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Malaria cases lost in Samaikya chaos 21 Aug 2013 | 11:14 pm
August 21, 2013 The north coastal Andhra, home to four out of five malaria-prone districts in the state, should ideally have observed World Mosquito Day and National Malaria Day on Tuesday, August 20...
Delhi’s Female Taxis 21 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
August 20, 2013 Meenu Vadera is the founder of New Delhi’s only all-female taxi company. The service, which launched in 2008, has 11 women drivers who ferry female customers around the Indian capital...
Mysore university’s move to collect fees from dalit students protested 19 Aug 2013 | 09:59 pm
August 17, 2013 The process of admission of post-graduate students at University of Mysore was affected on Saturday following a protest by Dalit students, who accused UoM authorities of neglecting th...
I-Day Promise 16 Aug 2013 | 10:03 pm
August 16, 2013 “We are considering a new and effective law to put an end to the repulsive practice of manual scavenging,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had informed the nation last year in his Indep...
Three Strikes 14 Aug 2013 | 10:12 pm
August 14, 2013 Although the caste system in Nepal was outlawed in 1962, it is still very much active throughout the country. It is firmly embedded in Nepali culture in a complex structure that is di...
How back-breaking work and smart trading turn dust into gold 13 Aug 2013 | 11:03 pm
August 13, 2013 Twice a day, every day, Gauri Parmar picks up her broom and goes out to sweep for gold. She cannot actually see the tiny particles of gold dust settled in the gutters and streets arou...
India’s caste system goes back 2,000 years, genetic study finds 12 Aug 2013 | 10:05 pm
August 12, 2013 The caste system in South Asia — which rigidly separates people into high, middle and lower classes — may have been firmly entrenched by about 2,000 years ago, a new genetic analysis ...
Mumbai’s curse: Tuberculosis 6 Aug 2013 | 11:39 pm
August 6, 2013 Tuberculosis has emerged as the number one killer in Mumbai among a host of ailments over the past year (2012-13), according to the ‘cause of death’ report accessed under right to info...
Will Telangana see a dalit CM from Congress? 2 Aug 2013 | 11:04 pm
August 2, 2013 The question is uppermost in the minds of observers as the Centre gets down to dividing Andhra Pradesh, with Congress having last put a dalit in the top post over three decades ago – J...
North India has maximum doctors in India: IMS Health 1 Aug 2013 | 10:49 pm
August 1, 2013 North India has the highest number of doctors in the country while the eastern region has the least, highlighting disparity in access to healthcare, according to a survey by market res...
