-The Times of India BANGALORE: Lakshmi (name changed) was 13 when she was dressed up as a bride. Someone paid her Rs 8,000 and her father Rs 25,000. And he goaded her to marry a 70-year-old man. The child's daze turned into a nightmare when the seven-time husband raped her that night. Thankfully, the child was rescued from her home in Raichur district's Lingsugur taluk by a team of social workers affiliated...
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A hospital by the poor for the poor -A Shrikumar
-The Hindu Suham Hospital, run by a women Self-Help Group is a forerunner in providing quality healthcare to the poor at a subsidised cost Madurai: "Next week, we are installing an ultra-sound scan facility at a cost of Rs. 15,00,000. We are planning to invite the collector to inaugurate it," informs, C.K. Meena WHO along with few other Self-Help Group members run the Suham Hospital. "It involves the contribution of poor women...
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-The Statesman Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed anguish over suicides by farmers, WHOse condition has not improved despite the high rate of economic growth. The reason for this distressing state of affairs is that economic policies are badly crafted. The primary effort of the Government has been to increase agricultural production. The price factor is not taken into consideration, the perception being that the farmer will be better off...
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-The Hindu KANTHALLUR (Kerala): Brussels sprout or miniature cabbage is not a familiar vegetable in Kerala. However, its anticarcinogenic properties made it a popular culinary item in Europe where its cultivation spread long years back from its native place Brussels, Belgium. The edible buds contain vitamins C and K and folic acid too. "It has high potential as a vegetable crop and the soil and climatic conditions in the Marayur-Kanthallur belt are...
More »Making labour the fall guy -Latha Jishnu
-Down to Earth BJP thinks undoing labour laws will spur a manufacturing boom. Even now workers enjoy little protection or social security In recent weeks, the pink press has been singing paeans to a new star in the political firmament, one WHOm they see as a worthy disciple of the man WHO gave us the "Gujarat model" of development. The media's new discovery is none other than Vasundhara Raje, the Rajasthan...
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