Visakhapatnam: Pointing out that Andhra Pradesh's infant mortality rate is much higher than neighbouring states, the NGO Praja Arogya Vedika on Thursday asked Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to increase the state's healthcare budget to 6 per cent of the gross state domestic product. Anaemia rates among children aged 6 to 59 months have also risen, increasing from 59 per …
HYDERABAD: Minister Danasari Anasuya, aka Dr Seethakka, intervened to address the crisis of Government Polytechnic College students in Masab Tank. The college had initially declared that students with less than 65 per cent attendance would be barred from appearing in the semester exams scheduled to commence on Monday and had withheld their hall tickets. Following her intervention, the college management …
VIJAYAWADA: The ruling YSR Congress has said Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has fulfilled 98 per cent of his 2019 poll promises through Navaratnalu and introduced new schemes under his welfare and development agenda. Minister Ramesh said Jagan's Praja Sankalpa Yatra is written in golden letters in the history books. Even if the collapsed TD and the ruined Jana …
The data released by the non-profit Praja Foundation shows that over half of the rape cases recorded in Mumbai last year were committed against minors. As per TOI, while special courts set up under the POCSO Act are supposed to give out judgments within a year, many cases were delayed. As of the end of 2020, trials in 28 per …
