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Tamil Nadu State admin failed Dam management test
1 month ago

Tamil Nadu State admin failed Dam management test

New Indian Express  

After days of keeping weather experts on their toes, cyclone Fengal made landfall on the Tamil Nadu coast over the past weekend and left several districts and Puducherry reeling by dumping close to 50 cm of rains within 24 hours in some places. While Chennai, the habitual victim of the northeast monsoon’s fury, was spared this time, people in Villupuram, …

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Wildfire retardant is laden with toxic metals, USC study finds
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Wildfire retardant is laden with toxic metals, USC study finds

LA Times  

It’s a scene that’s become routine with big blazes in the West. Andy Stahl, executive director of environmental group Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, said the study bolsters fears of heavy metal concentrations in Phos-Chek that had until recently been supported by circumstantial evidence. An accompanying letter, claimed to have been written by a long-tenured Forest Service employee, called …

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Ensure benefits of govt schemes reach people: Punjab CM to new ministers
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ensure benefits of govt schemes reach people: Punjab CM to new ministers

Hindustan Times  

Chandigarh Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday asked the five newly inducted cabinet ministers to discharge their duty with dedication and ensure that benefits of the government’s pro-people schemes percolate to the people at the ground level. Interacting with the ministers, who called on the CM at his residence, Mann said people of the state …

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Kennametal undertakes the Harokethanahalli Lake restoration project in partnership with Planet Sutra
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Kennametal undertakes the Harokethanahalli Lake restoration project in partnership with Planet Sutra

The Hindu  

Kennametal India Limited, together with Planet Sutra, a sustainability implementation partner, held an event on June 25 to mark the completion of the Harokethanahalli lake restoration project at Bengaluru, India. The project spans nearly 18 acres of land, and the lake itself has a capacity of over 140 million liters of water. Situated amidst agricultural land, commercial orchards and private …

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Shweta Salunkhe: Empowering Entrepreneurs and Redefining Cafe Culture
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Shweta Salunkhe: Empowering Entrepreneurs and Redefining Cafe Culture

ABP News  

The story of Shweta Salunkhe unfolds as a monument to resilience, intelligence, and steadfast determination resonating across the packed pathways of India's corporate world. Together, they embarked on a transformative entrepreneurial journey, founding a series of successful ventures including Glocal Food Works, Eumsig Foodworks, Blackhat Syndicus, Coffee & More, Super Galaxy Sports, Cafe Peter, and Wasabi 15. Shweta has received …

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The Statue of Valour: A Monument in Honour of Lachit Borphukan
9 months, 2 weeks ago

The Statue of Valour: A Monument in Honour of Lachit Borphukan

Op India  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the Statue of Valour as a bronze monument measuring 125 ft high in memory of the distinguished Ahom military general Lachit Borphukan at Hollongapar in Jorhat, Assam, on 09 March 2024. Even after the independence of India, the story of courage and fearlessness of Lachit Borphukan could not percolate the ideologically determined filters of history. …

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BJP's Suvendu Adhikari mocks Mamata Banerjee's injury, TMC calls for protest
9 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari mocks Mamata Banerjee's injury, TMC calls for protest

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party's senior leader and West Bengal's leader of the opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, on Friday, stoked a controversy after he apparently mocked the injury of state chief minister Mamata Banerjee, a day after suffering a gash on her forehead. BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari Read here: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee suffers head injury during fall at home; discharged after …

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DC Edit | RBI is right to be cautious
11 months ago

DC Edit | RBI is right to be cautious

Deccan Chronicle  

A cautious Monetary Policy Committee has once again decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent in view of global uncertainty and moderately high inflation. With the projection of a decently high economic growth rate of seven per cent, RBI’s focus remains squarely on bringing down inflation to its target of four per cent. The rate cut …

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Are Indian CCPs prepared for high impact NDLs?
1 year, 4 months ago

Are Indian CCPs prepared for high impact NDLs?

Live Mint  

Clearing corporations, also known as central clearing counterparties, clear and settle trades in securities carried out on stock exchanges. There are a few associations and market infrastructure institutions that advocate the recognition of NDLs and suggest that it is critical for CCPs to quantify losses arising from such NDLs by analysing various scenarios. For instance, some world class CCPs do …

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India’s healthcare workers struggle to promote birth control in rural areas
1 year, 8 months ago

India’s healthcare workers struggle to promote birth control in rural areas

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Women wait outside the operating …

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To prevent water logging, soak pits mandatory in road concretisation tenders
1 year, 10 months ago

To prevent water logging, soak pits mandatory in road concretisation tenders

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Taking into consideration that road concretisation could lead to waterlogging, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has proposed unique measures in-built in the tenders. An official of the BMC’s roads department said, “We have made provision for soak pits to let water seep into the road surface and we are also using porous concrete at some places to soak water. We have …

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Extinction Rebellion has finally discovered the best way to tackle the climate crisis
2 years ago

Extinction Rebellion has finally discovered the best way to tackle the climate crisis

The Independent  

It took more than a year for the message to percolate, but Extinction Rebellion, or XR, has acted on the advice of an Editorial in The Independent. In August 2021, we suggested that the environmental protest group should compromise: “It should eschew demos that succeed only in persuading fair-minded people that environmentalists are a nuisance intent on making life worse …

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Mark Gatiss: ‘Christmas is the perfect time for ghosts’
2 years ago

Mark Gatiss: ‘Christmas is the perfect time for ghosts’

