The Supreme Court directs the Tamil Nadu government to implement the uniform system of school education immediately. “Children are not only the future citizens but also the future of the earth. Elders in general, and parents and teachers in particular, owe a responsibility for taking care of the well-being and welfare of the children. The world shall be a better or worse place to live according to how we treat...
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Water, not debt, driving farmers to death
-DNA Water scarcity is the main reason behind the suicide of farmers according to an approach paper on the 12th Five Year Plan (2012 to 2017) prepared by two Tamil Nadu-based experts. According to the National Crime Records Bureau, one farmer commits suicide every 30 minutes. The main cause of these suicides is non-availability of Water at the initial stage of the crops leading to the ruining of crops and the subsequent...
More »Pune rural SP Karnik seeks transfer by Asseem Shaikh
Superintendent of police (Pune rural) Sandeep Karnik, who was in charge of security during the Maval agitation on August 9 in which three farmers died in police firing, has written to director general of police Ajit Parasnis seeking a transfer, according to reliable sources. Karnik sent the letter on Tuesday, the sources said, adding that the officer wants to be moved out as he believes people may misread his continuance...
More »SC panel for ban on Karnataka mining by Dhananjay Mahapatra
The Supreme Court's environment panel, Central Empowered Committee (CEC), on Friday concurred with the Karnataka Lokayukta to report rampant illegal iron ore mining in Chitradurga and Tumkur districts and recommended a complete ban on private mining. Submitting the CEC's report to a bench of Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices Aftab Alam and Swatanter Kumar, amicus curiae A D N Rao said the adverse impact on environment in these two...
More »Floods hit thousands in Bihar, UP
-The Times of India The flood situation remained grim in most of north India with Uttar Pradesh and Bihar being the worst affected. More than a hundred people have died since the start of the monsoon and thousands of people rendered homeless. Standing crop has been damaged in several districts and livestock of many villages has got swept away. Most rivers in east and southeast of Uttar Pradesh are flowing above the...
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