-The Tribune The Supreme Court may take time to decide upon existence or non-existence of the “right to privacy”. The Aadhaar project should not be scrapped.It should be implemented with safeguards to prevent the misuse of biometric data. The tussle over right to privacy is is still on in the Supreme Court of India. While the government has already completed 75 per cent of its work, debate on the existence of one...
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Tribal women farmers in TN hills managing weather stations
-PTI KOLLI HILLS: Women tribal farmers are helming many community managed automatic weather stations at various agro-ecological zones here that could be game changers for the region in providing timely and accurate forecasts and ensuring food and nutrition security. Of the seven automatic weather stations in the hill ranges here, four are run by women and three by men with all of them being tribals and farmers.The AWS provide meteorologic information with...
More »High ultraviolet radiation responsible for steep rise in heat deaths in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh -Preeti Biswas
-The Times of India HYDERABAD: The steep rise in sunstroke deaths in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh is the result of the ultraviolet (UV) radiation index in the two states that stands at a critically high figure of 12. This has now come to the fore, courtesy data released by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). The ultraviolet index or UV index is the standard measurement across the world used to understand the strength...
More »Lawyers, Prashant Bhushan slam Modi for 'five-star activists' remark
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Activists and lawyers have attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks that "five-star activists" were driving the judiciary, saying the remarks were unacceptable and sought to question the legitimacy of activists. Rebel AAP leader Prashant Bhushan, whose petitions led to several important interventions by the Supreme Court on issues ranging from 2G scam to coal scam and radia tapes, said, "It is a bit rich...
More »‘Darbha’ grass, a natural preservative -L Renganathan
-The Hindu A systematic research by SASTRA University researchers Thanjavur: Traditional tropical grass, Darbha, has been identified as an eco-friendly food preservative. This finding was evolved in a research study undertaken jointly by the Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Biomaterials (CeNTAB) and the Centre for Advanced Research in Indian System of Medicine (CARISM) of the SASTRA University, Thanjavur, under the supervision of Dr. P. Meera and Dr. P. Brindha respectively. Darbha (Desmotachya...
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