Month February 2018
Paving the way for the use of Aadhaar-based Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in State government schemes, the State government has decided to introduce the Karnataka Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, or Aadhaar… Continue Reading →
The Nirav Modi scam has not only exposed the frailties of the banking system in the country but also sullied the sparkling image of the Modi government. It was but natural for a political slugfest to break out as a… Continue Reading →
Exposing the mirage of ‘Modicare’, foregrounding need for Public health provisioning and Public policy innovations as alternative -by Jan Swasthya Abhiyan on Implications of Union Budget 2018-19 Tall claims, but short of funds The Union Budget 2018-19 makes tall claims,… Continue Reading →
“Even now I am under police surveillance. I most humbly pray that my entire liberty may kindly be restored to me,” Hadiya said in her affidavit. TNM Staff In an affidavit filed on Tuesday in the Supreme Court, Kerala Muslim… Continue Reading →
Students of Gobarghati Ashram School staging protest on Monday | Express Tension ran high in Kalinga Nagar Industrial Complex after security personnel deployed at Tata Steel plant allegedly assaulted 33 students and two teachers of a Government-run residential high… Continue Reading →
Gita Aravamudan The sati hands riveted my attention wherever I went. It was the guide at the Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur who drew my attention to them first. “Look at these hands,” he said, pointing to some vermilion-coloured palm prints to the… Continue Reading →
Rema Nagarajan| TNN | HIGHLIGHTS The study shows that hospitals, and not drug makers, are the major beneficiaries of profits from drugs and consumables According to the analysis, hospitals were pushing the industry to print higher MRPs to get bulk supply orders… Continue Reading →
SEEMA MUSTAFA | Current corporate NPAs, if recovered, could clear farmers loans across India NEW DELHI: One diamond dealer Nirav Modi loots a bank of Rs 11,400 crores and takes off with the government not even blinking an eye. At least… Continue Reading →
The pink press was caught napping. Again. By Cherry Agarwal Soon after the Punjab National Bank scam broke, news media was filled with all the righteous noises attacking crony capitalists getting away with looting public banks. Yet again. ‘Another Mallya’ was the refrain…. Continue Reading →
Utilised only 0.444% of the total fund allocated under ‘Housing For All’ scheme for the current fiscal year Mumbai | 20th February, 2018: Like every year, Maharashtra government failed to utilise funds allocated for constructing affordable housing as part of its ambitious… Continue Reading →