-The Indian Express A decade after ‘Prakash Singh’ judgement, police reform remains undone. Anniversaries and birthdays are joyous occasions. The 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s judgement in the Prakash Singh case should be one of them — a reason to look back with pride at the court’s seven directions in its September 22, 2006, verdict aimed at propelling police reform. The judgement was intended — but perhaps not expected — to...
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Soil health card scheme lags behind due to lack of interest from states -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com According to a background note prepared by the agriculture ministry, less than a fifth of targeted farmers have received soil health cards New delhi: The government’s flagship scheme to correct the imbalance in fertiliser use and reduce costs of cultivation by providing all farmers with a soil health card is moving at a slow pace as states drag their feet. According to a background note prepared by the agriculture ministry and...
More »Sikkim the best place to work for women, delhi at bottom of list: Report
-PTI Washington: Tiny northeastern state of Sikkim has the best working conditions for women, while national capital delhi fared the lowest, according to a report. The report released by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a top American think-tank, and Nathan Associates, gave Sikkim the highest possible 40 points while delhi received just 8.5. The states were ranked according to four primary factors -- legal restrictions on women’s working hours in...
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-The Indian Express The clause lists cases where users are exempted from copyright infringement and includes teachers and students “in the course of the activities of an educational institution”. Copyright is not absolute and nor should it be, according to the delhi High Court. Last week, the court ruled against five prominent academic publishing houses including Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Taylor & Francis, allowing Rameshwari Photocopy Services (based in...
More »BJP set to demolish Congress's 'Indira Awaas' plan in 2017 -Subodh Ghildiyal
-The Times of India NEW delhi: Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) is set for a final burial in March 2017, but the Congress can draw consolation from the fact that the rural housing scheme bearing the name of the former PM will run parallel to Narendra Modi's Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (PMAY) in its final six months. The Union rural development ministry is set to launch the rural PMAY in October. Even so,...
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