Goa, Kerala best states in which to be born in India

Kounteya Sinha, TNN | Feb 2, 2012 NEW DELHI: Goa and Kerala seem to be the best place to be born in India, while Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha are the worst. According to the latest Union health ministry data, Goa recorded the lowest infant mortality rate – 10 infant deaths per 1,000 live [...]

India deadliest place in world for girl child

Rukmini Shrinivasan TNN | Feb 1, 2012 An Indian girl child aged 1-5 years is 75% more likely to die than an Indian boy, making this the worst gender differential in child mortality for any country in the world, reveals a new study.

Internship is a great learning

AIESEC leaders chalk out future strategies AMIT CHOUDHRY CHANDIGARH, NOVEMBER 7 AIESEC India’s four-day national conference organised at the North Park brought together AIESEC India’s top leadership from across the country. Here’s a glimpse of what it was all about. ‘‘The conference is a platform where leadership from the top echelons of local committees come [...]

RTE Act may open floodgates to school fee hike

TIMES NEWS NETWORK Hyderabad: City parents have lost their battle against fee hike in private schools, and they have the Right to Education Act to blame for it. While the Act bans capitation fee, it gives schools the liberty to charge under other heads such as tuition fee. Worse, Union HRD minister had clarified before [...]

250 mothers will die of childbirth in India today

‘Of every 70 girls who reach reproductive age in India, one will eventually die because of pregnancy, childbirth or unsafe abortion compared to one in 7,300 in the developed world’

కన్నీటి వరదలో రాజోళి, అలంపురం

తుంగభద్రలో అనూహ్యమైన వరద వచ్చినందువల్ల, సుంకేశుల ఆనకట్ట నిర్మాణంలో గతంలో జరిగిన అవకతవకల వల్ల, ప్రస్తుతం ఆ ఆనకట్ట తెగిపోయినందువల్ల ఆ రాతిగోడమీది నుంచి వరద ఊళ్లోకి ప్రవేశించింది. అసలు సుంకేశుల ఆనకట్ట నిర్మాణం దగ్గరి నుంచీ ఊళ్లోకి ప్రవేశించిన బురదను ఎత్తిపోయడం దాకా ప్రభుత్వ, అధికార యంత్రాంగం లోపాలు, నిర్లక్ష్యాలు, అక్రమాలు ఎన్నో ఉన్నాయి.

Floods may trigger school dropouts

BYE, BYE SCHOOL? Schools Still In Badly Damaged State, Say NGOs The recent floods may trigger huge school dropouts particularly among poorer sections as 484 schools have suffered severe damage affecting 82,000 students in Kurnool, Mahbubnagar and Krishna districts. The students have lost books, uniforms, records, certificates and everything connected to their studies, according to [...]

Ravaged Rajoli villagers struggle to survive

Displaced by floods, rajoli villagers fight for survival 90 % of 500-odd houses in Rajoli had collapsed, Rajoli suffered a huge loss on account of damage to weavers’ units Rahul RAJOLI (Mahabubnagar dt.): Hundreds of poor families are literally on the road in this tiny village as they have pitched tents made of sarees after [...]

Rajoli weavers in despair over lost livelihood

Nearly 5,000 handloom weavers who lost their looms face mounting debts G Arun Kumar | TNN Rajoli (Mahbubnagar): For the 5,000-odd weavers of this town, the last straw came in the form of nature’s fury like they have never seen before. In a matter of a few hours on that fateful October 2, the gushing [...]

Rajoli ravaged by floods

Village is renowned for its handloom products S.Venugopal RAJOLI (Mahabubnagar district): The unprecedented flood has taken the sheen out of this village located on the banks of Tungabhadra river. A rich village with about 40,000 population, Rajoli is acclaimed for its handloom products which are in good demand. The flood that ravaged the village on [...]