-The Indian Express Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Thursday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release Rs 1,000 crore as immediate relief to flood-hit Assam, where at least 37 people have died so far. Earlier in the day, Gogoi had complained that the Centre's response to the Assam floods was not as prompt as it was in the case of Jammu & Kashmir. While asking for the Rs 1,000 as immediate aid,...
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Uranium poisoning Water in 46 villages -VL Syamsundar
-Deccan Chronicle ONGOLE: After fluoride, it has been found that ground Water in 46 villages under Peddacherlapallil, Chandrasekhara Puram and Chimakurthy mandals in Prakasam district contains uranium. This was revealed in a chemical analysis test conducted by the rural Water supply department at a testing lab in Hyderabad. GroundWater in Diwakarapuram village under P.C. Palli mandal contains the highest traces of uranium, 48.863 parts per billion (ppb), and in Hariramarajapalem Colony it is...
More »Doctors perform birth surgeries under candlelight in Kashmir
-PTI Srinagar: When the floods wreaked havoc in Kashmir and plunged most parts of the Valley into darkness, few doctors at a lone maternity care hospital in Srinagar, lent a ray of light to people's lives by performing birth surgeries under candlelight. Doctors at the Lal Ded Hospital, whose ground floor was submerged by flood Waters from Jhelum, performed six deliveries under the candlelight as the electricity supply to the hospital was...
More »Narendra Modi pursues 1980s plan to solve India’s Water shortage -Archana Chaudhary
-Live Mint One of the Modi government's bigger initiatives will be to start implementing a three-decade-old plan to connect 30 rivers New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to make good on his promise to tackle India's Water woes. He isn't the first Indian leader to make such a vow. Indira Gandhi was among the previous prime ministers who have tried, even though she was skeptical of mega dam projects. She...
More »World risks spending $250 billion on simply monitoring UN development goals: report
-Down to Earth The number should be reduced from the current 169 targets A development expert, Morten Jerven, has estimated that the world might end up spending close to $250 billion just to monitor UN development goals for 2030. In a report, Jerven proposes that governments should cut down the number of targets from the current 169 to avoid over-spending. According to Reuters, world leaders will set new sustainable development objectives-such as improving...
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