A Shocking Video Reveals How Pregnant Women Are Forcefully Vaccinated In An Open Field In Ranchi

Recently, a shocking video shows the brutality of health officials in Jharkhand state how the open vaccination were given to pregnant women. In Pundag village of Ranchi district, the absence of an Anganwadi Centre in the village means that pregnant women are forced to undergo check-ups and are vaccinated in an open field. “We aren’t comfortable undergoing check-ups in the open. We have to put up curtains to make ourselves comfortable or travel too far,” says a woman who delivered a baby recently.

Jharkhand Education Minister Thinks 'APJ Kalam' Is Dead?

By Likha Veer in Ranchi

In what has turned out to be a major embarrassment for the BJP-led Jharkhand government, the state education minister Neera Yadav was spotted paying shraddhanjali - floral tributes to former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who is well, alive and kicking.

The local vernacular daily newspaper has carried a picture of the minister at the event in a school in the state's Hazaribagh district where Yadav was the chief guest. The photograph in the newspaper that says "Education Minister offers last rites to President Kalam" shows the minister garlanding the former President and paying floral tributes to him.

Focus: Where Are The Free School Textbooks For Children?

By Rati Kumar in Bhopal

In August last year, the a vernacular newspaper reported from Varanasi, that none of the students of class I, II and III had school text books. The whole of July had gone by without anything being taught in schools and the students spent most of their time playing. Varanasi is just as an example; the situation across the country is equally disappointing.

According to the Right to Education (RTE) Act 2009, every child in a primary school should have text books available on time i.e. at the beginning of the academic year. But the reality is far from what the Act stipulates. In fact, most children do not receive school books and even those who do, don’t necessarily get all the books and rarely at the beginning of the academic year.

Special Report: India’s Socio-Economic Census Threatens To Exclude Crores Of Poor From Social Schemes!

The census says 9 out of 17 crore rural households face no 'deprivation' despite living in extreme poverty. If the government follows this definition, all these people will be left out of country’s social safety net.

The findings of the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 have been long awaited by academics and politicians alike. Now that they are out, there is a fear that they could end up being used to exclude crores of people from the country’s social safety net.

Focus: Why We Adopted The System Of 'Cheating' Today?

By Ragini Khanna in Delhi

A frustrated aspirational society is linked to upsurge in foul exam means. Based on compelling evidence of widespread cheating in the 2015-16 All India Medical Examinations held last month, the Supreme Court recently ordered the Central Board of Secondary Education to conduct a retest. Earlier in March, Indian and foreign media featured prominently parents and relatives scaling school walls and buildings, to pass answer chits to students taking secondary school examinations in Bihar.

Special Report: Brain Behind Modi's 'Chai Pe Charcha', Coins 'Nashte Pe Charcha' For His Rivals

On April 8, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was busy launching Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana in New Delhi, a few kilometres away his chief strategist and blue-eyed boy Prashant Kishor was busy in a presentation. 

The power-point presentation 'Citizen's Alliance' was for Modi's key opponent Nitish Kumar's election campaign for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. The state is slated to go for polls in September-October this year.

Deadly Mutant Killer Malaria Strains Enters India: Experts Alarmed As Drug-Resistant Parasite Enters From Myanmar

Now this is another deadly bite to worry about, more so because the antimalarial drugs available in India may soon lose their teeth against the vector-borne disease, like in Myanmar and Cambodia. 

In the first research report on drug-resistant malaria from India, scientists at the National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR) have traced a mutation in the disease-causing parasite. 

Jharkhand Govt Slaps Crackdown On 'Baby Selling Business' After INNLIVE Exposed 'Shocking Trade'

Waking from its slumber, the Jharkhand government has finally launched a crackdown on the illicit baby business that is taking deep roots in the Capital’s underbelly. 

INNLIVE reported that girls and young women — mostly from Jharkhand — were brought to Delhi on the pretext of being employed as helps, then sexually assaulted by the unscrupulous owners and employees of placement agencies and forced to bear babies. 

The Dark & Horrifying Tale Of Delhi's 'Great Baby Bazaar'

A new industry is taking deep roots in the Delhi’s underbelly. This is the great baby bazaar where bidding for a newborn starts the day a hapless woman gets pregnant, while the kid is still in the womb. 

Girls and young women, mostly from Jharkhand, are fodder to this illicit business. They are brought to the national Capital on the pretext of being employed as helps, then raped and sexually assaulted by the unscrupulous owners and employees of placement agencies and forced to bear babies. But that’s not the end of their misery. 

Crime Live: Debit Card Fraudsters On Prowl In Hyderabad

Debit card fraudersters are prowling in Hyderabad. Many incidentscame to light and many youngesters arrested by the police is the clear indication of this crime is growing fastly. 

New-age crooks are duping people through celebrity game show. Through debit card and `Chehara Pehchano' celebrity fraud, new-age crooks have duped more than 200 persons to the tune of several lakhs of rupees in the first four months of this year.

BJP Student Wing ABVP Ruckus At Jharkhand Missionaries

At least 16 activists of RSS-affiliated ABVP were detained in Hazaribagh  for minor vandalism outside two town-based Christian schools, forcing one of them to be closed for the day.

