-PTI "One school of thought is that we must consider the poorest of the poor section in every community." Aurangabad: Stating that reservation will not guarantee employment as jobs are shrinking, Union minister Nitin Gadkari yesterday said there is a “school of thought” which wants policymakers to consider the poorest of poor in every community. Gadkari made the remarks in response to reporters’ questions on the ongoing agitation by the Marathas for reservation...
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New Save the Children report reveals insecurity of teenage girls from the outside world, but are our homes safe enough?
Released in May this year, a study by Save the Children has found that if you are an adolescent girl living in the country, then you are most likely to be afraid about being harassed outside your homes viz. in public places. Entitled WINGS 2018 - World of India's Girls: A study on the perception of girls’ safety in public spaces, the study shows that nearly one-third of teenage girls surveyed...
More »With liquor out, Bihar splurges on saris
-PTI Consumption of honey, cheese rises: study Patna: Prohibition is making people of Bihar spend on good Clothes and food with sale of expensive sarees rising by 1,751%, while consumption of honey by 380% and that of cheese by 200% in the first six months of the ban, according to latest studies on the measure. The studies, conducted by think tank Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI) and government-funded Development Management Institute (DMI), also...
More »State On Hunting Spree: Anger Mounts In TN After Cops In Civies Shoot Anti-Sterlite Protesters -Anubhav Chakraborty & Gayeti Singh
-TheCitizen.in Visuals of cops in plainClothes shoot unarmed protesters in Thoothukudu NEW DELHI: “For those who are not yet aware. These are our Police commandos in civil dress shooting at civilians using self loaded rifle which are used to neutralise terrorist. These civilians had placards to defend themselves. This is called premeditated murder,” writes Antony Rubin, a Chennai based activist. A chilling photograph showing a policeman, dressed in plain Clothes, taking aim...
More »Economic Graffiti: Why morality matters to economics -Kaushik Basu
-The Indian Express To deal with corruption, it is not enough to just get fiscal policies right. It is in our collective long-term interest to nurture individual values. I went to an optometrist last week, who gave me one of those cards to read where the font starts out large and then gets progressively small, to test your reading capacity. In this case what was interesting was the content of the card....
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