-The Times of India NEW DELHI: After years of existing as a repulsive mound of festering garbage, the landfill at Okhla has got a look that is more attractive. One face of the stabilised landfill has finally been “greened” and the capping work continues on the other sides. When the work is over, the overused landfill will get a new avatar as an ecopark. Tufail Ahmed, the engineer in charge of the...
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Bihar heatwave claims 17 more lives, toll hits 61
-The Times of India PATNA/ NAWADA/ AURANGABAD: Heatwave in Bihar claimed 17 more lives on Sunday, taking the death toll to 61. Sunday's deaths were also reported from the same three districts of the state - Aurangabad, Gaya and Nawada - that had witnessed 44 fatalities till Saturday midnight. TOI had reported 30 deaths till 11pm on Saturday. Aurangabad reported the highest number of deaths at 30 followed by 20 in Gaya...
More »20 more kids die in 24 hours, Bihar encephalitis toll hits 93 -Ramashankar
-The Times of India PATNA: Twenty more children succumbed to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in the last 24 hours, taking the toll in Muzaffarpur and other districts of Bihar to 93. Union health minister Harsh Vardhan, who visited Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) in Muzaffarpur on Sunday, expressed concern over the outbreak. Vardhan was accompanied by his junior Ashwini Kumar Choubey and state health minister Mangal Pandey. He held a...
More »Eggs likely to be on menu for pre-primary students in Karnataka -Tanu Kulkarni
-The Hindu DPI to submit proposal to State govt. Karnataka: The DepARTment of Public Instruction (DPI) wants to replicate the food menu of children in anganwadis, which includes eggs, in pre-primary classes from this academic year, and is planning to submit a proposal to the State government. The government this year stARTed pre-primary sections in 276 Karnataka Public Schools where all children are of the same age bracket as those in anganwadis, who...
More »Bihar first state to launch universal old-age pension scheme -Madan Kumar
-The Times of India PATNA: Bihar on Friday became the first state to launch a universal old-age pension scheme in which each person at the age of 60 years and above, irrespective of their financial, family or caste status, will get a sum of Rs 400 per month directly in his/her bank account. In other states, old-age pensions are provided only to the members of either BPL family or SC/ST or widows...
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