Along with staples, vegetables have also seen an upward trend in its prices. Prices for some commodities have almost doubled in last 1 year. The reason cited is erratic climatic condition. The prices for some quality of rice have also increased for this reason.
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Now a Study to Map Depression in Mumbai Campuses
As per a study one in every 4 suffers from some degree of depression in Mumbai Campuses. Fourteen in every 100 have thought about suicide sometime or the other. The current system creates a lot of pressure even for small kids; children as young as five and six testing clinically depressed. Indo-US researchers who had carried out the first study on the same topic are planning to do it the 2nd time. They would carry out their research in Mumbai and Boston from January ’10 to April ’10.
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Shaffi Mather tries to find solution for your Problem: Corruption
Here is a website that will help you fight corruption, http://www.bribebusters.com. Have you felt that corruption has affected your life in someway at some point of time? In an attempt to address this social issue, Shaffi Mather has taken up the help of tools that would help fight corruption. He uses tools like ‘right to information’ act to counter corruption.
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Now watch out for reforms in Education Sector
Continuing its objective to attract NRIs, government on Saturday assured them at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (as told by Montek Singh Ahluwalia) that regulatory constraints would be relaxed to encourage them to invest in the Education sector. It is very important that the country concentrates on skill development to achieve 10% economic growth.
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Srinagar Siege – Operation to Flush Out terrorists Intensifies
Srinagar 7th Jan: Attempt to flush out 2 terrorists who are hiding in a hotel in Srinagar has intensified on Thursday. The operation launched by police and paramilitary CRPF to neutralise the militants in Hotel Panjab in Lal Chowk was suspended at around 11pm on Wednesday and was resumed at 0700 hours today, as per the officials. The death toll has risen to 2, once civilian and one military personnel. This is the first such attempt in 2 years.
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