-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Arun Mehta wanted to do more with his engineering skills than stare at a computer screen all day. He wanted to use his skills to interact with and empower different kinds of people. Mehta, who has coded a software for scientist Stephen Hawking, has developed many software and apps for people with disabilities. Bhushan Verma, a multimedia professional, developed a tool for children to help them...
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Origins and reining in of sand mafias-Manoj Misra
-Down to Earth blog Simply put, the sand mafias originated because the sand business is low investment, low risk and high returns, notwithstanding few roadblocks like Ms Durga Shakti Nagpal or the media taking up her cause as a cause celebre! For they know well that with raw material (sand) in easy reach and end user (realty sector) little bothered wherefrom or legality of the ware, business as usual, no matter, shall...
More »Cops blame illicit relations for soaring crime graph in UP -Faiz Rahman Siddiqui
-The Times of India KANPUR: Murder over betrayal in love-affairs and relationships is one of the major reasons behind the soaring crime graph in the state. According to a study conducted by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), as many as 28,145 persons were killed nationwide in crime of passions between 2001 and 2012. Uttar Pradesh accounted for nearly 4,200 of these murders. Andhra Pradesh leads the list with 4,901 killings followed by...
More »Two out of three say UPA is corrupt-Rukmini S
-The Hindu Growing number believe that the BJP is better at handling corruption Two out of three people feel that the UPA-2 is corrupt and that corruption has iNCReased over the last four years, while a growing number believe that the BJP is better at handling corruption than the UPA, according to the CSDS poll. Even though corruption is only the fifth most important issue for voters in the 2014 elections, according to...
More »Most murders by spurned lovers in Andhra and UP, says crime study -Varinder Bhatia
-The Indian Express When it comes to murders due to "betrayals" in "love affairs or sexual relationships", Andhra Pradesh heads the list with 4,901 deaths, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 4,200 deaths in the period between 2001-2012, according to a study conducted by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The study lists different categories of motives and causes of murders in the country - "gain, property dispute, love affairs or sexual relationships,...
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