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SC upholds seats for poor under Right to Education
- April 12, 2012
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The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of the right to education (RTE) act that mandates unaided private schools to keep 25 percent seats for students from economically and socially weaker sections of society. However, the court made it clear that this quota would not be applicable to unaided minority institutions. The apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. [...]
A living robot who smiles, sings like a girl!
- April 12, 2012
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A Japanese company has created a robot with 65 facial expressions which can talk, sing and can easily be mistaken for a real-life girl at first sight. The Geminoid F can create smiles and even enigmatic, quizzical expressions, using mechanical actuators underneath her rubber ‘skin’, the Daily Mail reported. She can smile, furrow her brows and move her mouth – [...]
Seats for weaker sections under Right to Education valid: SC
- April 12, 2012
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The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of the Right to Education (RTE) that mandates unaided private schools to earmark 25 percent seats for students from economically and socially weaker sections of society. However, the court made it clear that this reservation would not be applicable to unaided minority institutions. The apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia [...]
Udayagiri Khandagiri-Monuments of Ancient India
- April 12, 2012
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Udaygiri and Khandagiri two hills near Bhubaneshwar contain unique monuments of ancient India, the Udayagiri and Khandagiri caves. These sites are mentioned as the ‘Kumari Parvat’ in the Hathigumpha inscription. The two cave sites are located about 200 meters apart, facing each other. Not as famous as Ajanta and Ellora, but these caves are finely and ornately carved, and were built from huge residential blocks during the reign of King Kharavela, wherein they served [...]
Dementia, a ‘silent tsunami’ – Anjali Ojha
- April 12, 2012
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Nirmal Mehra, was 70, and principal of a well-known school in Delhi when signs of dementia began to show up. Mehra, an army officer’s wife and highly popular among her social group, started getting confused about directions and people. As her disease became more severe, Mehra began losing memory of recent events and even stopped identifying her own family members. [...]
Give disabled children a choice, amend RTE: NAC – Amit Agnihotri
- April 12, 2012
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The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) wants the human resource development (HRD) ministry to amend the right to education (RTE) law to ensure that disabled children have the choice to study either in an ordinary or a special school. “The HRD ministry should amend the act to ensure that the RTE to all children with disabilities is safeguarded and [...]
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The Indian shipbuilding and ship repair industry is likely to reach Rs 9,200 crore from the current level of just over Rs 7,310 crore and is growing at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 8 per cent, apex industry body ASSOCHAM said . India accounts for just about one per cent of the global shipbuilding industry worth about [...]
Narendra Modi’s career provides a classic example of how a kinky ideology can thwart political ambitions in a pluralistic society. Yet, when the same ideological outlook enabled him to scale the heights of political power by winning the 2002 assembly elections in Gujarat, the chief minister must have presumed that even greater successes were in store for him. What he [...]
When Lt Gen Bikram Singh takes over as India’s 27th army chief on May 31, he will be the first ever to be elevated to the force’s top job under such negativity and potentially incendiary conditions, which could embarrassingly unravel, as they at times tend to, during his tenure. All previous army – indeed, service chiefs – had taken charge [...]
Vellayani Lake: Conservation Efforts – Sreejith Sreedharan
- April 16, 2012
Vellayani Lake, also called Vellayani Kayal is one of the three rain-fed freshwater lakes in Kerala. This very vast picturesque lake surrounded by lush greenery is located about 9 kms away from the Thiruvananthapuram city.Vellayani lake is a rich repository of flora and fauna, and the biodiversity supports the livelihood of people around the lake. About hundred species of wetland birds frequent [...]
When Law Victimises Muslim Youth – Seema Mustafa
- April 16, 2012
Many remain in prison, the fortunate few are acquitted after a lifetime behind bars. And as some recent incidents have shown, the innocent men are acquitted after ten, fifteen or more years with their lives lying in ruins behind them. There is no compensation, no rehabilitation as the state refuses to accept responsibility for the destruction of not just their [...]
Right to Education: A Small Victory – Vinod Raina,
- April 16, 2012
It is a comment on our times that a fairly small obligation on the private and minority schools under the Right to Education (RtE) Act should have led to such an intense national debate – it only highlights how far we have diverged from our national goals from the time of our independence. Had the Act provided for a true [...]
The buzz and excitement that the upcoming private visit by Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari to India – and that too just for a day — has created can at least impart one lesson on the two neighbours: they need each other and will always need each other. And that whatever they do, they cannot change the fact that they [...]