-The Times of India KOLKATA: Literacy RATe among Muslims in Bengal has moved past the days of the Sachar Committee review and risen 11.27% in the past decade. It is also marginally ahead of the national RATe. According to the 2011 census data released on Wednesday, Muslim literacy RATe in the state has risen to 68.74% from 57.47% recorded in the 2001 census. The national Muslim literacy RATe stands at 68.53%. The comparable...
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Govt to increase maternity leave in pvt sector from 12 to 26 weeks -Shalini Nair
-The Indian Express Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi Monday said the Ministry of Labour has agreed to increase maternity leave to six-and-a-half months. The union government is set to increase the maternity leave for women employed in private firms from the existing 12 weeks to 26 weeks. Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi Monday said the Ministry of Labour has agreed to increase maternity leave to six-and-a-half months....
More »MS Swaminathan, father of India's green revolution, speaks to Srijana Mitra Das
-The Times of India/ The Economic Times Renowned geneticist and administRATor M S Swaminathan is popularly known as the 'father of India's green revolution'. Speaking with Srijana Mitra Das, Swaminathan discussed why he fears the WTO Nairobi meet could exacerbate global food insecurity, double standards over farming protection between developed and developing nations, an Indian Single Market in grains - and how India, already suffering 'hidden' famine, must have freedom to...
More »112 distressed farmers commit suicide in a month in drought-hit MaRAThwada -Manoj Dattatrye More
-The Indian Express Since January 1, this year, every week between 20-30 suicides have been reported in eight districts of MaRAThwada Pune/Beed/Nanded: EVEN AS the ruling party and the opposition are sparring over granting of loan waiver to drought-hit farmers in Maharashtra, as many as 112 distressed farmers, RATtled by mounting debts and withering crop, ended their lives this month in MaRAThwada region. This brought the toll to 1,109 this year. Compared...
More »Smoking dips 10% in 2 years in India but women smokers up sharply -Rema Nagarajan & Atul Thakur
-The Times of India Cigarette consumption in India is falling steadily even as the number of women smokers is rising, making it home to the second largest number of female smokers after the United States. According to the latest data on cigarette consumption given by the health ministry in Parliament, the consumption in 2014-15 was 93.2 billion sticks — 10 billion less than in 2012-13. The production of cigarettes too fell from...
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