-The Tribune Cannot disclose third-party information, states the MC Chandigarh: The Appellant Authority of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has refused to give the information regarding the survey of Vendors in the city. RK Garg, an RTI activist, has challenged the order of the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of the MC denying sharing the details of the survey under the RTI Act by terming it as “third-party information” before the Appellant Authority. Garg in...
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Mumbaikars can now drink water straight from tap: BMC -Clara Lewis
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Mumbaikars can now drink water straight from the tap, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC’s) hydraulic engineer Ashok Tawadia said. According to BMC, an average 0.7% of water samples collected daily across Mumbai between April 2018 and March 2019 tested positive for Coliform bacteria, a group of microorganisms present in water bodies that indicate water may not be fit for drinking. This is far better than the WHO...
More »506 students from Telangana?s tribal and social welfare schools crack JEE Mains
-TheNewsMinute.com Out of the 506 students who have cleared the exam, 307 are from social welfare residential institutions and 199 from tribal welfare institutions. For the first time ever, 506 students belonging to the Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions (TTWREIs) and Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions (TSWREIs) cracked the JEE Mains, 2019 and have qualified for JEE Advanced to be held this month. This comes as an achievement since it is...
More »Urban Poor Have Set Agenda for 2019 Elections -Tikender Singh Panwar
-Newsclick.in It remains to be seen how many political parties pledge to protect the urban poor from eviction and homelessness and work for inclusive ‘Smart Cities’. Over 30 civil society groups consisting of slum dwellers, civil society organisations, women groups, other groups working amongst the urban poor, disabled women groups, street Vendors, housing rights activists and so on assembled in Delhi on February 28 to set a new discourse for 2019. This...
More »Rural tourism opens up new livelihood options for coastal communities -T Appala Naidu
-The Hindu Women make a decent living selling groundnut to beach visitors MANGINAPUDI: Several women living in the stretch of villages along the 9-km beach road have found a new opportunity to earn income — tapping the benefits being offered by the flourishing rural tourism with the development of the famous Manginapudi beach in Krishna district. Under a temporary thatched store, they sell groundnut mostly grown in the sandy soil along the beach...
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