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CSE releases new report on tracking and reporting air pollution under the National Clean Air Action Plan (NCAP) at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2020

CSE releases new report on tracking and reporting air pollution under the National Clean Air Action Plan (NCAP) at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2020

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The National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) has completed a year, at the end of which 122 non-attainment cities have been asked to reduce particulate pollution by 20-30 per cent by 2024 from 2017 levels – they are expected to achieve an annual reduction of at least 6 per cent per year to meet the target. Says Anumita Roychowdhury, executive director, research and advocacy, CSE: “The cities are expected to immediately begin reporting on their annual progress; but for that, they must know the methods and standard operating procedures for such reporting. How will cities know if their pollution levels are rising or declining? This is what our report tries to address.” Roychowdhury was speaking at the release of CSE’s new report -- Breathing Space: How to track and report air pollution under ...
Logic of notification issued about new one-rupee note

Logic of notification issued about new one-rupee note

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It refers to Gazzatte Notification GSR 95(E) dated 07.02.2020 -Printing of One Rupee Currency Notes Rules, 2020- issued by Union Finance Ministry regarding further issue of yet another new one-rupee note, even though the earlier one issued on 06.03.2015 with several re-prints have never been in actual circulation, and its packs of 100 are mostly available at heavy premium multiple times face-value of the pack. Interesting fact remains that one-rupee note discontinued long back about quarter-century ago subsequently later with those of rupees two and five because of their high printing cost and low life with coins in these circulations having become popular. One-rupee note is issued evidently because of bureaucratic craze of printing their signatures. Notes of rupees two and five were no...
Raising RTI fees in MP – RTI fees and payment-mode should be uniform in complete country

Raising RTI fees in MP – RTI fees and payment-mode should be uniform in complete country

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It refers to reports about Madhya Pradesh government raising RTI fees from present rupees 10 to rupees 100 with additional raised fees for filing First Appeals and Second Appeals at rupees 500 and 1000. But RTI fees cannot be more than rupees 50 according to court-verdict. Rather Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) should notify that RTI fees and payment-mode should be uniform for all states and Competent Authorities. Earlier several Competent Authorities and states had fixed abnormally high RTI fees at rupees 500 according to power given to them under sections 27 and 28 of RTI Act. But negligible RTI fees of just rupees 10 fixed long back in the year 2005 by DoPT has lost relevance being one of the reasons for misuse of RTI Act. Uniform RTI fees of rupees 50 inclusive of cop...
कैसे कोई कंपनी  छूने लगती हैं बुलंदियों को

कैसे कोई कंपनी  छूने लगती हैं बुलंदियों को

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निश्चित रूप से हम सबने देश की कॉरपोरेट संसार की प्रमुख कंपनियों जैसे रिलायंस, टाटा, बिड़ला, विप्रो, एचसीएल वगैरह के नाम सुने हैं। पर जरा बताइये कि हमसे कितने लोगों ने क्वैस कोर्प का नाम सुना है?  माफकीजिए कि क्वैस कोर्प के नाम और काम से बहुत कम लोग परिचित  हैं। पर यह असाधारण कंपनी के रूप में उभरी है। इसने तमाम बड़ी स्थापित कंपनियों को पीछे छोड़ दिया है। यहां पर बात मुनाफे की नहीं हो रही है।बात हो रही है  कि देश में किस कंपनी के पास सर्वाधिक मुलाजिम है। क्वैस मुलाजिमों की संख्या के स्तर पर निजी क्षेत्र की सबसे बड़ी कंपनी के रूप में उभरी है। अब तो आप मानेंगे कि यह कोई सामान्य कंपनी नहींहै। फिलहाल इसके देश भर में 3 लाख 85 हज़ार कर्मी हैं। यह कोई  छोटा आंकड़ा तो नहीं है। दरअसल क्वैस निजी क्षेत्र की एमेजन से लेकर स्वैगी जैसी तमाम कंपनियों को उनके उपयुक्त कर्मचारी उपलब्ध कराती है। येकर्मी विभिन्न...
शिकारा: कश्मीरी प्रेम कथा

शिकारा: कश्मीरी प्रेम कथा

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कश्मीर की घाटी से 20 बरस पहले भयावह परिस्थतियों में पलायन करने वाले कश्मीरी पण्डितों को उम्मीद थी कि विधु विनोद चोपड़ा की नई फिल्म ‘शिकारा’ उनके दुर्दिनों पर प्रकाश डालेगी। वो देखना चाहते थे कि किस तरह हत्या, लूट, बलात्कार, आतंक और धमकियों के सामने 24 घंटे के भीतर लाखों कश्मीरी पण्डितों को अपने घर,जमीन-जायदाद, अपना इतिहास, अपनी यादें और अपना परिवेश छोड़क भागना पड़ा। वे अपने ही देश में शरणार्थी हो गये जम्मू और अन्य शहरों के शिविरों में उन्हें बदहाली की जिंदगी जीनी पड़ी। 25 डिग्री तापमान से ज्यादा जिन्होंने जिंदगी में गर्मी देखी नहीं थी, वो 40 डिग्री तापमान में ‘हीट स्ट्रोक’ से मर गऐ। जम्मू के शिविरों में जहरीले सर्पदंश से मर गए। कोठियों में रहने वाले टैंटों में रहने को मजबूर हो गऐ। 1947 के भारत-पाक विभाजन के बाद ये सबसे बड़ी त्रासदी थी, जिस पर आज तक कोई बाॅलीबुड फिल्म नहीं बनी। उन्हें उम्मीद थी...
श्रीराम मन्दिर- नयी रोशनी का अवतरण

