-Hindustan Times Kannan Gopinathan, a 2012 batch IAS officer serving as district collector in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, had arrived in Kerala on August 26 as the state battled devastation from deadly floods. Thiruvananthapuram: For eight days, Kannan Gopinathan worked at relief camps in flood-ravaged Kerala, spending two of those carrying large packages on his head while offloading relief material from trucks in the port city of Kochi....
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Ending TB -Jayalakshmi Shreedhar & Anupama Srinivasan
-The Hindu The disease cannot be eliminated without universal access to affordable, quality diagnostics and drugs After decades spent battling the scourge of tuberculosis (TB) in developing countries, 2018 might be the year that it is finally accorded the gravitas it deserves. On September 26, the UN General Assembly will, for the first time, address TB in a High-Level Meeting and likely release a Political Declaration, endorsed by all member nations, to...
More »SC asks states to file report on dealing with cow vigilantism, lynchings within one week
-Hindustan Times The court noted that only 11 states had filed compliance reports. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked all states to comply with its directions to deal with incidents of cow vigilantism and mob lynching, reported news agency PTI. Noting that only 11 states had filed compliance reports following its July 17 verdict on cow vigilantism, the court asked the remaining states to file their reports within one week. “If reports...
More »Delhi govt to give 10% discount on common mobility card for bus rides -Vatsala Shrangi
-Hindustan Times The Delhi government had launched the common mobility card service on August 25, enabling commuters to pay bus fares through their Metro cards. New Delhi: The Delhi government plans to give 10% discount to the users of newly launched common mobility card in all state-run buses. The transport department will put up the proposal before the Cabinet within a week. The move is aimed at encouraging more passengers to use...
More »Still too many children out of school -Muchkund Dubey, Ashok Pankaj & Susmita Mitra
-The Hindu Data show that the proportion of these children is higher in rural areas and among SCs, STs and Muslims The official numbers of out-of-school children in India are either out of date or contradictory. According to the 2011 Census, the number of out-of-school children in the 5-17 age group was 8.4 crore. However, according to a survey commissioned in 2014 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the number of...
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