Trivial gap in Maternity Entitlement : before & after NFSA
Bijayini Mohanty : Numbers of developmental schemes has been implemented in India as well as states. But the high Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) is always […]
Month: April 2017
5 climate change challenges India needs to wake up to
In the lead up to the anniversary of the signing the Paris Climate Agreement we need to re-assess climate change–induced national risks. On the 46th […]
Indian doctors suffer bias within UK medical system: Report
Doctors trained in countries like India are suffering from an inherent bias within the UK medical system, a new report has indicated. An analysis of […]
IITs earmark 14% special quota for girls from 2018
NEW DELHI: In order to address the decline of women candidates at the premier engineering institutions of the country, the Indian Institutes of Technology have […]
Cairn India, partners to invest Rs3,240 crore in Ravva Field
Hyderabad: Cairn India Limited, along with its partners is set to invest Rs3,240 crore in the Ravva Fields in the Krishna-Godavari Basin, to undertake 20 […]
Illegal sand miners in India make ₹1,611-cr profit every year: Australian film
India is facing a serious environmental crisis with rampant illegal sand mining fetching Rs1,611 crore in profits every year, a documentary by the Australian Broadcasting […]
Agri reforms soon to augment farm income
NEW DELHI: The agriculture ministry in consultation with the Niti Aayog has identified a set of nine marketing reforms to ensure remunerative prices to farmers […]
DAY scheme: Women participate in rural development ministry event in New Delhi
New Delhi: Women from across the country came together on Friday at an event organized by the rural development ministry in New Delhi and swapped […]
630 million people in India, SE Asia using water from faeces-contaminated sources: WHO
Around 630 million people in southeast Asian countries, including India, use a faeces-contaminated drinking water source, the WHO said on Friday. Worldwide, the global health […]
India needs to catch up on gender parity: Jaitley
Conceding that India is still lagging behind on issues of gender parity, Union Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday that […]