76 percent RTE violations remain unresolved (April 1 marks two years of the Right to Education Act)
March 31st, 2012 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Two years after the government's flagship education programme came into force, its monitoring body has not been able to resolve as much as 76 percent ... Read more...
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Climate change to affect small farmers: ActionAid
February 28th, 2012 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) More than 80 percent small farmers, contributing to half of India's crop production, will be affected by climate change, which is impacting faster than predicted ... Read more...
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India faces climate change, hunger risks: Report
October 10th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) India has been placed seventh in the list of 21 developing countries for its vulnerability in being able to feed its people and grow food, ... Read more...
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Civil society calls for attention to declining sex ratio
April 1st, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Concerned over the nation's child sex ratio declining to 914 females per 1,000 males, experts from civil society here Friday called for a countrywide response ... Read more...
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Do more to combat hunger, say NGOs (Oct 16 is World Food Day)
October 15th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) On the eve of World Food Day and in the backdrop of the release of the Global Hunger Index report 2010, civil society organisations Friday said India ... Read more...
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Inclusive growth needed to combat hunger: ActionAid India
October 14th, 2010 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) A more inclusive growth policy targeted at marginalised communities and protection of their basic rights is required to combat hunger in India, international NGO ActionAid said Thursday."The ... Read more...
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Victims of cyclonic storm in east India await relief
April 17th, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Victims of the devastating cyclonic storm in north Bengal, east Bihar and Assam, which left more than 120 people dead and several thousand homeless, are yet to ... Read more...
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Investor sells Vedanta shares over human rights violations
February 18th, 2010 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) After the Church of England, another British investor has decided to sell its shares worth 2.2 million pounds (Rs.159 million/$3.5 million) in the Indian-owned mining company Vedanta ... Read more...
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Coming up, beauty pageant for transgenders
December 17th, 2009 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 17 (IANS) A beauty pageant featuring transgenders would be organised here Saturday to sensitise people towards the rights of the community, an NGO official said Thursday.
Organised by ActionAid, UNAIDS and ... Read more...
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Whose night shelter is it anyway?
December 16th, 2009 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Sunayan Bhattacharjee
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) At Rs.6 a night, Delhi's night shelters probably offer the cheapest accommodation in town. So even those who can afford better are opting for it ... Read more...
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Half of India’s children malnourished, says NGO report
October 16th, 2009 - 2:33 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) As the world observes World Food Day Friday, India, with 47 percent of its children under the age of six malnourished, ranks below countries like Bangladesh and ... Read more...
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Host of activities to mark Global AIDS action week
May 17th, 2008 - 6:37 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Demanding stronger response and accountability towards HIV/AIDS patients, activists, NGOs and the patients themselves will come together in 30 countries, including India, to observe the Global AIDS ... Read more...
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Across India, they decry unruly MPs
February 29th, 2008 - 11:06 am ICT by admin
By Murali Krishnan
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Doctors, academics, police officers, company executives, activists... There is widespread anger amomg people across the length and breadth of India over the unending disruption of ... Read more...
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