-PTI NEW DELHI: From running street clinics to giving free-of-cost treatment to poor and homeless, many doctors in old Delhi's Chandni Chowk area are going beyond their line of duty to serve people. A team of three doctors set up a street clinic near the Baptist Church every morning to tend to the poor before going to their work. "I come here for two hours in the morning, tend to those with wounds...
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Manoranjan S Roy, RTI activist, interviewed by Ashutosh Sharma (National Herald)
-National Herald He fears for his life and safety of his family, admits the activist from Mumbai, explaining his reluctance to speak to the media and appear on TV. Visiting the national capital for filing his petition before the Supreme Court, Manoranjan S Roy resisted attempts to drag him to TV studios. Life for him had changed ever since his RTI applications revealed discrepancies between the supply and deployment of Electronic...
More »Surat's underground garbage system shows way to Delhi and other big cities -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India SURAT/ NEW DELHI: Surat is showing the way to Delhi and other big cities that are struggling to manage garbage spilling out of ‘dhalaos’ and filling the air with foul smell. The city’s municipal body has installed 43 underground garbage bins, each of which can contain up to 1.5 tonnes of waste as a part of the Smart City Mission and these are fitted with sensors to...
More »Only 12 of 23 Supreme Court judges have disclosed their assets: Official website -Seema Chishti
-The Indian Express According to the website, all the judges, who have declared their assets, own some land. It shows that the top two judges don’t own a car. New Delhi: Of the 23 judges presently in the Supreme Court, from a sanctioned strength of 31, only 12 have disclosed their assets on the official website. According to the Supreme Court website, the 11 judges who are yet to disclose their assets...
More »India's rural inflation has started pinching
-Financial Express For sustainable growth, Rural India’s squeezing purchasing power needs immediate attention New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) unanimous call for a 25-basis-point rate hike after four years was primarily driven by the strengthening core inflation as well as the rising household inflationary expectations. Since the April Monetary Policy Committee meeting, there have been some significant macro developments, mainly on four counts. First, the global crude oil prices have risen...
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