-The Hindu The country is ranked third in the South Asian region. India figures in the top 50 countries in the world for an effective criminal justice system, according to a new study that ranks countries on how the rule of law is experienced by citizens. However, the study finds that it is among the worst performing countries when it comes to civil justice. The Rule of Law Index 2015, released by the U.S.-based...
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Is World Cup killing Indian workers? -Rukmini S
-The Hindu Death rate in India for working men is far higher The international media has been awash with reports of hundreds of workers, most of them from NEPal, Bangladesh and India, dying during the construction of stadiums and other facilities for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. However a look at migration data suggests that the number of deaths does not necessarily suggest the kind of crisis that is being described. Since Qatar won...
More »India Is Home To Quarter Of The World's Hungry, According To UN Report -Betwa Sharma
-The Huffington Post India is home to a quarter of world’s 794.6 million hungry people, and it has more undernourished people than China, according to the State of Food Insecurity in the World published by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), this week. The report finds that India has 194.6 million undernourished people, down from 210.1 million in 1990-1992, which constitute 15.2 percent of its population in 2014-2016. China has 133.8 million...
More »India misses global hunger reduction targets: report -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com New Delhi: Home to a quarter of the world’s hungry, India has missed the target set under the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG) of halving the proportion of undernourished by 2015, and the World Food Summit (WFS) target of halving the absolute number of hungry. India is home to 194.6 million of the 794.6 million undernourished people in the world, according to the State of Food Insecurity in the World...
More »Cancer is the 2nd biggest killer: Report -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Cancer has emerged as the second-leading cause of death globally after cardiovascular diseases. Proportion of deaths due to cancer around the world increased from 12% in 1990 to 15% in 2013 while the number of new cases almost doubled in India during the period. In India, deaths from the disease have increased by 60%, according to the latest report 'Global Burden of Cancer-2013', released worldwide on...
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