-The Hindu The public transport system is the most effective way of reducing the number of vehicles as well as emissions Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently launched the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP), 2020 with an ambitious goal of shifting to electric propulsion for surface transport. This would reduce our dependence on diesel and petrol and lead to lower emission levels, including carbon-di-oxide emission, which is one of the major contributors...
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Auto shocker: Get set for a fare hike in Delhi -Rumu Banerjee
-The Times of India Get ready for a hike in autorickshaw fares. After a spate of strikes by autorickshaw unions, the Delhi government is considering the recommendations of the committee set up to review fare hike. "The government is serious about the fare hike, especially as it has been some time since the last revision," said a source. The transport minister, Ramakant Goswami, has been holding a series of meetings with the...
More »Illegal bride bazaar still thriving in Old City -Bushra Baseerat
-The Times of India HYDERABAD: Contrary to popular perception, the age-old bride bazaar continues to flourish on the back of a well-oiled network of brokers in the poverty-stricken parts of the Old City, with Muslim women increasingly falling victims to the trade. Activists say that till date, thousands of young women have been married off to cash-rich foreign nationals and the lives of many more are at stake. Activists say that the...
More »Farmers spending a fortune on borewells in parched Marathwada-Shoumojit Banerjee
-The Hindu As Marathwada’s groundwater table plummets to 500 ft, farmers here, as in other districts, are freely violating the law in a frantic bid to strike water. Mahadeo Mule has invested Rs. 1 lakh during the past five months to save his crops and livestock, drilling at five different points on his land, despite already having a borewell. He has also spent close to Rs. 35,000 on water from private...
More »Strike hits banking, coal mining in Andhra
-IANS Banking services were paralysed, coal production came to a halt, and transportation was hit in Andhra Pradesh by the two-day nation-wide strike called by major trade unions, which began Wednesday. Bank services in Hyderabad and the rest of the state were totally paralysed as over 70,000 employees of public sector banks joined the strike. Coal production came to a halt in the mines of the state-owned Singareni Collieries, with 65,000 workers in...
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