May 28, 2014: In 1883, Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu became the first female graduates of India. They excelled as a medicine expert and an educationist respectively; thereby demystifying the myth that women cannot venture out and contribute....
Panaji, May 27, 2013: Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday called the Right to Education (RTE) Act as Union Minister Kapil Sibal's "absolutely foolish policy". "RTE Act is Kapil Sibal's absolutely foolish policy. There are certain parameters....
May 21, 2013: Young girls in rural Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are yet to switch over to the use of sanitary napkins during menstruation whereas in Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Odisha, the use of sanitary napkins for better hygiene is really catching up....
New Delhi, May 15, 2013: The Annual Plan for the year 2013-14 for Bihar was finalized here today at a meeting between Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister of Bihar, Sh. Nitish Kumar. The plan size has been ag....
Chennai, May 13, 2013: The death of two workers in a sewage tank in Chennai revives the call for the eradication of manual scavenging. By R. ILANGOVAN THAT manual scavenging continues to be a national shame became evident once again when two Dalits died....
Nashik, May 6, 2013: The need to build new public toilet facilities in the city for women will be raised by a corporator during the general body meeting of Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Tuesday.....
Kerala, May 1, 2013: The Kerala government has recently released a draft health policy 2013. Its objective is to position good health as the product of development agenda including water supply, nutrition, sanitation, prevention of ecological degradation....
