-PTI Raipur: Chhattisgarh government will undertake a survey using remote sensing satellite technology for mapping the location of ponds, rivers and other water bodies to encourage fish farming in the state. "The state has sufficient number of ponds, water bodies and rivers to produce fish of any variety. Therefore, the government is carrying out remote sensing survey to identify location of these water bodies to use them for fish rearing," a government...

-The Indian Express The census figures are in line with the report of the Sachar Committee that was set up by the UPA government to assess the status of Indian Muslim. Muslims have the lowest share of working people among all communities, as per the Census 2011 data. The Ministry of Minority Affairs admitted this while replying to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha Thursday. Quoting from the census data, Minister of...

-The Hindu Medicines remain overpriced and unaffordable in India. In a country mired in poverty, medical debt remains the second biggest factor for keeping millions in poverty. The international pharmaceutical industry has found its cash cow in India’s beleaguered consumers. With a minimum wage of Rs.250/day for a government worker, a basic wage worker afflicted with a chronic disease like multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis faces penury. His treatment, with drug combinations, which works out...

-The Hindu 13 farmers have ended life till date in 2016 owing to crop failure due to spurious seeds Andhra Pradesh: Farmer suicides mount in Adilabad, the opposition Congress has accused Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao of doing a Nero. “Ignoring the severe crisis gripping the farm sector is like Nero fiddling while Rome was burning,” observed District Congress Committee working president Naresh Jadhav, trying to drive home the point. “The enthusiasm shown...

-TheWire.in We are in a moment when the global economy shows no signs of revival; Russia and Japan are faced with recession, and emerging economies like Brazil and South Africa are in dire straits. There is no silver lining visible as far as domestic industrial growth is concerned. At such a time, all eyes are on Union finance minister Arun Jaitley to see how he plans to sustain economic growth that...