-The Telegraph New Delhi: The "Mercedes" class left squirming by Delhi's odd-even car rationing today received sympathy from the Supreme Court, which suggested that Metro trains earmark premium seats where the affluent can sit "dignified" at a price. "Mr Kumar, car owners who are coming (to the Delhi Metro), they must get some space to sit," Chief Justice T.S. Thakur told solicitor-general Ranjit Kumar, appearing for the Centre in a case filed...
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Government urged to bring back local nutrient food mixture in anganwadis
-The Hindu People of the region are not used to eating the new mixture KALABURAGI (Karnataka): The Karnataka Rajya Anganwadi Noukarara Sangha has demanded that the State government roll back its decision to change nutrient food mixture provided to inmates of anganwadis and to pregnant women in villages and resume providing local nutrient food mixture as earlier to overcome the problem of under nourishment of children and pregnant women. District president of sangha...
More »India gets its first solar-powered village in Bengal -Manogya Loiwal
-India Today West Bengal: "Kerosene is sold at Rs 40 per litre in the market. Now the money will be saved, thanks to the solar lamps. We are really grateful to the solar aid," said Kasinath Mahata, one of the villagers. It was celebration time for the people of Pandri, a village in the Purulia district of West Bengal, illuminated with lightening after years of hassle. The excitement doubled when the village...
More »MGNREGA works stalled in Bijnor for 2 months -Harveer Dabas
-The Times of India BIJNOR: Work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has been stalled in Bijnor district for the past two months. This is being attributed to the panchayat polls which were underway in the district. Sources said it would take another month before work can commence again as data regarding village panchayats is yet to be fed into the system. This has led to a...
More »Urban flood management in Delhi's changing climate -Vijay C Roy
-Business Standard Evidence on increasing risk should be tipping scale for the government New Delhi: At the COP21 talks in Paris, Chennai had been brought up as an unfortunate exhibit of the perfect storm triggered by climate change and indiscriminate urban planning. While India is already driving the conversation about the global effort to climate-proofing, hopefully the impact of this latest flood will also force its leadership to sit up and take...
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