-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Unhappy with failure of state authorities to preserve and protect the fast diminishing water bodies in the capital, the Delhi high court has issued contempt notice to the environment secretary and the DDA vice-chairman. Justice G S Sistani recently sought a response from the state government and DDA's top officials why they should not be charged with contempt of court for being unable to effectively curb...
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Sweet endeavour for SHG women
-The Hindu Nestham, an NGO, in association with Nabard, conducts a training programme for women members in preparation of mango jelly VIJAYAWADA: Nestham, a non-governmental organisation, in association with Nabard, conducted a training programme on preparation of mango jelly for 120 members of women's self-help groups at Sitharampuram, Kotha Edara, and Krishnavaram villages in Agiripalli mandal of Krishna district. Under the Micro Entrepreneurship Development Programme (MEDP) of the Nabard, the NGO mobilised women...
More »India gets ready to roll out cyber snooping agency -Sandeep Joshi
-The Hindu National Cyber Coordination Centre will give law enforcement agencies access to all Internet accounts Indians using the Internet might be worried over the U.S. spy agencies snooping into their accounts and online data, but the government has set the ball rolling for creating its own multi-agency body - National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC) - that would carry out "real-time assessment of cyber security threats" and "generate actionable reports/alerts for proactive...
More »Scene At Land’s End -Prasenjit Bose
-Outlook The LARR bill must plug gaps that allow ingress of misery for the affected The UPA's proposed land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement (LARR) bill contains several provisions which seek to improve upon the existing land acquisition law. Anyway, the present law has clearly run its course, with people no longer willing to submit to coercion by the state. The enactment of a new land acquisition law, in order to make...
More »CMs push for better road networks in Maoist-hit states -Dipak Kumar Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The chief ministers of Maoist-hit states have pushed for the second phase of constructing 5,624 km of road stretches in 34 districts falling in Red zones with an investment of Rs 9,400 crore. The government is yet to take a decision on the funding for these. The finance ministry had earlier refused to give this additional amount to the road transport and highways ministry. As per...
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