-The Telegraph Cuttack: Orissa High Court has asked the state government to set up diagnostic facilities for detection and treatment of dengue patients in all its 30 district headquarters hospitals. The court also directed the government to establish permanent dengue wards in the three state-run medical college and hospitals in Cuttack, Burla and Berhampur. "The division bench of Justice Madan Mohan Das and Justice Indrajit Mahanty issued the directions yesterday after taking note...
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Sow the wind, reap a storm-G Padmanaban
-The Hindu Those opposing GM crops ignore scientific evidence of their harmlessness and are depriving the nation of the wider benefits of agri-biotechnology It is unfortunate that the technical group appointed by the Supreme Court has chosen to stick with its recommendation for an indefinite moratorium on GM crop trials. There is fierce opposition from activists even to the introduction of the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority Bill (BRAI) in Parliament, meant to evolve...
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-The Hindu The National Food Security Bill (NFSB) has been derailed yet again in the past few days due to continuous disruptions of Parliament. The Congress Party made an ill-advised attempt to pass the bill on August 20, Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary. Sure enough, the opposition parties went out of their way to scuttle this move and fell over each other to disrupt the Lok Sabha that day. This is only...
More »Hygiene a Casualty in meal scheme, says petition in Supreme Court
-The Hindu Bench issues notice to Centre and 12 States The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre and 12 States seeking their response on steps taken to ensure cleanliness in the midday meal scheme and to prevent incidents like the one that occurred last month in a government primary school in a Bihar village, where 23children died after eating contaminated food. The States to which a Bench of Chief Justice...
More »Assam: Floods worsen in three districts
-The Times of India JORHAT: The surge in the water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries aggravated the flood situation in Dhemaji, Jorhat and Golaghat districts on Sunday. Dhemaji district administration opened five relief camps in the district and has even started distribution of relief material among flood victims. According to a Central Water Commission report, the water level of the Brahmaputra at Neematighat in Jorhat district was 87.73cm on Sunday...
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