-DNA Of 132 AEFI cases, only 78 babies survived and 54 died, a Union Health Ministry report says A string of deaths has put a question mark on the safety of India's child vaccination programme. And the central government seems to be washing its hands of these post-vaccination casualties. In December last year, 45-day-old baby girl Aarohi Bajgude died in Maharashtra's Beed district, three hours after receiving the dose of Pentavalent vaccine....
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Written-off in the hinterland -Krishna Kumar
-The Hindu Our education system has failed to integrate the rural into the larger political community, the nation Rural Mandsaur, where five persons were killed during a demonstration recently, is a prosperous region of western Madhya Pradesh. More than a decade ago, I had the opportunity of spending two days with the children of a private residential school in Mandsaur. At that time, it was the only English-medium residential school. Its vast and...
More »It's time to give priority to women's work participation
MG Road is seldom considered as a safe place for working women who travel for work to either Gurgaon or Delhi. Almost everyday untoward incidents related to molestation, sexual harassment, kidnapping or rape that occur here are reported in various NCR-based newspapers. Clearly, safety of women office-goers and female workers is one of the major determinants of their (low) labour force participation, even in urban locations like Gurgaon or Delhi....
More »UN honours Mamata Banerjee with highest public service award for Girl Child project Kanyashree -Indrajit Kundu
-India Today West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been awarded the highest public service honour by the United Nations for her project on Girl Child empowerment- Kanyashree. In a major boost to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's pet project 'Kanyashree', the United Nations today accorded its highest award for public service to the West Bengal government for the scheme initiated to empower the Girl Child with education. The project was launched in 2011...
More »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...
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