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Centre to prod State into saving B'luru lakes

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Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar said he will write to the State government to take immediate steps to prevent the discharge of industrial effluents and untreated sewage into lakes in Bengaluru. Javadekar, who chaired a meeting of Bengaluru MPs and MLAs on rejuvenation of lakes here on Tuesday, said his ministry would fund...

St Vincent de Paul not allowing residents to feed stray cats, relatives say this was therapeutic

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Animal Guardians Malta is very concerned about the urgent situation of the well-being of the stray cats and kittens at St Vincent De Paul Home in Luqa. Representatives of the...

Those risky rides to school

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Thousands of young schoolchildren in Bengaluru find their safety compromised as they are crammed into autorickshaws and vans. The Supreme Court guidelines on their safe commute remains only partially fulfilled. Twelve young, struggling nursery children sat there crammed inside that autorickshaw. Twisting and turning the rickshaw through the chaotic, congested road, the driver sat blissfully aware that the kids would desperately hang on to their dear lives! In hundreds of schools across the City, the route to school and back is a tightrope walk for the children. Lugging heavy loads on their back, the young ones have no choice. Isn’t it time the system cracked the whip, stamping out...

From Nov, Jaipur int'l airport to be ready to handle bigger aircraft

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JAIPUR: Here is a piece of good news for frequent flyers. Soon, they would be able to take direct flights to international destinations from Jaipur. The Airports Authority of India completed the civil works relating to the runway extension at the Jaipur international airport. The only thing left is the CAT- IIIB lighting...

Rooftop eateries bane for residents

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As rooftop restaurants gain popularity among Delhiites, residents in proximity to the market areas feel these restaurants are the biggest source of noise pollution during late night hours. The New Delhi Municipal Council recently sealed rooftop areas in 13 restaurants in Connaught Place as the restaurants did not hold licences for commercial activities on the terraces. Now the council is planning to crack down on other restaurants with terraces. Khan Market which houses several restaurants,...

Delhi-Jaipur 'green corridor' helps transport human liver in 'record time'

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Representational image. Delhi Traffic Police created a 12 -km-long 'green corridor' last night...

Briefcase containing Rs 15.5 lakh stolen near Jaipur's Moti Doongri temple

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JAIPUR: The briefcase of a 65-year-old retired bank officer containing Rs 15.50 lakh was stolen when he was offering prayers near Moti Doongri Temple on the occasion of buying a new car on...

A new spin on clean energy

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Waste to energy Sanjeev clicked on a small icon on a big screen to turn on the agitators that shred the plastic packets containing food waste and pushed them towards the conveyor belt where dry materials are removed by employees before the organic matter is sent to the grinder. “I just started the chain of processes that turns the food you left on your plate at your favourite hotel into cooking gas,” he said. Sanjeev is the project manager at Noble Exchange Solutions (NEX), one of the two major companies in Bengaluru that convert the stinking leftover hated by all of us into high-efficiency methane gas that is sold back to food joints where we run searching for a special menu....

'Men with cages' removing cats from SVPR, Moira Delia blasts 'heartless decision' to starve animals

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Animal rights activist Moira Delia has blasted the administration of Saint Vincent De Paul for prohibiting residents at the old people’s home from feeding the cats living on the residence grounds. In the latest twist, an animal rights group has claimed that "men with cages" have been sent to remove the cats this morning. In a Facebook post Ms Delia described the people behind this decision as “heartless and brainless.” The popular TV presenter also insisted...

SVPR head assures that cats can be fed but NGO insists finding out about missing felines

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Despite the positive outcome of a meeting with the Saint Vincent De Paul administration, which promised to allow residents to feed cats and the introduction of cat cafés and shelters, Animal Guardians Malta said it will still endeavour to find out what happened to a number of cats that went missing from the residence grounds. In a statement, the NGO said a meeting was held yesterday between its representatives, SVPR CEO...

