-The United Nations More than 360 million people have disabling hearing loss, according to new global estimates released by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO), which adds that production of hearing Aids is not keeping up with the urgent demand. “Current production of hearing Aids meets less than 10 per cent of global need,” WHO’s Shelly Chadha of the Department of Prevention of Blindness and Deafness sAid in a news release...
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High Court defers seminar on RTE Act
-Deccan Herald Private institutions to deliberate on fee structure Bangalore: The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday rescheduled the seminar on implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act. The Court had earlier directed the State government to conduct a seminar on March 10 on enforcing Right to Education as a fundamental right. The seminar will now be held on April 10. The order came during the hearing of an impleading application filed by Federation...
More »Rail Budget 2013: Measures that will cheer middle class
-The Times of India Railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Tuesday announced many initiatives in his Rail Budget 2013 speech that will bring cheer to middle-income passengers. From better e-ticketing facilities to free wi-fi on select trains, the Railway Budget will lead to implementation of many passenger friendly measures. Here is a look at some of them: 1) e-ticketing through mobile phones. Project of SMS alerts to passengers providing updates on reservation status. In...
More »Sodomy at boys' home, Delhi HC orders police probe-Harish V Nair
-The Hindustan Times The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered the Delhi Police to probe the alleged sodomy of seven-year-old HIV positive boy by three seniors at a welfare home for boys. The alleged incident took place at the Delhi government-run home at Alipur three weeks ago. "The incident is serious. Let a detailed report be filed before the court after thorough investigation," a bench headed by Justice SK Kaul told Delhi...
More »Here's how a village in Maharashtra made itself drought-proof-Tejas Mehta and Samira Shaikh
-NDTV Kadavanchi: Lush green vineyards, tons of luscious grapes, acres of maize and jowar, and most importantly, millions of litres of water- images that are in stark contrast to the despair visible across Marathawada's eight districts. This isn't Maharashtra's greener western belts of Konkan and Raigad, but this oasis is in the Jalna district in the heart of the Marathawada region which is in the grip of the worst drought since...
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