-Hindustan Times Water management should be at the heart of all smart city planning. While there is a lot of emphasis on transportation and infrastructure development, water management remains limited to treatment of waste water, quality monitoring, and smart metering in the government’s smart cities strategy. No clear plans have emerged on how smart cities are to be linked with their water catchments to ensure sustainable provision of water. More clarity is...
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Delhi professor offers kidney to Kerala bus-cleaner, a stranger -Kaunain Sheriff M
-The Indian Express Kerala is among the few states that allows a liberal interpretation of the law on kidney donations from those who are not related to the recipient. New Delhi: “You are the light in the darkest moment of my life,” said Paul. “We follow the religion of humanity, we are brothers,” replied John. These were the first words they exchanged when they met for the first time three months ago. When Sakhi...
More »Dams close to glacial Lakes in Himalayas under flood threat
-IANS Hydropower projects, on Himalayan water resources, can face hazards of glacial lake outbursts that can damage its infrastructure Of the 177 hydropower projects (HPP) located close to Himalayan glaciers over a fifth - including many in India - could be under threat from floods caused by the outbursts of glacial Lakes, European researchers have warned. The researchers, from various universities, have charted out a new method for locating the minimum exposure that...
More »Karnataka govt declares 42 more talukas drought-affected -Sharan Poovanna
-Livemint.com The latest addition takes the total number of drought-affected talukas to 110, out of 177 talukas in the state Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Wednesday declared 42 more talukas or administrative units as drought-affected. The latest addition takes the total number of drought-affected talukas to 110 (68 were announced drought-affected last week). There are 177 talukas in Karnataka across 30 districts. T.B. Jayachandra, law and parliamentary affairs minister of Karnataka, said that...
More »The business of malnutrition -Veena Shatrugna & Sylvia Karpagam
-Down to Earth How companies are supplying unsafe and unverified nutrition supplements to children in Karnataka A curious case has emerged in Karnataka. Well-known companies, including Biocon, Jindal Steel and Scania, are supplying spirulina granules to undernourished and malnourished children enrolled in anganwadis (child daycare centres) under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), in direct contravention of a 2004 Supreme Court order which said, “Contractors shall not be used for supply...
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