-The Hindu Business Line Data from 14 major States show that economic growth has bypassed most of the poor children in the country Child health is basic to building the well-being and capabilities of the future of a growing nation. It is a great social responsibility in which the state has to play a critical role. It appears this primary responsibility is forgotten in the single-minded pursuit of economic growth. This article...
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Can't deny rape victims justice for lack of medical proof, oral testimony enough: Delhi HC
-Press Trust of India “Just because some false cases are filed, we cannot deny justice to real victims,” the court observed. New Delhi: Justice cannot be denied to the victims of sexual offences for lack of medical evidence and a woman’s oral testimony can be relied upon, the Delhi High Court said on Wednesday. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said the amendments made in the...
More »Cow-Related Violence: 86% Dead Since 2010 Are Muslim; 97% Attacks Reported After 2014 -Delna Abraham and Ojaswi Rao
-TheWire.in/ IndiaSpend About half the cases of cow-related violence – 32 of 63 – were from states governed by the BJP at the time, eight were run by the Congress and the rest by other parties. Muslims were the target of 51% of violence centered on bovine issues over nearly eight years (2010 to 2017) and comprised 86% of 28 Indians killed in 63 incidents, according to an IndiaSpend content analysis of...
More »Instead of farm loan waivers, invest more in agricultural infrastructure -Himanshu
-Livemint.com Not only better integration of farmers with markets, but also large investments in agriculture are the need of the hour The deaths of five farmers in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district has brought the crisis in agriculture centre stage. While the latest incident may have got media coverage, the fact is that the crisis has been in the making for some time. It intensified in the last one year but signs of...
More »Govt abandons goal of training 500 million people in new skills by 2022 -Prashant K Nanda
-Livemint.com Skill development ministry, led by Rajiv Pratap Rudy, has refused to spell out a new number that the government and its ministries will chase New Delhi: The government has abandoned its goal of training 500 million people in new skills by 2022, in a clear shift in strategy. Skill development ministry officials, at a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday, also refused to spell out a new number that the Union...
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