-Press Information Bureau The Ministry of Women and Child Development has fast tracked the formulation of the National Mission to tackle mal-nutrition. This Mission is now the flagship programme of the Ministry and is very high on the national agenda of the government. In order to formulate the detailed contours of the Mission and to examine innovative interventions which can be put into place to tackle the problem of malnutrition, a...
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20% of fatal accidents in delhi take place at 16 ‘flawed’ flyovers -Somreet Bhattacharya
-The Times of India NEW delhi: Instead of easing the flow of traffic, as many as 16 flyovers in the city have become major sites of accidents because of faulty design, traffic police said. Nearly 20% of fatal accidents in delhi occur on these stretches. Police said most of the accidents take place at the mouths of the flyovers because proper merging (and splitting) distance has not been provided for traffic. These...
More »Social Media and Technology could be a Powerful Force to Create a More Equal Society by 2030
-UNDP India New delhi: "Social media is changing the way we live and relate to each other" said noted filmmaker Shekhar Kapur. The challenge in his view, was "how to ensure those ideas are positive and for the good?" Mr. Kapur was speaking at the Social Good Summit 2014, ‘Technology for Social Good' organized by the United Nations Development Programme in India. Talking of his vision for the world in 2030,...
More »Large holes in police website -Chhandosree
-The Telegraph Ranchi: Efficiency is another matter, but state police are as good or bad as their more hyped counterparts in Maharashtra or delhi as far as not following Right to Information (RTI) Act goes. A nationwide study on proactive information disclosure through police and prison websites across 29 states by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, a New delhi-based NGO, released yesterday, showed none followed the transparency regimen prescribed under RTI Act, Section...
More »16-year trend of poor monsoon in Punjab, Haryana -Amit Bhattacharya
-The Times of India NEW delhi: India's bread basket states of Punjab and Haryana received just around half the normal rainfall this monsoon season. But more worryingly, this year's rain deficit is not an isolated event. The two key agricultural states have been getting below par rainfall for the past 16 years. Met department figures reveal Punjab has seen above normal monsoon rainfall in just two years since 1999. The last time...
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