-The Times of India NEW DELHI: HRD minister Smriti Irani has given the go-ahead to National Academic Depository (NAD) scheme. Conceived during UPA-2, the scheme seeks to create an online national database of board and university certificates and is being implemented by Central Board of Secondary Education on a pilot basis. Last week, Irani was briefed in detail about the NAD project. She said it was a useful scheme and should...
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Economist Thomas Piketty, professor at the Paris School of Economics interviewed by Pranay Sharma
-Outlook The author of the surprise international bestseller, Capital, in the 21st Century, thinks that abolishing Income Tax is not a good idea Books on economy rarely move beyond the peer group of economists and their academic circle. But those old presumptions are now being put to the test and the rules are being rewritten from the time 42-year old French economist, Thomas Piketty, went viral. The publication of the English edition...
More »Delhi's schoolchildren shop online to complete their homework -Neha Pushkarna
-The Hindustan Times New Delhi: "Leave Holiday Homework Worries. Get Holiday Homework for all classes done by Experts," reads an ad posted on OLX, an advertising portal. Teachers may not like it, but it appears that students who despise working on their holiday assignments have found a solution - to get the homework done by contacting some of these "experts". While children laze around through the ongoing summer vacation, there are plenty...
More »Water war against germs -Mallica Joshi
-The Hindustan Times Like all other children, 11-year-old Gayatri Kachari loves playing. And if play involves water, she loves it even more. For many children at Sajjanpara Lower Primary School in Assam's Kamrup district, the three minutes spent washing their hands as a group before their mid-day meal is the highlight of the day. The children cheerfully sing the "Hand Washing song" as they scrub their hands under running water...
More »All schools must have separate toilets for girls and boys: Supreme Court -M Suchitra
-Down to Earth Apex court says toilets, drinking water facilities are integral to RTE Act; pulls up Andhra Pradesh government for not ensuring these facilities in its schools The Supreme Court has ruled that all schools must have separate toilets for boys and girls, and also facilities for water for drinking and other purposes. The court's May 9 verdict has made it clear that these were integral to Right of Children...
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