Beti Bachao made some gains, but 9 yrs on Haryana’s hunger for sons is fuelling a booming female foeticide racket, an investigation by ThePrint found. Sex ratio & FIRs are both dropping.
Haryana is slipping again and Beti Bachao has become just another govt programme. Targets, slogans, incentives are all lost in the great Indian bureaucratic complacency.
Former sarpanch of Bibipur village, Sunil Jaglan will be part of week-long celebration leading up to 100th episode airing on 30 April. Modi has mentioned him often in his radio address.
For 3 years, Sunita Xaxa was tortured, allegedly at the hands of suspended BJP leader Seema Patra, at whose Ranchi home she worked as a domestic help. Patra was arrested Wednesday.
Parliamentary panel has asked the WCD ministry to submit action plan by 30 June on rising cases of violence against women, suggests a bill be introduced to tackle trafficking.
Economic Survey praises Modi govt for using behavioural economics to popularise schemes such as 'Swachh Bharat', says it's needed for more informed policy-making.
India needs to add nearly 90 million more women to workforce to match participation levels in developed economies, according to CSEP paper. Need for quality jobs also highlighted.
Ottawa has handed over execution functions of critical defence projects to a CEO-led organisation for reducing procurement timelines and making it solely accountable for outcomes.
Diljit Dosanjh-starrer Satluj doesn’t blame any political party or individual politicians. We only know the demographic in Punjab it’s bound to trigger the most.
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