-IANS Around 8.30 every morning, hundreds of workers arrive at the main bus depot in Noida Phase II, about 30 km from New delhi. They fan out into the lanes of the neighbouring hosiery complex. With nothing more than a tiffin box in their hands, they begin their daily job hunt. Almost every factory gate has a board proclaiming "Avashyakta hai (wanted)". It lists the daily requirement of jobbers-tailors, finishers, 'pressmen' (as...
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The largest solar power plant in the world is now in our backyard -Nivedita Khandekar
-Hindustan Times When launching the International Solar Alliance (ISA) during the United Nations Climate Change summit in 2015 at Paris, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said, “The sun is the source of all energy, the world must turn to solar, the power of our future.” Last week, a solar power plant in Kamuthi, Tamil Nadu became the world’s largest plant. With a capacity to produce 648 MW of electricity, the plant comprises...
More »I-T operations since cash ban yield Rs 2,000 crore; Over 400 inquiries conducted after Nov 8
-The Times of India NEW delhi: The income tax department has unearthed over Rs 2,000 crore in unaccounted income in search and survey operations across the country since the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on November 8. The department also seized over Rs 130 crore in cash and jewellery. In a press note on Tuesday, the I-T department said it carried out more than 400 investigations after November 8....
More »Aadhaar to be must for railway tickets for elderly
-The Times of India NEW delhi: Senior citizens who want to avail concessions on train tickets will now have to produce the 12-digit Aadhaar number. An official said reservation of rail tickets for senior citizens will be directly linked to Aadhaar from April next year on a mandatory basis for availing concessions at both counter and for e-tickets. The railways has decided to implement Aadhaar-based ticketing system in a two-phased manner. From...
More »The nowhere people -Ameen Jauhar
-The Hindu People migrating due to environmental disasters should be accorded ‘refugee’ status in international law An increasing number of people globally are facing displacement due to droughts, famines, rising sea levels and other natural disasters caused by climate change. This class of migrants has been labelled as ‘environmental refugees’ in popular literature. According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, an international body reviewing trends of internal displacement, an estimated 24 million...
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