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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India suggests RTI for climate change bodies
Priscilla Jebaraj
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Clinics to help villagers use RTI
Several voluntary organisations working to create awareness on Right to Information Act have decided to set up
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Voluntary service
WHILE a good many people in the country know that the Central and State governments have a number of plans and projects to bring about development
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Towards understanding the right to water and sanitation
The right to water and sanitation is necessary for the enjoyment of other human rights, including the right to life and human dignity, the right to health, the right to adequate food, the right to development and the right to a healthy environment.
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The Right to Know
The proposed amendments to the RTI Act will reduce and not expand its scope and power. (Editorial)
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Ghost of mining lease still haunts UPSCIC
The ghost of Mining department continues to haunt UP
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Address vaccine shortage to avert health disaster, says Brinda Karat
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Brinda Karat, MP and Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member, has asked Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to look into the issue of shortage of vaccines in the country and take steps to procure them in adequate quantities to avert a
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Show pollution certificate to get fuel refill, cops told
An RTI query has finally got the Delhi Police cracking. In a bid to prepare a response to an RTI petition, the Delhi Police has now made it mandatory for its personnel to show updated pollution certificates every time they get their government vehicles refilled.
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Commercial breach
the association of physicians in India has decided to raise Rs 1 crore through endorsements this financial year. The decision comes a year after the Indian Medical Association, or ima, faced flak for endorsing food products. When ima had endorsed PepsiCo
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These school students have mining dust for company
The 12 students of Sonshi Government Primary School in Sattari have nothing, but mining dust for company during their school hours. There is no playground or any open space in front of the school. No sooner the students step out of their classrooms they are catapulted into the thick of mining activities.