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  Govt to bring policy for transgenders | Deccan Herald

  http://www.deccanherald.com/content/465345/govt-bring-policy-transgenders.html

  Government today said it is planning to bring a policy for transgenders to ensure they get benefits akin reserved communities like SC/STs and is taking steps to see...

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  Manipur senior Cong leader Biren quits | Deccan Herald

  http://www.deccanherald.com/content/574515/manipur-senior-cong-leader-biren.html

  The ruling Congress has suffered yet another major jolt in Manipur, where it has been ruling for the last 15 years...

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  Hockey player Mushtaque Ali passes away | Deccan Herald

  http://www.deccanherald.com/content/55951/hockey-player-mushtaque-ali-passes.html

  Olympian and famous national hockey player Syed Mushtaque Ali alias Farzan Chacha, passed away last night after a prolonged illness. He was 57.

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  Former Governor Ramadevi passes away | Deccan Herald

  http://www.deccanherald.com/content/326676/former-governor-ramadevi-passes-away.html

  Former Karnataka Governor V S Ramadevi died of a massive cardiac arrest in Bangalore, on Wednesday at her residence in HSR Layout. She was 79.

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  Indian farmers better than scientists: Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz | Deccan Herald

  http://www.deccanherald.com/content/305418/indian-farmers-better-scientists-nobel.html

  Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz is impressed by the organic farming practices in Bihar's Nalanda district, terming its practitioners "better than scientists" and calling for their experiences to be researched so that these can be replicated elsewhere.

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  More than just number crunching | Deccan Herald

  http://www.deccanherald.com/content/315362/more-just-number-crunching.html

  All accountants are not the same. If you went on an expedition and took a financial accountant and a management accountant with you, they would do very different...

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  Tendulkar cancels birthday celebrations, prays for Sai Baba | Deccan Herald

  https://www.deccanherald.com/content/156040/tendulkar-cancels-birthday-celebrations-prays.html

  Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has joined the countless devotees of Sathya Sai Baba to pray for the speedy recovery and good health of the ailing god man of Puttaparthi.

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  Language Planning and National Identity in Croatia - K. Langston, A. Peti-Stantic - Google Books

  https://books.google.de/books?id=rztvBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=language+planning+national+identity&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi

  Following the collapse of the former Yugoslavia, Croatian was declared to be a separate language, distinct from Serbian, and linguistic issues became highly politicized. This book examines the changing status and norms of the Croatian language and its…

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  India-United Nations pact to end DDT use by 2020 | Deccan Herald

  http://www.deccanherald.com/content/497314/india-united-nations-pact-end.html

  India has launched a $ 53 million project to phase out DDT by 2020 and replace them with Neem-based bio-pesticides that...

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  Former CJI J S Verma is dead | Deccan Herald

  http://www.deccanherald.com/content/327877/former-cji-j-s-verma.html

  Former Chief Justice of India J S Verma, who headed a panel to frame a tough law to combat crimes against women in the wake of the Delhi gangrape incident, died of multi-organ failure here on Monday night. Verma was 80.

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