-The Times of India KAMDUNI (BARASAT): "Shut up", West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had shouted at Kamduni women on Monday. Her party toughs ensured they did. When TOI visited the village on Tuesday, the roar of a hundred women the previous day had been replaced by a deadening stillness. Branded "CPM supporters" and browbeaten by the CM, the women shut up and shut themselves indoors. On Monday, they had rushed to...
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Karnataka Milk Federation moots brick packs for school milk project-Sharath S Srivatsa
-The Hindu Bangalore: Nearly 60 lakh students across the State could be receiving their quota of milk in a brick pack, as the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) - tasked to supply milk to the youngsters - fears supplying loose milk could result in adulteration. Happily for the children, flavoured milk could be a part of the scheme which will take off on July 1. KMF will initially supply loose milk as setting...
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-The Business Standard Not so efficiently or transparently but there is progress and hope, besides showcasing likely problems with the Centre's own law Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh): The UPA government at the Centre has been mulling hard on ways to enact its Food Security Bill, even as the Chhattisgarh government has completed six months of enacting a like law, one providing 35 kg of rice a month at Rs 2 a kg to all...
More »In Selaiyur, methane from sewage becomes cooking gas-K Manikandan
-The Hindu Novel project by Tambaram municipality generates gas from sewage in Bharat Nagar public toilet Chennai: Residents of Bharat Nagar in Selaiyur now have access to free, eco-friendly gas for their kitchen use. Tambaram municipality on Friday launched a bio-methanation plant that will produce gas from sewage generated in a public toilet. This comes in the wake of a good response to the municipality's novel project, ‘Namma Toilet' to improve sanitation in...
More »The Indian way? No way-Dinesh Thakur
-The Hindu The national culture of unquestioned obedience to authority along with an acceptance of shoddiness must not be used as an excuse to overlook violations of corporate ethics, says the Ranbaxy whistle-blower During my tenure at Ranbaxy, I was surprised by the unchallenged conformity to the poor decisions of senior leadership. Ranbaxy was my first Indian employer following my tenure at two different American corporations. Reflecting on this experience from cultural...
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