on Atal Bihari Vajpayee's treatment
-PTI New Delhi: The Central Information Commission has directed the Health Ministry to make public expenses incurred on the treatment of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee within 15 days. While hearing a petition of an Right to Information (RTI) applicant who sought details of funds spent on treatment of the 88-year-old ailing BJP leader, Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra said the cost incurred on the medical treatment of the former Prime...
More »Prime Minister's air travel expenditure for last nine years stands at Rs. 642 crore
-PTI A sum of over Rs. 642 crore has been incurred on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's air travels abroad in the last nine years. This information has been made public by the PMO as part of obligations under the mandatory proactive disclosure clause of the Right to Information Act. The information reveals that Singh undertook 67 travels since 2004 when he took over as PM, of which bills of five have not been...
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