Day February 2, 2018
NT Bureau File photo of a ration shop. Chennai: In a major breach of privacy, the official website of Tamilnadu government’s Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department has published ration card details like phone numbers, address and card numbers in… Continue Reading →
If all 320 female candidates are ratified, Cuba would become the second country in the world to boast a female majority in parliament. | Photo: Reuters If all 320 female candidates are ratified, Cuba would become the second country in… Continue Reading →
The 80,000-page chargesheet filed by the investigating agency names 34 persons, including former bureaucrats and Atul Bansal, a promoter of ABW Builders. The CBI has filed a charge sheet against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and 34… Continue Reading →
Rina Chandran PALLUR, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Fed up with local officials denying their demand for land, 40 women decided to form a collective and simply start farming a plot near their village of Pallur, in India’s southern… Continue Reading →
Prachi Salve, More Indians than ever before now have access to a toilet, but little attention to education and changing attitudes means that at least 522 million Indians still defecate in the open–leaving many millions susceptible to disease and poverty. … Continue Reading →
Plastic once released into the environment has a pernicious impact on biodiversity and life everywhere. In the sea, rivers and estuaries, lakes, farmland, commons, etc., and also in the far reaches of the Arctic or in the middle of oceans,… Continue Reading →
Speaking publicly for the first time, a historian reveals the crucial role that he and a small band of others played in helping Daniel Ellsberg leak the documents to journalists. By Eric Lichtblau In 1971, Gar Alperovitz played a vital, clandestine role… Continue Reading →
It seems that every media house has chosen to make a brief exchange between Chandrachud J and Shyam Divan yesterday the centrepiece of its Aadhaar coverage. So, a clarification is in order. Shyam Divan did not say… Continue Reading →
Health, Education, Sanitation Budget Appears To Be Most In 3 Years. It Isn’t by Alison Saldanha, Prachi Salve & Vipul Vivek While funding for health, education and sanitation programmes in budget 2018-19 appears to be the highest over the… Continue Reading →
HIGHLIGHTS In the video, the DG can be seen vowing to build the temple, even if he has to go against the Supreme Court’s order As the video went viral on the internet, the DG was quick to dismiss… Continue Reading →