-The Economic Times A recent Supreme Court interim order has reopened the debate on Aadhaar. We need to understand the implications of the order and reassess the "why" and "what" of Aadhaar. The order says that no service should be denied to a person who doesn't have Aadhaar. This is a fair observation. Aadhaar has always intended to be an instrument of inclusion, not exclusion. The Unique Identification Authority of India, which...
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The coast is clear for corporate polluters -Manju Menon
-The Hindu If the Adani group is allowed to continue its development projects in Kutch simply by ‘compensating' for their ecological damage, the Centre will set a dangerous precedent that lets money power trump environmental regulations The Adani Group may be fined Rs.200 crore for a series of environmental violations committed by their waterfront development, port and power plant projects in the Mundra taluka of Kutch district. The waterfront development project, which...
More »Children deaths in Gorakhpur: A dissolving faith, an enduring mystery -Pritha Chatterjee
-The Indian Express In Gorakhpur, small successes in understanding - and conquering - the killer disease of children are undercut by a wily virus and administrative bottlenecks Gorakhpur: On August 18, five-year-old Vishal spent the evening playing with friends in Vanjhai village in Gorakhpur district's Bhathat block. He came home irritable, with a slight fever. His mother and grandmother gave him a little milk and sent him to bed. They were not...
More »'India records 5.2 million medical injuries a year' -Kounteya Sinha
-The Times of India LONDON: India is recording a whopping 5.2 million injuries each year due to medical errors and adverse events. Of these, the biggest sources are mishaps from medications, hospital-acquired infections and blood clots that develop in legs from being immobilized in the hospital. Similarly, approximately 3 million years of healthy life are lost in India each year due to these injuries. A landmark report by an Indian doctor from Harvard School...
More »22 of India’s 32 big cities face water crisis -Dipak Kumar Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Water scarcity is fast becoming urban India's number one woe, with government's own data revealing that residents in 22 out of 32 major cities have to deal with daily shortages. The worst-hit city is Jamshedpur, where the gap between demand and supply is a yawning 70%. The crisis is acute in Kanpur, Asansol, Dhanbad, Meerut, Faridabad, Visakhapatnam, Madurai and Hyderabad - where supply fails to meet...
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