In this Lok Sabha, 78 women MPs have been elected, one of them is Pramila Bisoi of Orissa, who once used to work as a cook in Anganwadi. She has helped women in self help group (SHG) on a large scale and has now been elected as an MP in the 17th Lok Sabha. 70-year-old […]
Climate change, depletion of groundwater, loss of biodiversity is the major concerns for India. Unless we act fast, it has the potential to cause damage to the life and the planet. World Environment day celebrated on 5 June encourages global awareness and action towards protecting our environment. It is not important to do something big […]
Following a national news agency report that an ‘unprecedented hike in bank fraud cases’ happened under the Modi government watch in 2017-18, politicians are coming out with their reactions. It remains to be seen what the finance minister says on the issue. “Through an RTI query, it has been revealed that the the bank fraud […]
NEW DELHI: Of the 56 ministers who took oath on Thursday 30 May and are part of either the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha, 51 are crorepatis and 22 have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). It said eight ministers have declared their educational qualification to […]
NEW DELHI: The Union government in its first Cabinet meeting on Friday (May 31) approved a new scheme, which assures minimum monthly pension of Rs. 3,000 to all shopkeepers, retail traders and self employed persons after attaining the age of 60 years, fulfilling its poll promise. The decision taken at the Union Cabinet meeting chaired […]
The continued effort of union health ministry goes in vain to prevent the entry of electronic cigarette or e-cigarette companies into India as a latest survey has found that 36 brands have been selling the devices illegally in the country since the last three years. An e-cigarette is a handheld electronic device that simulates the experience […]
Bihar is in the no 1 ranking! The state registered about 8 lakh NOTA votes. That means, about 8 lakh people went to polling booths and recorded their disappointment and rejection of all the candidates. In 17 constituencies, the NOTA vote share was above 2%. “It’s not surprising at all,” said Manoj Patel, a voter […]
The Indian Government is set to release the National Education Policy as well as a brave Rs one and a half lakh crore plan to tweak higher education. Some say that this is likely to be announced in the next week or so. In what could be one of the first new initiatives of the […]
Elections are over and now we are waiting for the results but the issue that is very important but did not receive attention in the election campaigns of all major parties is the country’s growing water crisis. According to a report by NITI Aayog, our country is “suffering from the worst water crisis in its history”. It […]
Dalits have always been the disadvantaged community. They are always deprived of their rights and thus for them the right to equality is just a word for them. In a recent incident the Kushinagar-Deoria Mushar (rat catcher) resident are living in constant fear as they have been beaten, their women are mistreated, their ration and […]
In the population of 1.3 billion people in India one out of every ten people does not get access to clean drinking water. According to world resource institute almost 600 million people in India are at high risk of being unable to continue relying on surface water especially in northwest and south. According to a […]
The hill farmers of Uttrakhand have to give away their chemical pesticides as the government has asked them to adopt organic farming. In the run to save Ganga the scheme of organic farming has been introduced by the government to keep Ganga free from toxic chemicals. This scheme will also help the farmers to increase […]
