-The Hindu Health workers conducting a survey in 10 mandals in the district have so far identified over 10 per cent of the 6,000 respondents carrying different breast infections Adilabad (Telengana): The high incidence of breast infections among Adivasi women of Adilabad in Telangana has created apprehension of more serious health impacts for this remote population. Health workers conducting a survey in 10 mandals in the district have so far identified over 10...
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Congress, BJP oppose proposal to make EC trustee of 'big' corporate funds -Bharti Jain & Subodh Ghildiyal
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The political class on Monday was a divided house on corporate houses directly picking the beneficiaries of their 'big money'. While the big parties led by Congress and BJP favoured the present system of corporate funding during the Election Commission's national consultation here on 'Political Finance and Law Commission's Recommendations', the Left, Trinamool Congress and JD(U) plumped for a system whereby entire corporate funding is funnelled...
More »Attorney general is a public authority, must be under RTI: HC -Abhinav Garg
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Attorney General is not merely a lawyer for the government, but is a constitutional authority, the Delhi High Court has said, bringing the top law officer under the ambit of the RTI Act. Justice Vibhu Bakhru on Tuesday held the office of AG to be a "public authority" as per the transparency act and reversed the decision of the Central Information Commission (CIC). In 2012...
More »The noise around the land acquisition law -Sreenivasan Jain
-Business Standard The debate over the land ordinance is best located in facts, not hyperbole Somewhat like the winter chill, the season of convenient mythologies continues to hold Delhi in its lingering grip. The latest manifestation is the spat over land acquisition, rendered additionally bewildering by the expedient of the Treasury and Opposition benches having swapped sides between the time the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)'s much derided land Act was passed...
More »Why poor people in Delhi are desperate to get their babies uniquely identified -Aarefa Johari and Mayank Jain
-Scroll.in Delhi government continues to deny food rations to people without Aadhar cards, even though a Supreme Court order expressly prohibits this On the 15th of every month, thousands of slum residents in Sheikh Sarai in Delhi pour out of their tenements and head to the ration shops to pick up their share of subsidised grain. But in recent months, many have been coming back home without their full share. This isn't because...
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