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How A ‘Pro-Poor’ Budget Downplays Programmes That Fund The Poor
Budget speeches are all about messaging. While we all speculated on what the budget will hold for the social sector, many of us, got it wrong. This year’s budget speech did not focus on...
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If The BJP Calls Early Elections, Here Are The Underlying Mathematics
A recent article (“12 reasons why Lok Sabha elections could happen in the next 100 days”) by Rajesh Jain–the architect of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Mission-272 electoral campaign in...
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‘Educated Dalits Are Mobilising Against Upper Caste Antagonism, Rise Of...
Dalit activists protest at Thane railway station in Mumbai on January 3, 2018. Dalits, educated and aware, are now responding to the antagonism of dominant castes and the collateral damage caused by...
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8 Of Every 10 Indian Cities Breathe Toxic Air
People living in eight of every 10 Indian cities breathe toxic dust particles, PM 10, at levels exceeding national safety limits, according to a recent report. National capital Delhi has the worst...
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Indian Babies Heavier Than Ever–And That’s A Good Thing
New Delhi: Indian babies are being born heavier than ever, a sign of better-educated, richer and more aware mothers and better healthcare. Only 18% of live births over five years (2010-15) had low...
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1 Year Left For Swachh Bharat Deadline; 54% Rural Households Defecate In Open
New Delhi: About four (38.9%) of ten Indian households defecated in the open, according to the latest national health data gathered in 2015-16, down from 55.3% a decade before that, a decline of...
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Poor Lung Capacity In 8 Of 10 Delhi Children, Youth
New Delhi: In New Delhi, India’s capital and its most polluted city, eight of every 10 children and youth below 20 years of age living in areas with constantly polluted air have poor lung capacity,...
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One In Four Children In Indian Cities Malnourished. Poverty Isn’t The Only Cause
New Delhi: One in four children in India’s most populous cities was malnourished, and mother’s education, feeding patterns and government service delivery determine child nutrition in addition to...
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28% Rise In Communal Incidents Under NDA, Short Of UPA High
Mumbai: Communal violence under the National Democratic Alliance government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party increased 28% over three years to 2017–822 “incidents” were recorded that year–but it...
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25 Mn Indians In Unprepared Nation At Risk Of Severe Floods By 2040
India could see a six-fold increase in the population exposed to the risk of severe floods by 2040–to 25 million people from the 3.7 million facing this risk between 1971 and 2004–according to a new...
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Haphazard Appointment Of Judges Worsening High Court Judicial Delays
New Delhi: High courts nationwide are 37% short of judges, and ad hoc appointments–not posting judges to courts that need them most–are worsening delays and affecting India’s economy, according to...
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India Getting Basic Vaccines To More Children But Trails Other Emerging Nations
New Delhi: More Indian babies are receiving all basic vaccinations than a decade ago, a sign of better-educated mothers and better healthcare. But India still lags China, which vaccinated more than...
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2017 Worst Year For Terror-Related Civilian Deaths in J&K In 5 Years
Mumbai: The year 2017 saw 358 terrorist-related deaths in Jammu and Kashmir–98% more than in 2013 when 181 deaths were recorded–according to an IndiaSpend analysis of data from the South Asian...
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Conditional Cash Transfer Improves Maternal, Infant Health Care In Odisha:...
There was a 5-percentage-point increase in the possibility of receiving antenatal services–such as full body check ups, blood tests, information about baby’s position and health–due to the Mamata...
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As World Became Less Connected, India Fell 16 Spots On Globalisation Index...
As flows of trade and people fell the world over since the 2008 global financial crash, India dropped 16 spots to 78 from 62 among 140 countries in 11 years to 2015 on a globalisation index brought...
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Tripura, India’s Last Red State, Is Low On Development, High On Social,...
Mumbai: Tripura, the north-eastern Indian state that goes to the polls on Sunday, February 18, 2018, is the last surviving bastion of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M). But the small...
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‘We Don’t Just Have An Environmental Crisis, But A Govt In Denial As Well’
A mini hydel plant in the Western ghats, a biodiversity hotspot. Between 2014-17, 36,500 hectares of forest land–the equivalent of 63 football fields every single day–were diverted for non-forest...
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On India’s Prime Time TV Debates, Women Are Mostly Invisible
All images are screengrabs, and belong to respective channels. Mumbai: On any evening, those watching primetime television news debates in India may get the impression that women rarely have...
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Lakshadweep, Meghalaya Have Most Women Land Holders; Punjab, West Bengal Fewest
Lakshadweep and Meghalaya are the best among all 35 states and union territories of India at providing land rights to women, while Punjab and West Bengal are the worst, according to an index created...
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