-Livemint.com India continues to have high stunting levels, despite impressive growth New delhi: India has earned a lot of praise from leaders of international economic institutions and forums for being the fastest growing economy in the world in recent years. This might not be the case when world capitalist leaders meet in Davos for the 2017 World Economic Forum in January next year. Jim Yong Kim, the World Bank’s president, has...
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Likely soon: NGOs? FCRA data for govt?s ready perusal -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India NEW delhi: The government may soon require all NGOs registered or granted prior permission to receive foreign funds under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, to allow the Centre to access details of their FCRA accounts in real time. According to amendments proposed by the Union home ministry to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules (FCRR), 2011, the NGOs may give the consent in writing at the time of...
More »No country for a child -Preeti Mehra
-The Hindu Business Line By allowing children to work in family enterprises, amendments to the Child Labour Act have made them more vulnerable to exploitation. Tracking the issue will be more difficult, writes Preeti Mehra When the two houses of Parliament put their stamp on a few amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986 a couple of months ago, they also signed away the dignity of children and the...
More »Gandhi Jayanthi: Sarson Satyagraha to oppose GM mustard
-PTI New delhi: Expressing their resistance against GM-mustard, thousands of people joined ‘Sarson Satyagraha’ in 18 states on Gandhi Jayanti today, asserting the hybrid variety is “unwanted, unneeded and unsafe“. The ‘Satyagraha’ took various forms ranging from Gram Sabha resolutions to remain GM-free to take part in a mustard festival, organised by the delhi government to gather public feedback on GM mustard. Eminent citizens, scientists, film personalities, farmer leaders, artists, and activists took...
More »Loo & behold, city?s first smart toilet
-The Times of India New delhi: A toilet that runs on solar power, has a water ATM to provide drinking water and vending machines for snacks and sanitary napkins: The city's first smart toilet, inaugurated on Sunday by the New delhi Municipal Council at Rafi Marg to mark the second anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, has all that and more. NDMC chairman Naresh Kumar said the smart toilet design would be...
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