Today's Headlines
03.06.2008
India's Planning Commission has cautioned against treating left-wing extremism in the country as a mere law and order problem while drawing attention to its socio-economic dimensions. Poverty, lack of access to forest resources and other deprivations are cited as reasons for growth of
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03.06.2008
The rare one-horned rhinoceros in Nepal is on a steady decline due to rampant poaching. The endangered species, also found in northeastern India, is highly prized for its horns considered to have aphrodisiac qualities, say wildlife experts.
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03.06.2008
World leaders will seek solutions to the current crisis at the world food security conference starting June 3 in Rome. India will call attention to faulty policies and diversion of agricultural land for biofuels as its main causes, and not because Indians and Chinese are eating more.
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02.06.2008
Even as India debates its laws and attitudes towards homosexuality, gay parties and clubs get open space in the southern city of Bangalore. A young cosmopolitan expatriate population and new workforce policies are helping the city become acceptant of same-sex couples.
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02.06.2008
India’s death penalty system is discriminatory and arbitrary according to a latest report released by human rights watchdog, Amnesty International India and Peoples Union for Civil Liberties. Analysing various Supreme Court judgments, the report reveals that no clear guidelines exist with regard to awarding capital punishment.
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02.06.2008
Farmers in Myanmar’s cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta are racing against the clock to grow rice as paddy fields remain flooded with salt water and with no livestock to plough. Once called ‘the rice bowl of Asia’, the region relies heavily on its June harvest to meet its domestic and export needs.
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30.05.2008
A recent visit by an NGO to a primary government school in Delhi reveals a dismal state of education. Despite a new building and all infrastructural facilities, the school offers little to its students. This case is but a reflection of the situation commonly faced by most of the city’s poorer children.
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30.05.2008
Aimed at legalising equal rights for women in Bangladesh, the National Women's Development Policy proposed by the government is facing stiff resistance from Islamic hardliners. The pro-woman policy is inviting the wrath of clerics for violating the Koran.
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30.05.2008
Burma should accept all aid unconditionally, says Human Rights Watch. The military government’s response to emergency relief as a matter of national security reflects the state’s oppression over its people. The UN estimates that less than half of those affected by the cyclone have received any form of aid.
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29.05.2008
Only 27% of India's rural schools have electricity and half of them have toilets for girls. A survey carried out in 11 countries in Latin America, Asia and North Africa by UNESCO reveals that lack of resources and poor socio-economic status of parents result in low turnout of students.
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