-The Hindu Dharmapuri (Tamil Nadu): An emaciated Kumudha looks the very symbol of women who have no reproductive agency or bodily rights, one of the many reasons for the neonatal deaths that occurred at the government hospital here last weekend. A week after losing her two-day-old son to preterm-low birth weight complications, Kumudha just returned home after administration of intravenous fluids at the primary health centre at Palayamapudur, some six km from...

-The Hindustan Times New Delhi: As a headless Central Information Commission (CIC) controversially celebrates nine years of the transparency law behind closed doors, there are indications that the CIC chief's absence has already dented the watchdog's autonomy. Being without a chief has placed the commission on a weak legal footing. According to documents accessed under the RTI law, the government has taken control over the CIC's purse strings and placed them in...

-Outlook Education remains a preserve of the rich as India's states renege on the 25 per cent reservation the RTE Act promises to the poor It is a day of trepidation for Prakash. A short, gawky man in his early thirties, he is among the several anxious parents waiting at a Bangalore school for the draw of lots to commence, he perhaps more anxious than the others. The process begins finally,...

-The Business Standard   Officials said some talk had already started on appointing only senior sectoral advisers instead of full-time members The Narendra Modi government is looking for an adviser in the Planning Commission, even as the deputy chairman is yet to be appointed, perhaps a sign of the current priorities. 'The Commission's role might be truncated to an advisory body alone. The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) might also see its role...

-The Hindu   To ensure that students in non-metros are not left out of the race Chennai: In a bid to ensure that students in non-metros are not left out of the race to lucrative jobs, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has launched a job portal linking students and companies. Designed for educational institutions in Tier-II and Tier-III cities, the portal allows students/companies to access and upload the profiles of...