-The Hindu Court rejects argument that disclosing names will violate right to privacy The Supreme Court made it clear to the Centre on Tuesday that it could not take shelter under the confidentiality clause for not disclosing all names of black-money account holders it had received from abroad. At the outset, Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi told the court, "We (government) are not interested in hiding any information from the court. This government constituted the...
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India’s draft road safety bill focuses more on penalty and technology -Ruchita Bansal
-Down to Earth Death and injury prevention get little attention To address the problem of road safety, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has published a draft Road Transport and Safety Bill for public comments and suggestions. If passed by Parliament, it would replace the existing Motor Vehicles Act of 1988. While the bill should be aiming for zero mortality, it has set a target to save 200,000 lives in...
More »Schools in grave danger -Rohit Dhankar
-The Hindu With public schools not performing and private schools teaching students to compete rather than learn, India's primary sites of education are at risk The Rajasthan government recently decided to close down more than 17,000 schools, the Maharashtra government decided to close down about 14,000 schools and the Odisha government is closing down 195 schools because of low attendance by students. These are not stray incidents, but indicate the decline of...
More »When all the boards did shrink -Himanshu Upadhya
-Hard News Floods in Kashmir could have been managed better if there was a reliable early warning system The FIRst fortnight of September saw Jammu and Kashmir being ravaged by severe flash floods. But, according to the snatches of news we got, the monsoon was below average in the state until the last week of August. Thereafter, four days of incessant rain in the Valley and in Jammu made almost all the...
More »Jal Board kicks off Yamuna clean-up with sewer lines project
-The Indian Express New Delhi: As part of its efforts to reduce pollution in the Yamuna, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) implemented the Interceptor Sewer Project, launching its FIRst package in Dwarka on Monday. The project will lay 59 kilometre-long interceptor sewer lines to ensure that only treated sewage is discharged in major drains. The FIRst package includes increasing the capacity of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in Dwarka from 20 million gallons...
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