-The Hindu Business Line Kolkata: Everyone knew that the bomb was ticking. But, there was not much action to curb the mushrooming ponzi schemes that were collecting thousands of crores from hapless investors across West Bengal since 2007-08. Some promised to grow money by 34 times in 25 years by investing in teak bonds. Others offered to double money in 15 months by investing in the potato trade. As a result, investments...
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Rain and gale dash mango farmers’ hopes -Rajulapudi Srinivas
-The Hindu Heaps of fruit lay scattered in many orchards in Krishna district KEERTIRAYANIGUDEM (KRISHNA DT.): Farmers have expected a ‘windfall' and consumers are eagerly waiting for the ‘king of fruit' to enter the market. But, Saturday's rain and gale dashed the hopes of one and all. Farmers, however, were the worst-hit. The early morning activity in the mango orchards in the Central and Western Krishna district on Sunday reflected the extent of damage...
More »Daughter deficit?-R Krishnakumar
-Frontline Is there a shift in the attitude of Kerala society towards the value of daughters? Is son preference spreading in a State once known to be above extreme gender bias? A recent study on child sex ratio generates more questions than it answers. By R. KRISHNAKUMAR in Thiruvananthapuram ABORTION of female foetuses after parents learn of their gender using medical diagnostic techniques is believed to be one of the central reasons...
More »Casteist, anti-woman stand of Loksatta candidates land them in trouble-Sudipto Mondal
-The Hindu One candidate asked to withdraw nomination, two others reprimanded Bangalore: The Loksatta Party, which is set to make its debut in the coming Karnataka Assembly elections promising "clean" politics, has run into trouble with three of its candidates taking public positions that appear to run counter to the party's stated ideological vision and standpoint. Phanisai Bhardwaj, the party's candidate for Bangalore South, has said on his facebook page: "Apolish [abolish] reservation...
More »Juvenile homes are hellholes, says report on child rape -Aarti Dhar
-The Hindu Asian Centre for Human Rights blames Centre, States for continuing assault There was a 336 per cent increase in child rape cases in the country between 2001 and 2011, a large number of the crimes committed in juvenile justice homes run and aided by the government. Citing National Crime Records Bureau statistics, the latest report on child sexual assaults in India says 48,338 rape cases were reported during the decade. Tip of...
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