City job summit comes with hiccups

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Though the response to city government‘s job summit here has been good so far, some job seekers are left confused about venues and dates due to a lack of proper communication by the Employment Department. The advertisements had mentioned four centres where the employment drive was taking place but they failed to list specific dates for particular centres, and other details. For instance, the process was not on at the District Employment Centre, IARI Complex, Pusa on Monday. But scores of people thronged the venue after...

Terror fails to beat Dina Nagar spirit

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This nondescript small border township of Dina Nagar in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, belies reality that a horrendous terror strike, the first ever in this township, took place just 72-hours ago. The ground reality here presents a picture in total contrast to what many would have otherwise imagined for a place where heavily armed militants ran amok on its streets killing innocent people at the break of dawn on Monday. Dina Nagar was back...

Kejri's govt dismantles Sheila's BRT

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Cabinet decides to scrap Rs 150-cr bus corridor Scenes of cars stuck in long traffic jams on the Bus Rapid Transit corridor in south Delhi may soon end with the city government on Tuesday deciding to dismantle the corridor’s exclusive bus lane. While announcing the scrapping of the BRT corridor, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the government...

Breakthrough Carrier AquaForce® Chillers With PUREtec™ Refrigerant to Power Switzerland District Heating Project (Carrier Corporation) ...

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(Source: Carrier Corporation) Breakthrough Carrier AquaForce® Chillers With PUREtec™ Refrigerant to Power Switzerland District Heating Project July 30, 2015 MONTLUEL, France Two Carrier AquaForce® water-cooled screw chillers with the new PUREtec™ refrigerant have been selected for the innovative Plan-les-Ouates district heating project in Geneva, Switzerland. The AquaForce chillers with PUREtec refrigerant feature the next-generation, low Global Warming Potential (GWP) refrigerant HFO-1234ze(E), providing 2.5 megawatts of total heating capacity for optimal performance in an environmentally...

For the good of society

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Humanitarian efforts Byramanagala is a region in Bidadi town on the outskirts of Bengaluru. Water here is highly polluted due to the release of industrial and sewage pollutants into the Vrishabhavathi river, which finally gets collected in the Byramangala Reservoir. Almost 80 per cent of the local population belongs to the lower middle income group. A few years ago, local communities were affected by various skin diseases, arthritis and other health problems due to water contamination. Obtaining clean water had become a Herculean task. However, all that has changed over the last few years. Illnesses are slowly disappearing as the water is becoming purer and safer. This is courtesy of several...

Healthcare at doorstep of urban poor

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DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand health department will be setting up 36 urban primary health centres (U-PHC) across the state on Saturday under National Urban Health Mission (NUHM). The facilities will provide healthcare to the urban poor. They will function under PPP (public private partnership) mode and will be solely operated by NGOs. In Dehradun, 13...

'Not all homeless are addicts'

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Not all homeless people are addicts as portrayed by anit-drug drives, latest being the AAP’s ‘drugs chodo shelter mein jao’ conducted by MLA Alka Lamba on Sunday morning, said NGOs working for destitutes. The need of the hour is more shelter homes across Delhi and especially around Kashmere Gate area as...

Making The Home A Happy Place…A Shared Responsibility

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Not too long ago, Adwoa Perbi was not a favourite worker at one of the most patronised dress making shops in Kpobiman in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. She was always late, tired and dosed throughout her schedule, hardly completing any task before dusk, Miss Comfort Agyebi, her madam said. Although Adwoa has two elder brothers and two little ones, as a female growing up in patriarchal society, her role had been confined to the domestic sphere, which attracts very little or no material reward. The patriarchal ordering of social relations and the resultant male domination, informs such decision in many Ghanaian homes, especially those in the rural and peri-urban...

State plans reverse osmosis plants in municipalities

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Encouraged by the success models in decentralised water supply systems elsewhere in the country and abroad, the government has started work on a major project to set up reverse osmosis (RO) plants in municipalities across the State to supply purified drinking water to the local community. The Department of Urban...

Greggs feeds off time-poor commuters but steers clear of more central London stores

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Greggs may have seen soaring sales as the sausage rolls purveyor cashed in on time-poor commuters and health-conscious workers, but it...
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