-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has granted the military permission to test missiles targeting four ecologically fragile islands in the Andaman and Nicobar group in the Bay of Bengal, junking a UPA policy derisively known as "birds-over-bombs". The islands are uninhabited or largely uninhabited for most of the year, a source in the defence ministry claimed. Environmental organisations such as the Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore, claim the islands are home...
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Modern day slavery too often goes unpunished in India, says report -Nita Bhalla
-Thomson Reuters Foundation NEW DELHI - A shortage of specialised legal care and protection means that victims of Trafficking and bonded labour in India fail to get justice and perpetrators continue to buy and sell people with impunity, a report said on Monday. The study by the Freedom Fund and Thomson Reuters Foundation said charities on the frontline of anti-Trafficking efforts were unable to support victims to pursue their cases in...
More »Chennai techie nails Traffic violators in act, puts brakes on accidents -Christin Mathew Philip
-The Times of India CHENNAI: The city records more road accidents than any other metropolis in the country — 9,705 accidents left 1,247 people dead and 8,700 injured in 2013 — and police officers, experts and regular road users all agree that the proclivity of Chennai's motorists to blatantly disregard Traffic rules is to blame more than anything else. The situation on the streets is so bad that commuters are usually at...
More »More buses, fewer cars please -Karthik Rao Cavale & Aashish Gupta
-The Hindu If the ‘pro-poor’ Delhi government dismantles its only Bus Rapid Transit corridor, it will only make life more difficult for the least affluent class. The new government in Delhi is reportedly planning to dismantle the 5.8- kilometre-long pilot Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor and replace it with a six-lane road instead. Those who have followed the saga of the BRT experiment in Delhi will not be surprised by the decision...
More »Bike ambulances launched; air ambulances by year end -Afshan Yasmeen
-The Hindu Bengaluru: Two companies had evinced interest in taking up the air ambulance project in the State, the Minister said. The much-awaited two-wheeler ambulances will hit the streets in the State from Wednesday. Health Minister U.T. Khader, who launched 30 first responder bike ambulances in the city on Tuesday, said his department was working at introducing air ambulances in the State by this year end. Two companies had evinced interest in taking...
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