-Outlook Erode: Five panchayats in Erode district would be made model panchayats with implementation of the total sanitation scheme and full coverage of toilets, District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) officials said. The panchayats are Pazhamangalam (Modakurichi Block) Varadhanallur (Bhavani Block), Karapalayam (Erode block), PARIyur (Gobichettipalayam) and Kullappanaickkenpalayam in T. N. Palayam Block. The DRDA officials said a campaign has been conducted on the harmful effects of open defecation and the need to construct...
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Waiting for a tribal Kanshi Ram -Pheroze Vincent
-The Hindu Despite accounting for 21.1% - 1.53 crore - of the State's population, Madhya Pradesh's Adivasis are not a force to reckon with in State politics. There are a total of 46 tribes in MP, three of which are classified as ‘Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups'. Bhils and Gonds form more than 70 per cent of the ST population. Kols, Korkus, Saharias and Baigas make up more than 20 per cent. Traditionally...
More »Indians booed at global meet for ‘genocide of TB patients’ -Malathy Iyer
-The Times of India PARIS: Accusing India of committing genocide of tuberculosis patients, international activists on Friday booed Indian health officials at the ongoing Union World Conference on Lung Health here while they were trying to showcase the country's efforts to check the disease that kills 1,000 Indians every day. "India supplies drugs to the world, but it's not providing anti-TB drugs to its own patients," said Kenyan activist Bactrin Killingo, who...
More »India among world economies at risk of climate change impact
-PTI LONDON: India is among the "extreme risk" countries of the world where economic impacts of climate change will be most keenly felt by 2025, according to new research released on Wedesday. Kolkata and Mumbai are among the cities where the economic exposure to the impacts of extreme climate related events will be highest over the next 30 years, the report found. The annual release of British risk consultancy Maplecroft's 'Climate Change and...
More »PARIkh panel wants diesel price hiked by Rs. 5
-The Hindu Recommends six subsidised LPG cylinders per household in a year The Government-appointed Kirit PARIkh Committee has recommended a price increase of Rs. 5 per litre in diesel, Rs. 4 per litre in kerosene, and Rs. 250 in LPG cylinder with immediate effect. It has also recommended that the subsidised LPG cylinders be reduced from the present nine to six cylinders per annum to each household. It has pitched for capping the...
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