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India – Not enough food on the plate 

  The NDA, by its casual indifference to laws and court rulings, is threatening to dismantle the National Food Security Act It is troubling that the Centre has displayed a casual disregard for laws and court rulings that create a… Continue Reading →

First cousin marriages in Pakistani communities leading to ‘appalling’ disabilities among children

Baroness Flather, a cross-bench peer, says it is ‘absolutely appalling’ that first cousin marriages in Pakistani communities are leading to ‘so much disability among children’ Baroness Shreela Flather Photo: Nigel R. Barklie/Rex Features By Steven Swinford, Deputy Political Editor Couples who are getting… Continue Reading →

Baby Dies After 3 Government Hospitals in Delhi Refuse Treatment #WTFnews

Delhi | Written by Sonal Mehrotra | Day-old baby died in Delhi after being denied treatment by 3 government hospitals NEW DELHI:  A day-old baby born was turned away by two government hospitals on Monday and died while waiting at a third. The baby… Continue Reading →

Neither gloves nor saline drip, patients given just half a dose

Every time a patient is brought in, doctors brace for one common procedure. How to tell the relatives to go fetch basic medical equipment as the hospital is out of surgical gloves and critical syringes, saline drips. The 925-bed hospital… Continue Reading →

Modi- In Democracy’s Name, Release Health Data- #censorship

  Withholding health stats amounts to censorship It is a matter of shame that India stands accused of censoring data on petty political grounds. The last two issues of The Economist have brought out results from the Rapid Survey on… Continue Reading →

Don’t insist on dad’s name for birth certificate: SC to municipal bodies

New Delhi: TIMES NEWS NETWORK The Supreme Court has directed munici pal bodies not to insist on the name of the father of a child born outside wedlock for birth certificates, which should be issued mentioning only the moth er’s… Continue Reading →

Talking sex and make-up to a teen in light of her mother’s failed sterilisation

Representational pic Kajal and I were having this conversation while she was taking me to an anganwadi worker’s house.  |  THE INNER COURTYARD  |  5-minute read |   15-06-2015 NEHA DIXIT “Why don’t you wear make-up when you are married?” Kajal asked me. “Just… Continue Reading →

Chattisgarh CM Raman Singh in dock over alleged Rs 1.5 lakh crore PDS scam

Sunday, 5 July 2015 – 6:55am IST | Place: New Delhi | Agency: dna | From the print edition dna Correspondent   Releasing a set of documents, the party alleged that top functionaries of his government and close associates of… Continue Reading →

पंजाब –  अन्न के कटोरे में बिखरी किसानों की हड्डियाँ…

विनय सुल्तान Posted by Praxis on 05 July, 2015 ऐसा मत सोचिए कि इन घटनाओं से देश हिल उठेगा या तूफ़ान खड़ा हो जाएगा. वह नहीं होने वाला क्योंकि ये सारी घटनाएं योजना के तहत हो रही हैं. ऐसा नहीं है… Continue Reading →

India – 18.06 lakh manual scavengers , Maharashtra tops manual scavenging states #WTFnews

Ministry of Rural Development (Government of India) released findings of the Socio-Economic and Caste Census, 2011 of rural India on Friday. The survey done across 17.91 crore rural families has various data sets on households regarding various aspects of their… Continue Reading →

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