Adding diversity to plate
The Government of India has proposed mandatory rice fortification to tackle the issue of malnutrition in the country. The process of fortification includes externally adding nutrients to a food item with
Right To Information (RTI)
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List info on biospheres, endangered flora and fauna orders CIC
Soon the information on the country's flora, fauna, bioshpere and the evaluation report to see if the money spend is actually helping the cause will be available at the click of a mouse away. And not just
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PIL against dumping garbage near HC compound
A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here alleging that the Madurai Collector and Executive Officers of Uthangudi, Y. Othakadai and Narasingam Panchayats have not taken steps to clear the garbage and drainage water stagnation abutting the exclusive pathway for High Court judges on the eastern side of the court compound.
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Much ado about GM-free baigan ka bharta for record books
New Delhi: It was a grand lunch fit to feed an army. Chefs from Le Meridien, Indian Institute of Hotel Management and Indian Culinary Forum prepared two mammoth containers of mouth-watering, traditional
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Death of an activist
It is becoming clearer by the day that the life of a dogged RTI activist is always at risk. (Editorial)
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CIC pulls up Delhi Government
Delay in putting up seniority list of persons whose land has been acquired The Central Information Commission has noted with concern that there have been repeated delays by the Delhi Government's Land and Building Department in the matter of putting up “the seniority list of persons whose land has been acquired and also a list of persons to whom recommendations for alternative plots has been made”.
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Your right to be heard: First draft of grievance redressal Bill ready
At a time of national uproar over corruption and the Lokpal Bill, the government is proposing to enact a law making it compulsory for every ministry and department to act within 30 days on complaints from
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Delhi Cabinet, BJP demand a stronger Lokpal Bill
Sheila for bringing Chief Ministers under Lokpal's jurisdiction Realising that Anna Hazare's fast for the Jan Lokpal Bill has struck a chord with a large number of Delhiites, both the Delhi Cabinet and the Opposition BJP on Wednesday tried to score brownie points over the issue by demanding a stronger Lokpal.
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Yes, there is an alternative
There are two broad governance issues that concern every citizen in this country today: corruption at different levels in the government, and grievances arising from the government’s poor functioning.
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PIL against raising of road levels
GUWAHATI, Aug 22 – The constant practice of raising the levels of the city roads has led to the sinking of the plinth levels of the houses located along these roads and water logging even is some newly
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The Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India [ BRAI] Bill 2011 – The bill to end the right to safe food!
<p> Genetically Engineered/Modified (GE/GM) crops are organisms created artificially in labs by forcibly inserting genes of unrelated organisms into the genetic structure of the plant. Genetically