India Among 90 Countries Without Paid Paternity Leaves: UNICEF Report
A new UNICEF analysis placed India among the 90 countries in the world without national policies that ensure new fathers get adequate paid time off with their newborn babies, Economic Times reported. Furthermore, the analysis also noted that almost two-thirds of the world’s children under the age of one (nearly 90 million) live read more
India Suffering From Worst Water Crisis In Its History: Niti Ayog Report
Niti Aayog published a report titled ‘Composite Water Management Index’ CWMI released by the minister for water resources, Nitin Gadkari, claiming that India is suffering from ‘the worst water crisis’ in its history. NITI Aayog has ranked all the states through first of its kind index on the composite water read more
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna To Achieve The Target Of Building Rural Roads By 2019
In the year 2000, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna(PMGSY) was launched to provide all-weather road connectivity in rural areas. In April 2018, Press Information Bureau of the government of India said in a press release that, "PMGSY, since its inception in 2000, has been able to provide connectivity to 1,52,124 read more
Kerala Judge Stages Unique Sit-In Protest Besides The Garbage Pile, Gets It Cleaned Within Hours
The Ernakulam vegetable market in Kochi was full of vegetable and sewage waste, that was lying there for more than ten days. After several complaints, the garbage kept on accumulating there till a 48-year-old sub-judge, A M Basheer on Friday, sat beside a massive pile of garbage until the trash read more
