New India coastal law will hurt environment, fishermen’s livelihoods – activists
By Rina Chandran MUMBAI : Â (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Planned changes to India’s coastal zone law to allow reclaiming land from the sea and the […]
Month: April 2017
Telangana urges Centre to link MGNREGA to agriculture
Hyderabad : Â With the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) creating shortage of farm labourers, Telangana on Friday urged the Centre to link […]
What Needs To Change In Our Agricultural Policies To Stop Farmer Suicides
Posted by Aniruddh Shrivastava New Delhi : In 2016, the Union Sports Ministry passed a resolution to transfer sports from the State List to the Concurrent […]
Delhi: Home Ministry bars public health NGO from receiving funds from the Gates Foundation
New Delhi : The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act registration of the Delhi-based Public Health Foundation of India, […]
New Delhi hosts Aajeevika Handicraft Mela
New Delhi :Â The Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, presents a ten-day exhibition in the national capital, New Delhi, under its National Rural Livelihood […]
Tap water project in deep waters
PATNA: An ambitious water supply project for Patna seems to have been so messed up by Bihar officials that an annoyed Centre has now asked […]
Beyond monsoon forecasts: India must learn to manage its bounty of water
New Delhi : It is reassuring that as per current data projections, the India Meteorological Department expects the monsoon to be “normal”, with likely rainfall […]
Manipur Govt. launches skill development scheme to empower youth
Imphal :Â With the aim to empower the youth of the state, a skill development centre under the aegis ‘Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana? was inaugurated […]
MCD polls: Congress youth manifesto released, promises skill development
New Delhi : The Congress on Wednesday released its youth manifesto for MCD polls, promising to open skill development centres and livelihood security department in […]
India’s human rights record superior
MANGALURUÂ : Former Chief of Indian Army Ved Prakash Malik on Wednesday said that no country in the world follows human rights as much as India […]