Indian agrarian crisis and impact on banking
By Riyaz A Bhat This crisis has been attributed to growing burden of credit on farming community and their inability of making repayment as a result […]
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Youth largest victim of road accidents in India
By Bisheshwar Mishra 1.5 lakh person killed in road accidents last year. Road accidents in India decrease by 4.1% during 2016, fatalities rise by 3.2%. The […]
Soon, law to prevent abuse in NRI marriages, senior official says
By Jaideep Shenoy MANGALURU: Laws to protect Indian women who are abandoned by their NRI (non-resident Indian) husbands or foreign partners to be finalised soon, said Rakesh Srivastava, secretary, ministry […]
Educating India’s Dalit Children Can Change the Discourse Around Caste
Schools that provide high-quality, gender-balanced education for the children of underprivileged Dalit families can improve the economic well-being of entire communities and start to break […]
BSNL and Coriant Enter into Agreement to Chart Path to 5G and IoT in India
Memorandum of Understanding Lays Foundation for Innovation in Network Architectures and Services Leveraging 5G, IoT, SDN/NFV, and Mobile Edge Computing Technologies NEW DELHI: India’s leading […]
Banks to provide funds at 7% to women self help groups under DAY-NRLM
Banks will be subvented to the extent of difference between the Weighted Average Interest Charged and 7 percent subject to the maximum limit of 5.5 […]
What schools have to do with health
By Arvind Virmani Every time a “hunger index” comes out, it attracts wide publicity and discussion. Nobody seems to notice that the “hunger index” doesn’t measure […]
Agrarian distress persisting as farmers are not getting the right advice: Shyam Khadka
By Sayantan Bera In India, 9 million people left farming between 2001 and 2011 largely due to distress, not because industry invited them, says Shyam Khadka, […]
Integrated Farming Finds Success in India with Help of Nuclear Science
By Mohammad Zaman Farmers have teamed up with scientists to find new ways to produce more food, improve the quality of their farmland and earn more […]
India’s loss is over Rs. 60 lakh crore each year due to poor healthcare: Vazirani
New Delhi: The 10th Medtech Conference of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) witnessed the coming together of officials from the Central and State government, stalwarts from the […]