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Boat Club now open for protests

-The Hindustan Times   The Delhi Police have lifted their two-decade-old ban on rallies and demonstrations in the Boat Club and Jantar Mantar areas near Parliament House and India Gate, saying they were doing so under pressure from the Delhi high court. The police said in an affidavit on Tuesday that they were lifting the ban in the central district of the national capital. The police, however, told the court that restrictions would...

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Rights activist's detention criticised by Shujaat Bukhari

The detention of human rights activist Gautam Navlakha at the Srinagar International airport on Saturday has been criticised even as the Jammu and Kashmir government says his entry will pose a “danger” to peace and tranquillity. Mr. Navlakha, who has been visiting Kashmir regularly to highlight alleged human rights abuses, was to have attended a book release function on that day. He was served with an order by the Budgam district...

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Cash Transfers as the Silver Bullet for Poverty Reduction: A Sceptical Note by Jayati Ghosh

The current perception that cash transfers can replace public provision of basic goods and services and become a catch-all solution for poverty reduction is false. Where cash transfers have helped to reduce poverty, they have added to public provision, not replaced it. For crucial items like food, direct provision protects poor consumers from rising prices and is part of a broader strategy to ensure domestic supply. Problems like targeting errors...

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Violations May Hit Vaccination Plans by Ranjit Devraj

After a government report confirmed major ethical violations in trials of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccines on Indian schoolgirls, senior doctors are calling for transparency in clinical trials conducted under private-public partnerships. The report is yet to be placed in the public domain, but its contents were revealed early May by senior doctors who assisted in its preparation, sparking outrage among public health advocates and women’s rights groups. HPV is an umbrella...

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Rural Development Ministry for CBI probe into whistle-blower's murder by K Balchand

Allegation that Ansari was killed by Naxalites is a ploy: report NEW DELHI: Debunking claims of the Jharkhand government, the Union Ministry of Rural Development has called for a CBI inquiry into the murder of whistle-blower Niyamat Ansari charging that there was an attempt to cover up the murder. It called for “serious action” against Latehar Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rahul Purwar for alleged dereliction of duty and failure to prevent funds...

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