-Hindustan Times New Delhi: The government will keep a record of all the services and benefits availed using the Aadhaar number for seven years, say new rules, prompting fears that the database could be used for surveillance. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which issues the 12-digit biometric identity to all Indian residents, will be required to preserve its record of verification of an Aadhaar number for the duration. “This is an...
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Patiala farmer booked for stubble burning; no other option, say tillers -Avtar Singh
-Hindustan Times Patiala: The banned practice of crop-residue burning continues in the district, as farmers are in a hurry to clear their fields for the next crop. On Monday, police booked an offending farmer, Bahadur Singh of Fathepur village on Sangrur road, under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (defying the order promulgated by a public servant). “There were more farmers on the spot but Bahadur Singh owned the field on fire,”...
More »In Punjab, politics over border evacuation -Vikas Vasudeva
-The Hindu ‘When there are no signs of war why uproot poor farmers when crops are ready for harvest?’ The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party have severely criticised the Union and Punjab government for evacuating the border villages in the State without proper arrangements. They accuse the government of spreading panic among people. Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh said on Sunday that the Union government was creating war hysteria and tension along...
More »Loo & behold, city?s first smart toilet
-The Times of India New Delhi: A toilet that runs on solar power, has a water ATM to provide drinking water and vending Machines for snacks and sanitary napkins: The city's first smart toilet, inaugurated on Sunday by the New Delhi Municipal Council at Rafi Marg to mark the second anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, has all that and more. NDMC chairman Naresh Kumar said the smart toilet design would be...
More »How Tamil Nadu's rural industry model can keep farm unrest at bay -Harish Damodaran
-The Indian Express Decentralised industrialisation, entrepreneurship from below have been absent in states that have seen recent unrest among agrarian communities. “The soil here is very saline with electrical conductivity value of 9. We can grow only chloride-loving crops like coconut and the MR-2 variety of mulberry.” That was Tamil Selvi, recently telling this correspondent about the 5.75-acre land farmed by her father Natarajan Gounder at Velayuthagoundanpudur, a small village around 25...
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