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Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: Forgotten poll promises from 2013 present tough challenge for BJP
Rangoliagrawal •As the Assembly elections in Rajasthan inch closer, Congress and BJP are making efforts to polish their respective election manifestos.
India rolls out sexual offenders database: WCD ministry favours move, activists point out flaws in system
Fp Staff •The National Crime Records Bureau will be tasked to maintain the database and profile of sexual offenders.
Centre has agreed to allocate Rs 5,439 lakh to scheme for empowerment of rural women: WCD MoS Virendra Kumar
•The Centre has approved Rs 5,439.14 lakh for a new scheme aimed to empower rural women through community participation Virendra Kumar said, Women and Child Development, Minister of State.
Maneka Gandhi says WCD ministry can provide financial support for those working in anti-child pornography unit
•Maneka Gandhi said the WCD Ministry could fund training to create experts who would work in the Home Ministry's special anti-child pornography unit.
'Gujarat government spends less than Rs 10 per child daily on food,' minister tells state Assembly
•The revelation comes a day after NITI Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar, on Sunday, had said that while Gujarat had performed very well in industrialisation, it would need to do some catching up in the health and education sectors.
Sherin Mathews death case: Centre suspends US adoption agency for 'negligence' in assessing toddler's adoptive parents
•The Centre has suspended an American adoption agency for "negligence" in its assessment of adoptive parents of three-year-old India-born Sherin Mathews who died in the US
Trial of panic button feature on phones to start form 26 January, to be first tested in UP
•Once a user presses the panic button five calls will be made to emergency number 112, which is being integrated with emergency number 100.
NARI web portal launched; site will provide information on 350 central and state govt schemes for women
•Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi launched a web portal, NARI, which will provide information on all government schemes for women
MP minister says arms licences should be issued to rape and molestation victims to 'increase their morale'
Fp Staff •Madhya Pradesh women and child development minister Archana Chitnis on Wednesday called for arms licenses to be issued to rape and molestation victims
Maharashtra govt to sell tur dal at subsidised Rs 55 a kilo through PDS system
•Yellow, saffron and white card holders can buy tur dal buy from rationing shops.