Rashme Sehgal
Rape cases witness 873% rise since 1971
Rape has become India’s fastest growing crime with an exponential increase of 873 per cent in the last five decades. According to the National Crime Records Bureau, cases of crime have risen across all states in the country, including Delhi, Rajasthan, Haray-ana, Maharashtra, Karnat-aka, West Bengal and MP.
SC won’t ban GM crop field trials
The Supreme Court refused to impose an interim ban on field trials of GM crops despite the technical expert committee (TEC) appointed by the top court having strongly recommending it.
‘India has failed to curb child marriages’
A day-long consultation held on the implementation of the Prohibition of Child Marriage (PCM) Act 2006 highlighted how this act has failed to prevent child marriages in India.
Diwali will be smog-ridden for Delhiites this year
Delhiites will have to settle for a smog-ridden Diwali this year. The thick haze that has settled over the city is not expected to dissipate in the coming week. Dr L.S. Rathore, director general of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), said, “A low density dust-ridden fog has spread its tentacles across the city. A combination of cyclone Nilam pumping moisture into the atmosphere, falling temperature and the presence of pollutants has created this smog cover.”
Habitats shrink, but nos. rise
Are tiger habitats shrinking in the Western Ghats region which was recently placed in the World Heritage List of the Unesco?
Dengue: Ministry waits for 1,000 to call it ‘Epidemic’
A major dengue epidemic is sweeping the country but the health ministry continues to be in denial.
All the leading private hospitals in Delhi, including Fortis, Max Healthcare, Apollo Hospital and Batra Hospital, are flooded with dengue patients and on any one day these hospitals have been handling over 150 dengue patients.
India set for Mars mission Nov. ’13
India is pushing ahead with its ambitious Mars Mission in which an Indian spacecraft will orbit Mars in November 2013.
Jaipal to push for low-cost healthcare
Outlining the priorities of his ministry, new science and technology minister Jaipal Reddy said his ministry will push the use of science to conserve water, to focus on new forms of solar energy, to p
‘Ganga basin becoming India’s cancer centre’
Increasing amounts of industrial waste are being pumped into the Ganga river, transforming its waters into killer pollutants.
‘Trial ban will bring research to stop’
The Association of Biotech-Led Industries-Agriculture Group (ABLE-AG) has expressed concern over the 10-year blanket ban on field trials of genetically-modified crops as had been proposed by a technic
