11,000 girls in Odisha are mothers before 15: Study
2015-04-10
Of the 5.91 million girls below the age of 1,541,729 girls were already marriedContinue Reading
Meet India’s only woman undertaker
2015-04-10
Esther Anita Brown works where the living dread to treadContinue Reading
White House installs gender-neutral bathroom
2015-04-10
The US president is determined to lead by exampleContinue Reading
Sex ratio kills honeymoon dream in Gujarat
2015-04-09
Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar — PM Narendra Modi may be the most famous ‘bachelor’ from Gujarat, but the state is home to 629,000 unheralded men above 30 and 40 years who are unmarried — according to Census 2011. And majority of them are not single by choice. The number is a manifestation of theContinue Reading
Salesians to open Goa’s first agriculture college
2015-04-09
Panaji — A full-fledged agriculture college offering degree courses to students desiring to make a career in the agrarian field will soon become a reality in Goa. The Salesian Society of Goa (Don Bosco) is making all efforts to set up such an institution at its Don Bosco Agro Ed Complex,Continue Reading
India fails to meet illiteracy rate reduction target
2015-04-09
A new Unesco global education report says India could reduce illiteracy rate only by 26 percentContinue Reading
Madhya Pradesh to stop child marriages
2015-04-09
Akshay Tritiya falls on April 21 this yearContinue Reading
Push for cleaner stoves to cut pollution
2015-04-09
The smoke is responsible for premature deaths from cancer and other diseasesContinue Reading
Catholic schools in Imphal close down indefinitely again
2015-04-09
A militant group imposed an indefinite ban of Catholic schools allegedly for ‘failing to conform to the sincere proposal of the outfit and the public’Continue Reading
Rights commission seeks report on Andhra encounter
2015-04-09
NHRC chairperson K. G. Balakrishnan said the request has been conveyed directly to the Chief Secretary of the stateContinue Reading