Monday, 27th May, 2013

NATIONAL NEWS

• Article on geologist Robert Foote

• India to show case NRHM at the women deliver conference
  • Focus will also be on the ‘repositioned’ family planning strategies adopted in population control, which are now based more on spacing of children by promoting the use of contraceptives than sterilisation, which is a permanent method.
  • Dubbed as the largest global conference on girls’ and women’s health and empowerment of the decade, the meet will see a gathering from across the globe.
  • Participants will include heads of state, government and United Nations and development officials, youth, corporate executives, healthcare professionals, academics, and advocates deliberating on one common thing — commitment to improving the lives of girls and women.
  • In 1990, when MDGs were marked, India’s under-five mortality was 114 deaths per 1,000 live births, whereas the global average was just 87. According to the 2011 official statistics, only 55 Indian children die in the first five years of their life and globally the figure is 51. “The figures show that the decline in India has been to the tune of 51.8 per cent while globally it is 41.37 per cent. In terms of numbers, 2.85 million children died annually in India in 1990, against 1.45 million in 2011. This includes a larger number of children born now as did in 1990,”
  • Similarly, on the MMR front, 600 women died for every 1,00,000 live births in 1990, while the global figure was 400. Now, it has decreased to 212, whereas the global average is 260. “Again, the decline is 65 per cent in India whereas it is 35 per cent globally,”

OPINION/EDITORIALS

• Article on Tamil politicians claim on Katchatheevu
• Article on the performance evaluation of judges

BUSINESS/ECONOMY

• Article on inflation indexed bonds
• Important article on the Ranbaxy issue