The Independent  

It’s Christmas Eve, and you’re as ready as you’ll ever be. Gatiss hums me a few bars from Victor Hely-Hutchinsons’s “Carol Symphony”, used in the opening credits of the 1984 Christmas TV series The Box of Delights, adapted from John Masefield’s novel and a festive staple. “That’s pure Christmas magic to me.” open image in gallery Jason Watkins as Mr …

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From the air, scientists map ‘fast paths’ for recharging California’s groundwater
2 years, 1 month ago

From the air, scientists map ‘fast paths’ for recharging California’s groundwater

LA Times  

A helicopter tows an airborne electromagnetic system near Pine Flat Dam during a survey of the Kings River alluvial fan in December 2020. “The central question is, is there an efficient way to find these massive features that could provide the natural infrastructure we need to recharge California’s groundwater?” said Rosemary Knight, a geophysics professor at Stanford University and the …

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A billion people and a few billionaires
2 years, 3 months ago

A billion people and a few billionaires

New Indian Express  

Even more unnerving is the popular hypothesis and perception that the burgeoning wealth of the billionaires is a direct offshoot of favourable government policies. Disinvestment of profit-making public sector enterprises, even in strategic sectors like oil, space, life insurance and defence, acquires legitimacy by the logic of liberalisation. This policy slant is evident in the abject indifference of the State …

We need a competition law regime that fosters rivalry
2 years, 4 months ago

We need a competition law regime that fosters rivalry

Live Mint  

A law is a by-product of—and responds to—the challenges of the times it is enacted in. Many industries still demand protection and concessions, instead of competing with global firms, and would any day vote for import barriers over getting export opportunities in lieu of enhanced domestic competition. A leaf could be taken from the UK competition regime, under which regulators …

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UP's 594-Km Ganga E-way to Have ‘Income Multiplier Effect’ for Farm Sector and Industry
3 years ago

UP's 594-Km Ganga E-way to Have ‘Income Multiplier Effect’ for Farm Sector and Industry

News 18  

The 594-kilometre-long Ganga Expressway, whose foundation stone will be laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 18, will pass through one of the most fertile regions of the country and will act as an “inherent income multiplier” by boosting the agrarian economy and bringing industrialisation in the region, senior Uttar Pradesh officials told News18. Durgesh Upadhya, the media adviser …

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Covid-19 and a surge in unplanned pregnancies in India
3 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 and a surge in unplanned pregnancies in India

Hindustan Times  

Covid-19 has wreaked havoc on many aspects of our lives across the globe, reproductive health and family planning are no exception. Over the last 18 months, access to women’s health care services, including contraception, family planning and abortion, has been severely disrupted. At a micro level, planned pregnancies help eliminate poor health outcomes like risk of maternal or infant mortality; …

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More perilous phase ahead for Biden after his 1st 100 days
3 years, 8 months ago

More perilous phase ahead for Biden after his 1st 100 days

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s presidency is entering a new and more perilous phase where he is almost certain to face stiffer Republican opposition and also have difficulty keeping Democrats united as he pushes for $4 trillion in additional spending on programs that have echoes of the New Deal and the Great Society. “We know that implementing the enhanced child tax …

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Don't blame Facebook: How Fox News became the beating heart of the white nationalist movement
3 years, 9 months ago

Don't blame Facebook: How Fox News became the beating heart of the white nationalist movement

Salon  

Political analysts are still trying to figure out just what has caused the Republican Party in this country to move so far to the right in recent years, and there are many theories. It is standard issue mainstream conservative media, which millions of Republicans listen to every day and watch on Fox News and the lesser cable channels at night. …

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Coronavirus | Study warns of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
4 years ago

Coronavirus | Study warns of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

The Hindu  

As the country readies to implement its COVID-19 vaccination programme, vaccine hesitancy could be an issue that the government needs to address forthwith. In an online study conducted by Abdul Ghafur, Coordinator of the Chennai Declaration, and infectious diseases consultant at Apollo Hospital, Chennai, among 1424 health professionals, only 45% said they will take the COVID vaccine as soon as …

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What is the Swiss Cheese Model of Defence in the COVID Pandemic?
4 years, 1 month ago

What is the Swiss Cheese Model of Defence in the COVID Pandemic?

The Quint  

By understanding and following it! We have learnt a lot more about the virus - like how it can stay on surfaces and therefore its best to sanitize our phones if we go out as well or how distancing and isolation, especially when sick, can help reduce transmission or even how it can remain infectious in aerosols and thus its …

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Ensure Strict Obedience To Laws Relating To Prevention Of Cruelty To Captured Animals Including Birds: Calcutta High Court Directs State
4 years, 1 month ago

Ensure Strict Obedience To Laws Relating To Prevention Of Cruelty To Captured Animals Including Birds: Calcutta High Court Directs State

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the State Forest Department to strictly ensure obedience to the laws relating to prevention of cruelty to animals and birds and also the laws governing the prevention of cruelty to captured animals, in particular capturing of birds. It may be noted that the Calcutta High Court on Friday took suo moto cognizance of …

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Effective Implementation of Policies Critical to Meet Needs of People: Vice President Naidu
4 years, 2 months ago

Effective Implementation of Policies Critical to Meet Needs of People: Vice President Naidu

News 18  

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday stressed on refining and streamlining the system for delivery of governance and implementation of schemes to meet the needs of the people. Presiding over the 66th annual meeting of the general body of the Indian Institute of Public Administration through video conference, the vice president called for a change in the delivery of …

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