Month January 2018
NDTV Investigation: Many of those who did not receive rations were told to come after January 15 as the government had declared it would introduce iris scan and one time password from that day to solve the fingerprint issue. However,… Continue Reading →
She said, Sir-ji, my name is Surpanakha. And I need a new er … card. A sort of Aadhar. He said, but here it says, Surpa-. Sir-ji, that was after my nose was chopped off … A bit of my… Continue Reading →
: Vishwa Mohan| TNN | NEW DELHI: Poor handling of air pollution abatement and forest protection measures has seen India slip to 177th position in green rankings this year from its 141st position two years ago. The latest global Environmental Performance Index… Continue Reading →
Ravi Duggal and Nitin Jadhav Healthcare as a public good should be available free of charge at the point of service delivery. This was the case across India until a flurry of reforms from the early 1990s onwards notified user… Continue Reading →
The suicide of the minor dalit girl in Kunduli of Koraput district in Odisha on 22 January is a moment of reckoning for everyone fighting against the heinous crime of violence against women. She had accused four security personnel… Continue Reading →
Another case of hunger death in Pakur of Jharkhand Pakur, Jan 24 (UNI) A tribal woman allegedly died of hunger in Dhowadnagal village in Hiranpur block of this Jharkhand district, villagers claimed. According to the villagers, the woman, identified… Continue Reading →
The January 5 order of the high court had created much chaos in the state, as a large number of accused continued to languish in jails despite getting bail, but not getting release warrants due to delay in verification of… Continue Reading →
At IIT-Bombay, your day starts with casual sexism and ends with chauvinism MAITREYEE SHUKLA At IIT- B, your day starts with casual sexism and ends with chauvinism, punctuated only by moral policing. I remember, at my orientation that happened a… Continue Reading →
UIDAI’s post-dated cheque ENCORE: After nine years of Aadhaar’s existence, the UIDAI seeks to introduce ‘VID’. Gopal Krishna THE Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) wishes to add more safety features to Aadhaar from March 1. By then, the… Continue Reading →
Richard Mahapatra Income inequality makes agrarian crisis challenging; inequality is worse among farmers than the formal economy While 85 per cent of farmer households earn 9 per cent of total income, the rest earn 91 per cent. Credit: Agnimirh Basu… Continue Reading →