-Down to Earth A Rajasthan village has cylindrical houses that help people cope with extreme weather events It is a chilly December evening in Barmer. The average minimum temperature has dropped to 5° Celsius in this sandy district of western Rajasthan, which borders Pakistan. But thanks to his house, Dayam Khan, a Manganiyar, one of Rajasthan's many communities of traditional musicians, does not need an electric heater or a stove to keep...
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Nearly 25% govt schools in Odisha have no toilets -Ashok Pradhan
-The Times of India BHUBANESWAR: Toilets, electricity, playgrounds and boundary walls are a rarity in government-run schools in Odisha, if a latest government report is any indication. According to "Status of Elementary and Secondary Education in Odisha-2012", a report prepared by Odisha Primary Education Programme Authority (OPEPA) released recently, of the total 53,193 elementary schools (up to class VIII), 12,588 schools have no toilets at all. More than 50% schools (27,516) have no...
More »Index Numbers of Wholesale Price in India (Base: 2004-05=100) Review for the month of December, 2013
-Press Information Bureau The official Wholesale Price Index for ‘All Commodities' (Base: 2004-05 = 100) for the month of December, 2013 declined by 1.3 percent to 179.2 (provisional) from 181.5 (provisional) for the previous month. INFLATION The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at 6.16% (provisional) for the month of December, 2013 (over December, 2012) as compared to 7.52% (provisional) for the previous month and 7.31% during the corresponding month...
More »When the burden falls on the poor-Arun Kumar
-The Hindu Policies being pursued in India are based on the growth-at-any-cost model. The poor and the enviroment suffer while the corporates and organised sectors reap the benefits The Aam Aadmi Party, having won the trust vote, is now in the saddle in Delhi. By announcing several measures to benefit Delhiites, it had already impacted the political discourse in the nation. The established political parties are trying to follow suit. Why did...
More »Palakkad to host NHPC’s first wind farm
-The Hindu THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (Kerala): Kerala signed an agreement with National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Ltd. on Monday to set up a wind farm in Palakkad district. The project will mark the corporation's foray into the wind power sector. After the agreement was signed, electricity Minister Aryadan Mohammed told presspersons that the plan was to have a wind farm of 82-MW capacity in the Kottathara and Nallasingam areas of Attappady in the first...
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