-The New York Times CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MODERN India is, in many ways, a success. Its claim to be the world's largest democracy is not hollow. Its media is vibrant and free; Indians buy more newspapers every day than any other nation. Since independence in 1947, life expectancy at birth has more than doubled, to 66 years from 32, and per-capita income (adjusted for inflation) has grown fivefold. In recent decades,...
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Mamata Banerjee's goons silence an entire village -Kamalendu Bhadra
-The Times of India KAMDUNI (BARASAT): "Shut up", West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had shouted at Kamduni women on Monday. Her party toughs ensured they did. When TOI visited the village on Tuesday, the roar of a hundred women the previous day had been replaced by a deadening stillness. Branded "CPM supporters" and browbeaten by the CM, the women shut up and shut themselves indoors. On Monday, they had rushed to...
More »Free screening to detect Alzheimer's early -Jayashree Nandi
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Alzheimer's disease, which is the cause of dementia in a large number of people, can be a very difficult journey not only for the patient but also for the caregiver. Shivani Roy's grandfather, who suffered Alzheimer's for over a decade, left his house in January 2001 never to return. The family tried its best but couldn't locate him. Getting lost in the city is a common...
More »Karnataka Milk Federation moots brick packs for School milk project-Sharath S Srivatsa
-The Hindu Bangalore: Nearly 60 lakh students across the State could be receiving their quota of milk in a brick pack, as the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) - tasked to supply milk to the youngsters - fears supplying loose milk could result in adulteration. Happily for the children, flavoured milk could be a part of the scheme which will take off on July 1. KMF will initially supply loose milk as setting...
More »Ending Hunger Is Possible -Claudia Ciobanu
-IPS News ROME: Thirty-eight countries were recognised for the first time on Sunday by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation for cutting in half the prevalence of people suffering from undernourishment, one of three targets under the first Millennium Development Goal. Of those countries, 18 also achieved the tougher World Food Summit Goal of halving the absolute numbers of hungry people: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cuba, Djibouti, Georgia, Ghana, Guyana, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua, Peru,...
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