5 Sep : With dengue cases crossing last year’s figure of 1,153 in Delhi, Government on Friday said it would launch a special cleaning drive from 6th September to prevent breeding of mosquitoes even as it assured that the strain prevalent this year was far less lethal.
After a meeting with all the civic agencies of the capital as well as the Delhi Government, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told reporters that from Monday a massive, coordinated cleaning operation for two days would be launched which would cover all roads, …

Chandigarh, may, 15 : A senior journalist of Chandigarh Renuka Nayyar won the UNFPA- Laadli National Media Award for her regular calumn ‘Adhi Dunia’ in the Dainik Tribune & Punjabi Tribune It is based on gender sensitivity. The awards a past of the media advocacy efforts of the Laadli campaign by Publication First, an NGO working on health, population and gender issue, are supported by the United Nations Population Fund(UNFPA).
Fourteen winners are chosen in different categories form all over India. The winners were felicitated at a function held at FICCI …

By Pawan K. Bhura,Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, Shyam Lal College( E), University of Delhi, Delhi, India :  For the developing countries like India, microfinance has come as a breakthrough in the philosophy and practices of poverty eradication, economic empowerment and inclusive growth. Yet given the enormity of economic compulsions and complexities in developing countries, microfinance is an unfinished agenda. The main objective of the present paper, therefore, is to analyse and discuss the adequacy of the role played by RBI in   eradicating poverty and empowering the marginal man (Aam …

6 Jan : A group of 35 school children from remote areas of Kashmir today called on MoS (Home) Shri Ajay Maken. The students, in the age group of 12-16 yrs, were on a Bharat Darshan tour organized by BSF. As part of the programme, they were taken to Amritsar, Jaisalmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Agra and Delhi and visited places of historical, cultural and national importance in these cities.
In his address, Shri Ajay Maken highlighted the need of acquiring knowledge and information by students to move ahead in life. He said …

Chandigarh,January 3 : India has been identified as the third largest market for alcoholic beverages in the world. As a result of such a big potential market, it has become a favourite playing field for most of the multinational liquor companies. Clubbed with the marketing and policy influence and intervention by the Alcohol industry, consumption of alcohol in all forms has increased many folds over the years. RTI information obtained by the NGO “People for Transparency” for its campaigning, “Stop! Underage Drinking,” shows how fast India is getting enmeshed into …