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Noble way to save environment from poly-packing of milk

Noble way to save environment from poly-packing of milk

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Mother Dairy has given newspaper-advertisements on 02.10.2019 motivating people to buy Token-Milk to discourage use of plastic in poly-pack milk. Evidently Token-Milk is quite cheaper than poly-pack milk of same standard because of saving of packing-cost. But big question is that poly-pack milk is available in too many variants and qualities, while Token-Milk is available only in one variety that too only on selected Mother Dairy booths and not with private retailers selling poly-pack milk in all varieties and variants that too also of other milk-giants like highest-selling brand Amul. It is noted that since last few days, all milk poly-packs have print that packing is made of recyclable plastic Best way to conserve environment is that customers may be given bags of environment-friendly...
ODF India is an immense achievement, but it must be made sustainable: CSE

ODF India is an immense achievement, but it must be made sustainable: CSE

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India, as per official claims and proclamations, is all set to become open defecation free (ODF) on October 2, 2019, a day that marks the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. In the past four years, India has built 100 million toilets in about 0.6 million villages, and another 6.3 million in its cities. By all accounts, it is an incredible feat. As per a 2019 report of the Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for water supply and sanitation, of Unicef and the World Health Organization (WHO), between 2000 and 2014, open defecation decreased by some 3 percentage points a year, while between 2015 and 2019 it reduced at over 12 percentage points a year. According to government estimates, by February 2019, over 93 per cent of the country’s rural households had access to toilets; over 96...
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh Unveils Statue of Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th Birth Anniversary

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh Unveils Statue of Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th Birth Anniversary

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Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh today unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Delhi Cantonment and paid rich tribute to the Father of the Nation as a rare person who wielded so much influence over people without occupying formal positions of power. The statue of Mahatma Gandhi was erected by the Directorate of Defence Estates on his 150th birth anniversary celebrations at Sri Nagesh Garden in Delhi Cantt. Raksha Mantri also paid tributes to Former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri who shares birthday with Mahatma Gandhi. Addressing the gathering, Shri Rajnath Singh said Mahatma Gandhi’s political programmes had economic, social and cultural messages as well for the people at large. Referring to the Champaran Movement, Shri Rajnath Singh said that Mahatma Gandhi, while fighting for...

Thanks to Ayushman Bharat – Life Turns Normal to this Remote Islander

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52 Year Old Ratan Barai from Andaman and Nicobar hails from a poor family and was suffering from Myocardial Infarction. He was admitted to the G B Pant Hospital in Port Blair pain on the left side of the chest and profuse sweating. He also had Diabetes Mellitus. Investigations revealed Acute Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction. He was stabilized with medical management and later referred to cardiologists in the mainland for further expert treatment. Since there is no treatment facility for heart ailments in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, all such patients travel to mainland India for treatment in cities like Kolkata and Chennai. For RatanBarai this was difficult as he did not have enough money. However when he learnt of the cashless insurance protection through Ayushman Bhara...
DIN system of CBDT launched ; About 17500 Communications with DIN Generated on First day

DIN system of CBDT launched ; About 17500 Communications with DIN Generated on First day

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The Documentation Identification Number (DIN) system of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has come into existence from todaywiththe generation of about 17,500 communications with DIN on the very first day. This path breaking DIN system has been created as per the direction of Finance Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman and from now onwards every CBDT communication will have to have a documentation identification number. Revenue Secretary Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey said, “From today, any communication from Income Tax Department without a computer generated DIN, be it a notice, letter, order and summon or any other correspondence,would be treated as invalid and shall be non est in law or deemed to be as if it has never been issued. The DIN system would ensure greater accountability and tran...
Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora AVSM ADC assumes charge as Vice Chief of the Air Staff

Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora AVSM ADC assumes charge as Vice Chief of the Air Staff

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Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora AVSM ADC took over as Vice Chief of the Air Staff today morning. The Air Marshal was commissioned in the Indian Air Force as a fighter pilot in Dec 1981. He has rich and diverse experience of accident free operational flying which includes MiG 21, MiG 29 and other aircraft in IAF inventory, including helicopters. He is a graduate of Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment, Defence Service Staff College and National Defence College. He holds Master of Science in Defence Studies and Master of Philosophy in Defence and Strategic Studies. Air Officer has commanded a MiG 21 Sqn in the South Western sector and was later Commander of Air Defence Direction Centre in the same sector. He went on to command a premier MiG 29 Base and as an Air Vice Marsh...
Road Ministry to Utilise Plastic Waste in a Big Way

Road Ministry to Utilise Plastic Waste in a Big Way

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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has embarked upon a mission for utilising waste plastic in a big way. It has mobilised nearly 26 thousand people across the country for spreading awareness on plastic waste management. Over 61 thousand hours of shramdaan has been given to collect plastic waste. This has resulted in collection of nearly 18 thousand kilograms of waste plastic throughout the country. Under the ‘Swachhta Hi Sewa’ programme of the Government of India, it has undertaken awareness generation against use of plastic, through Swachhata Awareness Programme through rallies, putting up posters / banners / slogans, distribution of pamphlets at Toll Plazas and nearby Dhabas, and organizing painting / essay writing competitions in schools. Awareness Programmes are being organ...
Varnish-coated new 100-rupee notes to be issued with no clue of plastic-currency as announced on 12.03.2013 in Rajya Sabha

Varnish-coated new 100-rupee notes to be issued with no clue of plastic-currency as announced on 12.03.2013 in Rajya Sabha

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It refers to welcome news about new 100-rupee notes to be issued with special varnish-coating for increasing life of notes and making it difficult to write on notes or fold these. But there is still no clue of ten-rupee notes of plastic being issued as was announced long back by the then Union Minister of Finance Namo Narain Meena on 12.03.2013 in a written reply in Rajya Sabha. Reserve Bank of India should direct its subsidiaries for simultaneous working on plastic-currency so that plastic-notes in denominations of rupees ten and twenty may be simultaneously issued with varnish-coated notes of 100-rupee notes, to make a comparison so that plastic or varnish-coated currency may be issued for notes of all denominations rather than some selected ones for ultimate decrease in cost of curre...
Abolish useless practice of having Oath Commissioners and Notary Public

Abolish useless practice of having Oath Commissioners and Notary Public

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It refers to Rajasthan High Court on 25.09.2019 directing action against two Oath Commissioners having attested an affidavit while the applicant was out of the country. Such an illegal practice is quite common when usually Oath Commissioners and Notary Public fulfill formality of attesting documents without verifying the person or signature whose signatures are to be attested. Central government has done away with many outdated laws and practices having been continued in free India as British legacy even after seven long decades of independence. Time has come to abolish the totally outdated and useless practice of having Oath-Commissioners and Notary Public who are mostly in malpractice of charging fees much in excess than rupees 20 and 30 respectively as fixed by the government. Many f...
CBI probe permitted by CJI against former Madras CJ Justice Tahilramani

CBI probe permitted by CJI against former Madras CJ Justice Tahilramani

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It refers to TOI report dated 30.09.2019 about Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gagoi asking Central Bureau of Investigation CBI to take action as per law against former Chief Justice of Madars High Court Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani into allegations against her including alleged irregularities in purchase of two flats at outskirt of Chennai from HDFC bank-loan of rupees 1.62 crores and rupees 1.56 crores from bank-accounts of family-members as per report of Intelligence Bureau submitted following her recent resignation from the post on 06.09.2019. TOI-report also suggests certain other alleged irregularities also against her. Rupees 1.56 crores now-a-days is not such a big amount compiled through bank-accounts of various family-members, even which can be scrutinized by Income Tax authorities i...