-The Telegraph Results bring under stress perception of pre-eminence New Delhi: Students from PRIvate schools have continued to fare worse than their peers from government and government-aided schools in the Central Board of Secondary Education's Class XII exams, whose results were announced on Saturday. The results appear to belie the popular perception that PRIvate schools impart a higher quality of education than government and aided schools. Some 83.01 per cent of the students passed,...
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Farmer death before Modi's visit to UP -Piyush Srivastava
-The Telegraph Lucknow: A farmer said to be demonstrating against the Uttar Pradesh government with 50 others since May 21 died of a heatstroke on Saturday, the fourth anniversary of Narendra Modi's government and a day before the PRIme Minister addresses a rally 20km from the spot. Uday Veer Singh, 60, died while protesting before the Baraut tehsil office in Baghpat district a day after chief minister Yogi Adityanath visited Modi's rally...
More »BJP fears bitter taste of sugarcane -JP Yadav
-The Telegraph Kairana: Ganna, the sugarcane crop, is threatening to overshadow any talk of "Jinnah" and sour the BJP's chances in Monday's test against a combined Opposition in a corner of western Uttar Pradesh. After the shock setbacks in Gorakhpur and Phulpur in March, the Kairana Lok Sabha by-election has become crucial for the BJP. It's also critical for its rivals, offering a test, days after the Karnataka drama, of whether a united...
More »In Bundelkhand Villages, Women Still Waiting for Ujjwala Yojana Benefits -Khabar Lahariya
-TheWire.in With no cylinders sanctioned, traditional cooking techniques are still used. The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, the flagship programme under the aegis of the Central government and promoted as PRIme Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative, is a much celebrated policy. It garnered praise in the WHO pollution report just last month, and a National Geographic documentary – chronicling the impact of the yojana on the lives of four women across India – is...
More »Poverty: The direct approach isn't always best -Bjorn Lomborg & Manorama Bakshi
-Livemint.com It is important to give preference to those approaches that help the poor the most for every rupee spent, no matter how they are labelled Sometimes in life, it is clear that the direct approach isn’t the best one. This is true in many areas, even when it comes to policymaking. Take, as an example, the area of extreme poverty. It seems logical, at first, that the most effective response should...
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