-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A larger number of unmarried, sexually active women are now opting for safe sex. The National Family Health Survey 2015-16, conducted by the health ministry, found that the use of condoms had gone up in 10 years from 2% to 12% among sexually active unmarried women aged 15 to 49 years. The maximum use of condoms among unmarried women was seen in the 20-24 years age...
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Numbers aren't neutral -AS Panneerselvan
-The Hindu Analysing data without providing sufficient context is dangerous An inherent challenge in journalism is to meet deadlines without compromising on quality, while sticking to the word limit. However, brevity takes a toll when it comes to reporting on surveys, indexes, and big data. Let me examine THRee sets of stories which were based on surveys and carried prominently by this newspaper, to understand the limits of presenting data without providing...
More »Kashmir's information warriors -Vidya Venkat
-The Hindu Where the citizen-government gap is bridged by using the RTI Act for administrative reforms April 18, 2014 is a day the shepherds around Budgam town near Srinagar will not forget. This was the day when Tosa Maidan — a vast pasture that shepherds from seven districts traditionally grazed their livestock in — was reclaimed from the Indian Army. Leased out to the Army in 1964, Tosa Maidan or ‘the king of...
More »'Plastic is poor man's friend': Padma Shri winner Rajagopalan Vasudevan uses waste to build roads -Vinita Govindarajan
-Scroll.in The ‘Plastic Man of India’ has found a way to reuse plastic waste and to make durable roads. A 73-year-old retired chemistry professor from the Thiagarajar Engineering College in Madurai was on Thursday named as one of the 73 recipients of the Padma Shri, the government’s fourth highest civilian honour. Rajagopalan Vasudevan is known as the “Plastic Man of India” for devising an innovative way of disposing of plastic waste...
More »Hunger kills mother who gave all the food to kids -Piyush Srivastava
-The Telegraph Lucknow: A mother who gave all her food to her daughters for days allegedly died of starvation while the country was observing Republic Day. Amir Jahan, 45, who lived in a rented room in Moradabad town, had been given six chapattis by an impoverished neighbour on Thursday night. She gave all of it to her THRee daughters and went to bed on an empty stomach. She never woke on Friday morning...
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