-Deccan Herald chennai: The Southwest Monsoon, which is nearing the final stage, might be good in North and North-East India. However, it is not so kind as should when it comes to the Southern region. Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala have received deficit rainfall. The latest statistics released by the Regional Meteorological Centre here on Thursday said though few districts received normal rain, Tamil Nadu registered three per cent deficit rainfall...
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Delhi is the rape capital; NCRB data shows rape cases up 200% since 2012 -Aaron Pereira
-The Indian Express Data on cases of rape in India released by the NCRB has shown Delhi continues to top the list of cities where women are unsafe New Delhi: Crime data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on Tuesday has once again revealed a rise in number of rape cases against women in the national capital. The total number of rape cases in India for the year 2014...
More »The desertification of Tamil Nadu -Nilakantan RS
-The Hindu How private wells and paddy are drying up the southern State. chennai: Tamil Nadu is water deficit. A structural deficit and not a seasonal one. The total assessed water resources in the State amount to 1,587 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) while the State government's demand estimate is 1,894 TMC. Demand exceeds supply by 19.3 per cent; this happens when rainfall is "normal". Consider what gets reported as normal: the aggregate...
More »Falling Sick, Paying the Price: NSS 71st Round on Morbidity and Costs of Healthcare -T Sundararaman and VR Muraleedharan
-Economic and Political Weekly The decennial National Sample Survey on health and education provides useful information on the health and education of the population. The summary report on health from the 71st round conducted in 2014 allows us to make an initial assessment of three sets of issues. One, the trends in morbidity rates and patterns of morbidity, two, the effectiveness of the public sector in ensuring access to healthcare, and...
More »Inflation is down? Really? -Rajalakshmi Nirmal
-The Hindu Business Line The numbers may look good but the consumer’s monthly budget hasn’t eased up. Here are four reasons why the common man has no respite from inflation It’s official! Inflation is down. The wholesale price inflation has been in negative territory for the last eight months. CPI, the consumer price-based inflation, has also dropped, from 8-8.5 per cent in the beginning of 2014 to sub-5 per cent now. Inflation...
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