The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
The quality of life is usually measured by three interrelated dimensions such as the human development index, the human freedom index, and the human distress profile. In Kerala, in spite of high HDI, the rates of suicide, crime, drug addiction, unemployment, etc, are high compared to other states. This essay …
Main opposition party, that till recently maintained that economic populism is anti-welfare, is going all out on populist announcements in its manifesto SAFFRON PARTY GOES AN EXTRA STEP TO DENT CONGRESS
Scientists drawn from both developing and developed countries have to bring out locally relevant renewable energy solutions INTERESTING studies and research on renewable energy resources have been restricted to textbooks without reaching the public, said Dr. V V N Kishore, Professor and Head, Centre for Energy and Environment, TERI University, …
AHMEDABAD: The sun is 3,30,330 times larger than the earth! The sun has an expected lifetime of about 11 billion years and it takes only eight minutes for sunlight to travel from to earth. These and many more exciting facts about sun were explored and shared by students and visitors …
Child labour is widespread in home-based manufacturing activities in the informal sector in most developing countries. However, very little is known of child labour in industrial outwork. The aim of this paper is twofold: on the one hand, to understand whether children in home-based work households are more likely to …
The number of school-going children is declining in the state as the mid-day meal scheme started as an attraction, has failed to achieve the aim. The scheme launched in September 2004 in the state has failed to achieve results in the number of enrolments in government schools. As per the …
K. Manikandan TAMBARAM: A delegation of nearly 70 officials from African and Asian countries are now in Tamil Nadu, studying the primary education system as part of a tour supported by the United Kingdom
TIRUCHI: The National Legal Services Authority has directed the Tiruchi District Legal Services Authority to monitor the works being executed under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP) and conduct programmes to create an awareness among the beneficiaries. This initiative is to ensure the proper and successful implementation of the …
Childhood lost? Cuttack, March 4: The Orissa State Human Rights Commission (OSHRC) has ordered an administrative inquiry into how hundreds of children in the Satavaya area of Kendrapada district were denied academic opportunities. The commission had taken up the allegation after the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) referred to it …
Mumbai: Jidnyasa Trust has also been promoting eco-friendly Ganesh festival A Thane-based organisation, which has been promoting eco-friendly Ganesh festival, has received an award for popularising science among children. On February 27, the Jidnyasa Trust received a prestigious national award for popularising science and technology among children. The 16-year-old organisation …