श्रीराम मन्दिर- नयी रोशनी का अवतरण

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मर्यादा पुरुषोत्तम श्रीराम जनमानस की व्यापक आस्थाओं के कण-कण में विद्यमान हैं। श्रीराम किन्हीं जाति-वर्ग और धर्म विशेष से ही नहीं जुड़े हैं, वे सारी मानवता के प्रेरक हैं। उनका विस्तार दिल से दिल तक है। उनके चरित्र की सुगन्ध विश्व के हर हिस्से को प्रभावित करती है। भारतीय संस्कृति में ऐसा कोई दूसरा चरित्र नहीं है जो श्री राम के समान मर्यादित, धीर-वीर और प्रशांत हो। इस विराट चरित्र को गढ़ने में भारत के सहóों प्रतिभाओं ने कई सहóाब्दियों तक अपनी मेधा का योगदान दिया। आदि कवि वाल्मीकि से लेकर महाकवि भास, कालिदास, भवभूति और तुलसीदास तक न जाने कितनों ने अपनी-अपनी लेखनी और प्रतिभा से इस चरित्र को संवारा। वे मर्यादा पुरुषोत्तम तो हैं ही मानव-चेतना के आदि पुरुष भी है। श्रीराम इस देश के पहले महानायक हैं, जिनका अयोध्या में दिव्य और भव्य राम मंदिर के निर्माण का मार्ग प्रशस्त हुआ है, इससे देश के आस्थावान कर...
More people displaced due to natural disasters and climate  change than conflicts and war in 2018 — says CSE and Down  To Earth’s State of India’s Environment 2020 report

More people displaced due to natural disasters and climate change than conflicts and war in 2018 — says CSE and Down To Earth’s State of India’s Environment 2020 report

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Back in 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had noted that the single greatest impact of climate change will be on human migration. In 2018, of the new 28 million internally displaced people in 148 countries, 61 per cent were due to disasters. In comparison, 39 per cent were displaced due to conflict and violence. Experts believe that by 2050, more than 200 million people will be forced to flee their homes. These statistics feature in a series of articles on migration in the latest State of India’s Environment Annual, which was released here yesterday at the 2020 Anil Agarwal Dialogue and Annual Media Conclave by Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot. With increasing intensity and frequency, natural disasters now affect more than half of India’s population, both...
Akashwani should place Samayaki just after main evening Hindi news-bulletin like Spotlight is relayed after main English news-bulletin

Akashwani should place Samayaki just after main evening Hindi news-bulletin like Spotlight is relayed after main English news-bulletin

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Timings of news-bulleting and other programmes presented by News Services Division of All India Radio (Akashwani) were last revised more than five decades ago when Television-network had insignificant presence. Then timings were revised in a manner that Hindi bulletins may be broadcast just before English news-bulletins like shifting main Hindi bulletin from then 8.15 pm to now 8.45 pm. But such placement deprived Samayaki important time-place just after main Hindi bulletin like is there for Spotlight relayed at 9.15 pm just after main English bulletin. All India Radio should go for a total new time-schedule for all its news-bulletins and other programmes presented by News Services Division. Main evening Hindi news-bulletin should be advanced to 8 pm followed by Samayaki at 8.15 pm just...
Despite fewer events in 2019 compared to 2018, 18 per cent more people died in that year

Despite fewer events in 2019 compared to 2018, 18 per cent more people died in that year

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The continuity and intensity of extreme weather events in India in the 2018-19 period has taken even climate scientists and meteorologists by complete surprise, says the latest State of India’s Environment Annual, which was released here today by Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot. The world witnessed 286 and 228 extreme weather events in 2018 and 2019, respectively. Of these, India recorded 23 in 2018 and nine in 2019. In terms of deaths, 48 per cent of the deaths in Asia due to extreme weather events happened in India. And in 2019, there were more deaths in India even though the number of such events were fewer – 2.038 people died in 2019 due to extreme weather events, compared to 1.396 in 2018. Extreme weather events include conditions like drought, wildfire, flood, landslides,...
CSE’s annual media conclave and Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2020 inaugurated by Ashok Gehlot,chief minister of Rajasthan

CSE’s annual media conclave and Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2020 inaugurated by Ashok Gehlot,chief minister of Rajasthan

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Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) annual media conclave and Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2020 was inaugurated here today by Ashok Gehlot, the chief minister of Rajasthan. The conclave, which has brought together journalists and environmental experts from all over India, is being held at CSE’s state-of-the-art residential environmental training facility, the Anil Agarwal Environment Training Institute (AAETI), in Nimli, Alwar district, Rajasthan. The chief minister, who was welcomed at AAETI by CSE director generalSunitaNarain and her senior colleagues, also released CSE and Down To Earth magazine’s Annual State of India’s Environment Report 2020 on this occasion. He visited an exhibition in the campus which showcased the ‘green’ features of AAETI. Speaking at the conclave, Gehlot s...