-The Business Standard About 20% of area under crop damaged by recent cyclone in Araku valley Bangalore: Cyclone Hudhud, which left a trail of destruction in coastal Andhra Pradesh, has left its mark on coffee plantations in the Araku valley in Andhra Pradesh and parts of Odisha as well. The upcoming organic coffee plantations in the valley have been devastated. According to Coffee Board, about 20 per cent of the bean-bearing plants have...
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‘Marital and other rapes grossly under-reported’ -Rukmini S
-The Hindu Just 2.3 per cent of rape was by men other than the husba Husbands commit a majority of acts of sexual violence in India, and just one per cent of marital rapes and six per cent of rapes by men other than husbands are reported to the police, new estimates show. In keeping with the widely held belief among women's rights activists in India that sexual violence is grossly under-reported, social...
More »A workforce on the move, literally -S Chandrasekhar
-The Hindu Business Line The number of people commuting between rural and urban areas and across geographies has risen dramatically In the last couple of decades, the number of people commuting between rural and urban areas on a daily basis has seen an explosive growth. This includes unskilled workers without a fixed place of work. According to the National SAMple Survey Organisation, between 1993-94 and 2009-10, India saw a nearly fourfold increase (from...
More »Having Lost His Eye Sight, He Built A Successful Company With 200 Other Visually Impaired People -Shreya Pareek
-TheBetterIndia.com Bhavesh Bhatia lost his eyesight in his early 20s. As the light faded from his eyes, instead of lamenting on his fate, he decided to learn the art of candle making and light up the lives of others like him. Bhatia today runs a huge candle manufacturing enterprise that provides employment to hundreds of visually impaired people and has clients across the globe. Read how this inspiring man converted this...
More »WTO Talks Inconclusive, Discussion to Continue
-Outlook Geneva: With India sticking to its tough stand, efforts to break the impasse in the WTO on trade facilitation agreement and food security issues today proved futile and further consultations will continue over the week. The General Council of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which met after a gap of over two months, could not make much headway. "I will be holding a series of meetings in a range of different configurations....
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