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Gaps in a Mission

If the National Rural Health Mission aims to be a holistic scheme, it should have more clarity on the devolution of responsibilities and power and sho

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A Bill and its import

A new piece of legislation the government plans is a threat to the existing law that guarantees all measures to encourage breast-feeding, which is imp

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A scathing indictment

The exoneration of the historians involved with the "Towards Freedom Project" in the interim report of the Bandopadhyay Committee is evidence of the B

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Focus on nutrition

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Victims of coercion

A two-day tribunal in Delhi discusses the misery that coercive population policies and the two-child norm have inflicted on the weaker sections in man

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Press workers' protest

Hindustan Times Limited's decision to dismiss 362 workers draws criticism from trade unions.

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The population bogey

Disregarding the well-established principles of demography, the Sangh Parivar continues to thrive on myths about the growth rate of the Muslim populat

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The real concerns

The controversy over the population growth rates only serves to deflect attention from serious issues such as the declining sex ratios.

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BREATH OF DEATH

Silicosis continues to be a major killer in certain areas of Delhi and its neighbourhood where workers of stone-crushing and quarrying units are explo

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Slow to act

At a convention of Sahmat, historians voice the demand of secular-minded forces to undo the damage done to NCERT textbooks during the rule of the BJP-

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A crucial intervention

A two-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court orders the completion of construction of the portion of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal in Punjab and directs the

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A resurgent Left

The Left's re-emergence as a significant force at the Centre, with the highest number of seats in the Lok Sabha since Independence, owes a lot to its

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