The Principal of Holy Cross said once inside the campus, the ABVP’s demands changed. ‘They wanted to know why we did not have a photo of Prime Minister Modi in the school, why we had a photo of St Francis and no statues of Saraswati.’

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad was unhappy that Holy Cross and St Xavier’s, CBSE-affiliated, were open despite an education bandh call by the organisation.

Focus: Crisis For India's Orphans As Adoption Is Being Abandoned By Parents And Neglected By Government

Abandoned by their parents and now neglected by governments — there is no end to the suffering of over 50,000 orphans in India. 

The adoption rate within the country as well as those by foreign nationals in India has gone down by nearly 50 per cent in the last five years. 

What adds to the grim situation is the disparity between South Indian states and the rest of the country in terms of adoption of children. 

Special Report: Global Brands Drive More Than 6,000 Crore In India’s Active Sportswear Market

If there is one market segment that is clearly marked by the dominion of global brands in India – it’s active sportswear. 

From a segment driven by a collection of largely unorganized and homegrown SMEs two decades ago, today these international icons have not just made the market much more organised but have bolstered its overall size to over Rs. 6,000 crores. Many pure-play brands today are also into sports accessories, gear & equipment, while others have expanded their offerings to include sports-inspired product lines.

Eye Opener: A 13-Year-Old Ranchi Girl Writes To School Principal To Save Her From 'Child Marriage' On April 22

A 13-year-old girl named Duli Hembrom has written a letter to the principal of her school to save her from becoming a child bride.

The parents of the girl, who live in Gudabanda in Jamshedpur district, have fixed her wedding on April 22. Hembrom wrote the letter after she failed to convince her parents to stop the marriage.

In the letter, she mentioned that she wants to complete her education.

“My parents have fixed my wedding on April 22. I do not want to get married,” Duli said in her letter. She has also requested the school principal to stop the wedding in whichever way possible.

Analysis: Congress Party Plans To Go For 'Crowd Funding' To Combat 'Acute Financial Crisis' To Raise Funds

Facing its worst-ever financial crisis, the Congress has devised an elaborate plan to raise funds directly from the public through its 3.86 crore members all over the country.

It is currently brainstorming various ideas, among which one is that a Congress activist should be allowed to keep 5% of the collected donation money as incentive or commission. So says the presentation given by the party’s treasurer Motilal Vohra to a meeting of general secretaries.

How Rs.100 From Your Pocket Can Go Out, Change A Life Forever, And Come Back To You With Interest?

SPONSORED: Here’s how the interesting micro-finance model of Rang De focuses on first-time borrowers and enables “social investors” to contribute amounts as low as Rs.100, enjoying an unmatched repayment rate while leaving a huge positive impact on the communities they serve.

Mamtal’s family was living in abject poverty. With no financial assistance and support of any kind, she thought her life would follow the same path as the millions of others in circumstances such as hers.

The Politics Of Fiscal Federalism: Rs.1,85,000 Crore Bonanza To States Shouldn't Result In Regional Cronyism

The NDA government has sought to fundamentally alter the Centre-State funding patterns as part of its idea of "cooperative federalism" which is so close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's heart. 

For instance Central assistance for critical developmental programmes being implemented by states relating to health, child development, education, rural drinking water, housing etc has been reduced drastically by about Rs 75,000 crore in finance minister Arun Jaitley's budget for 2015-16.

The Horror of Indian Jails: Dark Sub-Culture Dominated By Murky Underworld Of Organized Gangs And Criminals Supported By Poor Legal Aid And Careless Machinery

Right to Justice bill: Helplessness, psychological disorders torture Indian prisoners. An extensive investigation by INNLIVE reporters across the country has exposed a dark sub-culture thriving in jails across the country, not very different from the murky underworld of organised gangs and criminals. In the absence of proper legal aid, the poor and the vulnerable, especially women and youngsters, unwittingly become part of the sordid system.

Any discussion on prisoners in a sympathetic manner evokes a sharp response: "Why should you worry about these people? They are dangerous criminals, murderers and rapists, why complain if they are ill treated ? They deserve it." 

Exclusive: Are You A Salt Junkie? Avoid To Save Your Life!

The more salt we eat, the more we crave it. This vicious cycle is the chief cause of hypertension and cardiovascular disease.

Spanish gourmet chef Ferran Adria, who revolutionised haute cuisine with the iconic El Bulli restaurant, once said, “Salt is the only product that transforms gastronomy.” In Tamil, there’s a proverb ‘uppilla pandam kuppayile’, meaning, ‘a dish without salt is rubbish’. 

Is Most Wanted Don 'Dawood Ibrahim' Is Behind The 4,000 Cr Lottery Scam Backed By Pak Based Crime Syndicate?

As confidence tricks go, this one is not novel. But the sheer amount of money involved and the trail leading to Pakistan - possibly to a certain Dawood Ibrahim - make it a thriller. 

The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has alerted the government about fraudulent lottery schemes run across India by an organised syndicate in Pakistan, which employs Indian agents to suck huge amounts of money from the gullible.