Govt. to promulgate fresh ordinance on Land Bill
Even as the opposition to the Land Acquisition Bill continues in different quarters, the NDA government is determined to bring to Parliament its amended Bill through a fresh Ordinance. The amended NDA
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Child workers demand practical solutions to their woes
Also appeal to the Government to curb corruption among NGOs Members of the Bal Mazdoor Union, an organisation formed and run by child labourers themselves, staged a demonstration at Jantar Mantar here on Thursday demanding that the Ministry of Women and Child Development come up with practical programmes for alleviating their problems. They also appealed to the Government to curb corruption among those non-government organisations which have allegedly amassed money in the name of working for the problems of child labourers. During the demonstration, which was supported by research scholars and students of Jawaharlal Nehru University and Delhi University, the child labourers pointed out that they were highly vulnerable to exploitation of all kinds on the streets of the Capital. Memorandum submitted In a memorandum given to the Minister of Women and Child Development, the child labourers pointed out that their employers, anti-social elements, policemen and even passers-by subject them to economic and sexual exploitation. The memorandum also specifically named a particular NGO which had allegedly amassed huge amount of wealth but not done anything for child labourers. In a memorandum they demanded that the Government should design and implement practical initiatives through its own channels; it should put curbs on NGOs which only make money in the name of working to alleviate child labour; the child labourers' voice should be taken care of when programmes for them are envisaged; the Government should control foreign aid being garnered in the name of child development by the NGOs and that transparency should be ensured in their functioning.
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Control of pineapple mealy bug
Pineapple mealy bug is a major pest occurring wherever pineapple is grown. It is root feeding insect, yet some colonies are found on the basal portion of leaves and fruits. The pest sucks the sap and simultaneously injects saliva containing wilt virus, inflicting heavy losses. The first symptoms of the disease appear in the roots which cease to grow, collapse and then rot. An apparently flourishing crop will show the symptoms earlier than a slow growing poor crop. Quick wilt
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Low budget technologies can usher in success for small ryots
The cost of making Amirta karaisal for an acre comes to Rs. 5-8 Cost-effective concoction: Ms. Rajareega mixing the karaisal at her farm at Muthupatti in Tamil Nadu When the application of even some of the best technologies fails to yield a good harvest, farmers tend to either sell their land or borrow money for planting a second crop. With successive failures and mounting debts, agricultural activity comes to a grinding halt. In extreme cases some poor farmers go to the extreme of committing suicide to escape from problems. Immediate need
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Biodegradable laptop, low-power TV
With its power-hungry gadgets and thousands of delegates flying in from across the world, an enormous technology conference hardly seems an appropriate venue for championing green issues. But the group behind the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week is trying to demonstrate that technology may be about saving the environment rather than damaging it. Ecological concerns
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Managing diseases using stem cells
The strategy to treat Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes is to implant near the blood system the insulin producing beta cells derived from cord blood stem cells The implant for diabetes treatment is seen as a short term therapy It will take another 15 years to find a treatment for Parkinson's No to cancer treatment: "We don't promote stem cells for cancer treatment. Stem cells can't cure cancer,' said Colin McGuckin, Professor of Regenerative Medicine, Newcastle Centre for Cord Blood, U.K.
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Nano production set for October
Commercial production of Tata Motors'
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Contamination: Metrowater official summoned to court
The Madras High Court has directed the General Manager of the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board to be present in court on Thursday in connection with a public interest litigation petition seeking a direction to authorities to prevent contamination of the city's drinking water with drainage water. In the petition, which came up before the First Bench, comprising Chief Justice A.P.Shah and Justice F.M.Ibrahim Kalifulla, petitioner P. Cholaraja of Villivakkam submitted that the people of Chennai were using contaminated water supplied by the Board.
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Gayatri Devi on dharna against land mafia
BATTLING ODDS: Rajmata Gayatri Devi (right) on a dharna in front of her Royal Palace "Moti Doongri' in Jaipur on Wednesday. Vexed over attempts at encroaching upon the land donated by her for the development of a public park, the former Queen Mother of Jaipur Gayatri Devi on Wednesday sat on a dharna with the residents of the Sanjay Nagar slum cluster located near the Moti Doongri Fort here. Once among the world's most beautiful women, Gayatri Devi, sat for half an hour in the token protest before her well-wishers could persuade her to give up.
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State to get power from Tamil Nadu
The State will get 122 MW of power from a mega power project at Tuticorin at Rs.2.92 a unit, Electricity Minister A.K. Balan has said.
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Good scope for export of rural products: Mani Shankar Aiyar
UPLIFTING RURAL ECONOMY: S.R.Rao, executive Director of Exim Bank (right), exchanging a memorandum of understanding on export of rural products with P.K.Kesavan (left), Director (Rural Business Hubs), Union Ministry of Panchayat Raj, in the presence of Mani Shankar Aiyar, Union Minister for Panchayat Raj, and Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State for Commerce, in Nagapattinam on Wednesday.