Poverty in India will be halved in five years

Jun 24, 2010

‘Extremely poor’ in India will be lesser by 188 million and poverty rate will be reduced from current 51 per cent to 24 per cent in 2015, says United Nations report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) for 2010. However, he report also

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Poverty in India will be halved in five years

Jun 24, 2010

‘Extremely poor’ in India will be lesser by 188 million and poverty rate will be reduced from current 51 per cent to 24 per cent in 2015, says United Nations report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) for 2010. However, he report also

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Child labour act in conflict with education act: Save the Children

Jun 23, 2010

The Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act (CLPRA) is in direct conflict with the Right to Education (RTE) Act and needs to be amended, said Save the Children, a prominent NGO working against child labour. ‘We want the CLPRA to be amended to

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Child labour act in conflict with education act: Save the Children

Jun 23, 2010

The Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act (CLPRA) is in direct conflict with the Right to Education (RTE) Act and needs to be amended, said Save the Children, a prominent NGO working against child labour. ‘We want the CLPRA to be amended to

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Child labour act in conflict with education act: Save the Children

Jun 23, 2010

The Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act (CLPRA) is in direct conflict with the Right to Education (RTE) Act and needs to be amended, said Save the Children, a prominent NGO working against child labour. ‘We want the CLPRA to be amended to

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Child labour act in conflict with education act: Save the Children

Jun 23, 2010

The Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act (CLPRA) is in direct conflict with the Right to Education (RTE) Act and needs to be amended, said Save the Children, a prominent NGO working against child labour. ‘We want the CLPRA to be amended to

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Child labour act in conflict with education act: Save the Children

Jun 23, 2010

The Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act (CLPRA) is in direct conflict with the Right to Education (RTE) Act and needs to be amended, said Save the Children, a prominent NGO working against child labour. ‘We want the CLPRA to be amended to

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Child labour act in conflict with education act: Save the Children

Jun 23, 2010

The Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act (CLPRA) is in direct conflict with the Right to Education (RTE) Act and needs to be amended, said Save the Children, a prominent NGO working against child labour. ‘We want the CLPRA to be amended to

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What BP is to Obama, Bhopal is to _________? Who’ll fill in this blank?

Jun 22, 2010

Why can’t Manmohan Singh get Barack Obama on the hotline and  tell him: ‘Dear Mr President, my country has just realised that the deal that the  Indian government brokered with an American company that had killed 25,000  Indians in Bhopal 25 years ago

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National policy for children has serious flaws: CHETNA

Jun 21, 2010

The Centre for Health Education, Training and Nutrition Awareness (CHETNA), a non-government organisation reviewed the national policy for children and generated a set of recommendations for the new policy, which is expected to be announced by the centre on November 14. A team

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