-The Hindu India's long-standing legacies of caste, gender and class antagonism replicate on campuses as well. As higher education moves forward, it does so on these social cleavages The brutal sexual attack on a young woman in Delhi, in 2012, and a savage attack on a girl student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on its campus this year are just two examples of extreme violence that have shocked the nation. Acts of...
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Welfare policies & electoral outcomes-Zoya Hasan
-The Hindu There is no disparagement of subsidies in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh because those who attack the social welfare policies of the Congress regard them as examples of good governance by a party of the Right Three propositions dominate explanations of the Congress party's rout, the Bharatiya Janata Party's impressive victory and the Aam Aadmi Party's stunning success in Delhi in the recent Assembly elections. One, that there is a strong...
More »Not all rape cases in courts in fast lane -Aneesha Mathur
-The Indian Express New Delhi: Days after the December 16 gangrape incident, hundreds of rape cases were sent to special fast track courts for a speedy trial. In fact, in January this year, six newly created special fast track courts for sexual offences received over 500 cases within three weeks of their creation. A year later, the trial in the December 16 case is complete. The case is midway through appeal...
More »Severe cyclone to hit AP coast near Machilipatnam-ML Melly Maitreyi
-The Hindu Hyderabad: The very severe cyclonic storm, 'Leher' which lay over southeast and adjoining central Bay of Bengal will intensify further and move west northwestwards and cross Andhra Pradesh coast near Machilipatnam on Thursday afternoon. On Tuesday it was said that the cyclone will cross the coast at Kakinada. Citing an IMD bulletin, Mr. C. Parthasarathi, Disaster Management Commissioner, said that rainfall would commence at many places in coastal Andhra from Wednesday...
More »Now, earn a degree under PM’s Rural Development Fellowship Scheme
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Ahead of the general elections next year, the government will recruit 140 young graduates for a three-year fellowship scheme to oversee better delivery of flagship programmes in backward and remote districts in the country. This is an extension of the ongoing Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellowship (PMRDF) scheme and will cost the government Rs 36 crore for a twoyear fellowship while in the last year of...
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