-The Times of India BAREILLY: Even as data is being compiled on malnutrition and severe acute malnutrition cases in the district, deaths due to malnourishment are not being taken into account by the district authorities. Three children found to be suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) died within a few months of their birth in Bithri Chainpur block in the time period between two surveys, but there is no mention of this...
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Coal, mines Bills cleared as govt. has its way -Smita Gupta & Smriti Kak Ramachandran
-The Hindu Land Bill to be taken up in the next phase of budget session Despite an aggressive Opposition giving the NDA's parliamentary managers a tough time during the first half of the budget session that concluded on Friday, the Modi government found reason to pat itself on the back. With the exception of the contentious Land Acquisition Ordinance, it succeeded in converting five of its six ordinances into Acts of Parliament. On Friday,...
More »Shiv Sena takes on its own government -Alok Deshpande
-The Hindu Ratnagiri (Maharashtra): The Shiv Sena held a protest march here on Thursday outside the office of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL), which is implementing the proposed 9,900-MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP). Despite being a part of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition at the Centre and in the State, the Sena has repeatedly said that it would not let the project go ahead as long as...
More »Relief package for rain-hit farmers likely -Puja Mehra
-The Hindu High-level meeting to assess situation may be held today. Following reports of crop damage due to unseasonal rains across North India, the Modi government is likely to announce a relief package for farmers. The details of the package are likely to be finalised at a high-level meeting to be attended by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh this week. The high-level meeting to take stock of...
More »So Richie Rich? Have Another One On Us -P Sainath
-Outlook Corporate karza maafi reaches new heights, social spending new lows This year's budget write-off in customs duty on gold, diamonds and jewellery (all aam aadmi items, of course) is Rs 75,592 crore. That's well over twice the "record" amount allocated to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. As Prof Jayati Ghosh points out, the MNREGA has given billions of person-days of work to tens of millions of poor...
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