-The Times of India NEW DELHI: "We cannot tolerate this year after year." This was the sharp reaction of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday on the waterlogging on major roads and crippling of traffic movement in large parts of the national capital. "There is no justification for clogged drains. We cannot tolerate this year after year," the court said when it took up a matter relating to water logging of South Extension...
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HRD to reject Vasundhara Raje's demand for pre-cooked meals -Anubhuti Vishnoi
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Both the UPA and the NDA governments clearly agree on at least the subject of mid-day meals. The Manmohan Singh government told off its own minister on the proposal to bring in pre-packaged food in the scheme, the Modi government is set to do so with one of its most prominent chief ministers. The Prakash Javadekar-led Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry is set to shoot down a...
More »Centre's action cools off dal prices -Dipak K Dash & Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Prices of all major pulses have crashed, and arhar, in particular, is now selling in the range of Rs 120 and Rs 136 a kg in the four metro cities. Arhar is retailing at Rs 102 per kg even in Patna from where Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar had launched an attack on the Centre's failure to check prices with his slogan "Arhar Modi" just...
More »Indian agriculture must diversify itself: Professor Yoginder K Alagh
-The Times of India Chandigarh: Indian agriculture must meet the requirements of food security and rapidly diversify itself in the next two decades and there is a need to revision it, said noted economist, chancellor of the Central University of Gujarat and former Union minister professor Yoginder K Alagh on Monday. Professor Alagh delivered the first lecture on the topic of "Future of Indian Agriculture" as the Dr Manmohan Singh Chair Professor...
More »NLU survey reveals inadequacies in education structure of govt schools
-The Times of India JODHPUR: A survey report prepared by the Legal Help and Awareness Committee of the National Law University (NLU-Jodhpur) has pointed out glaring deficiencies in the government schools' educational framework. The committee surveyed 10 schools each in all the 11 blocks of Jodhpur district in July and found that most of the schools were lacking in basic facilities like water, electricity, cleanliness and staff. Entire logistic support and financial...
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