NEW DELHI: A new study to ascertain the reasons for poor participation in “gram sabhas” that covered 400 gram panchayats and 7,800 respondents in 26 states and Union territories (UTs) has brought into focus an emerging phenomenon called “Gram Sabha Participation Fatigue”, which sees repeated meetings without visible outcomes, unresolved grievances and limited follow-up on…
NEW DELHI: The new rural employment scheme VB-G RAM G — rolled out from July 1 — has laid significant focus on strengthening water security in villages, allotting 107 of 318 permissible works to the addressing the issue in the employment guarantee framework’s interim list — an initiative that could tackle a El Nino-triggered rain…
DOL proposes new rules for PERM process, putting employers sponsoring Green Cards under greater scrutiny. Green Card is the most coveted permanent residency status for visa holders as this lays the pathway to obtain citizenship. There are many ways to get a Green Card — through marriage, family, employment, entrepreneurship, etc. The US Department of…
Doda-Kishtwar Highway Blocked JAMMU: Heavy rainfall triggered a major landslide near the under-construction Kwar hydroelectric power project in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, while flash floods and mudslides blocked Kishtwar-Doda Highway at Prem Nagar on Monday, burying several vehicles under mud, rocks and debris, officials said.Officials said the flash floods carried large volumes of…
In 1847 a Vienna doctor cut childbed-fever deaths on the doctors’ ward from about one mother in ten to roughly one in eighty by making physicians wash their hands in chlorine — and the profession turned on him for it In 1847, a Hungarian obstetrician working at Vienna General Hospital found a way to stop…
SRINAGAR/JAMMU: J&K police searched Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan’s office in Jammu and a publisher’s office in Noida as investigators widened Monday a probe into two books allegedly carrying separatist and anti-national content that were supplied to govt school libraries, sharpening a political row over lapses in scrutiny while triggering a debate over censorship.Counter-intelligence teams questioned Samagra…
JAMMU: Security forces launched a search operation early Monday after a suspected Pakistani drone was spotted hovering above a couple of forward villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K’s Rajouri district the previous night, official sources said.Blinking lights were seen over the villages of Mahadev Menka and Beripattan in Rajouri’s Sunderbani sector late…
Quote of the day by Marie Curie (AI-generated image) Marie Curie is widely quoted as saying, “Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.” It remains one of her most repeated lines, often shared as a reminder to spend less time on gossip and comparison and more time on genuine learning. Curie said…
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary addresses a press conference, in Jammu. (PTI Photo) SRINAGAR: The National Conference (NC) on Monday announced that its MLAs and MPs will stage a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 20, the first day of Monsoon Session of Parliament, to press for the…
A genetic analysis of nearly 700,000 people identified 74 distinct locations in the human genome tied to anxiety, 39 of which had never been linked to the condition before A genetic analysis of nearly 700,000 people has identified 74 regions of the human genome linked to anxiety symptoms, including 39 that had never before been…