Following Centre s decision to cancel the Class 12 examinations of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the Rajasthan government on June 2 also cancelled the state board examinations for students of Class 10 and 12, which has evoked .
This is not a plea or an outcry - nor is this a request or a demand. This is a statement based on true convictions and hope, on trust and faith that democracy, equity and transparency should and will prevail, the women from Lakshadweep wrote in their letter.
After China revised its two-child policy, the Population Foundation of India said those who have been demanding that India should enforce limits on the number of children should realise their suggestion is misplaced.
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We are at a desirable replacement level fertility. We need to focus on stabilisation, they say
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China announced that it will allow couples to have a third child as it stares at a fast ageing population. Image used for representational purposes.
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We are at a desirable replacement level fertility. We need to focus on stabilisation, they say
China’s decision to relax its two-child norm and allow couples to have three children must serve as a warning for India that coercive population strategies can be counter-productive, say experts.
After enforcing one-child and two-child policies to control its population over the past four decades, China on Monday announced that it will allow couples to have a third child as it stares at a fast ageing population. India, on the other hand, has been toying with the idea of population control measures through a two-child norm, which found a mention in Prime Minister Nare
Administrator never tried to understand islanders culture: Lakshadweep MP
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The NCP leader, who has been demanding recall of Patel as administrator, said the draft laws were being opposed by every section of the Lakshadweep society, even the local BJP leaders. He alleged that the draft legislations were in blatant violation of the Supreme Court guidelines for carrying out developmental work on the ecologically-sensitive islands.
The administration has tried to justify that the LDAR would help in the development of the islands.
Administrator Praful Patel has been to Lakshadweep for just 15-20 days in the past five months, and cared little to understand the islanders culture and ecology, its MP Mohammed Faizal said.