10 Odisha villages declare their habitats untouchability-free As a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, 10 villages in seven panchayats in the Daringbadi block of Odisha’s Kandhamal district on Tuesday declared their habitats untouchability-free. In the gramsabha meetings of the seven panchayats held on Tuesday, resolutions relating to complete eradication of untouchability …
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Toilet-for-all: WHO calls for more investment
‘Countries need to make policy shifts and invest more’ The world will not reach the goal of universal sanitation coverage – where every person has access to toilets – by 2030 unless countries make comprehensive policy shifts and invest more funds, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday as …
Read More »Eco-friendly toilet block for Mumbai
Facility at Marine Drive cost Rs. 90 lakh Mumbai’s first Rs. 90 lakh clean-technology toilet was thrown open to the public at Nariman Point along Marine Drive on Tuesday. The environment-friendly toilet block, an initiative of the Brihanamumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC),and Nariman Point Churchgate Citizens’ Association (NPCCA), will serve the …
Read More »Farmers’ rally was planned in June
3,700 tractors, a few hundred buses and trollies took part in the journey, say participants Members of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) sat on the road, inside their tractors, on pavements and on barricades installed by police near east Delhi’s Ghazipur at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border on Tuesday. Though, they …
Read More »India sends relief material to Indonesia
IAF aircraft and naval ships on the way to tsunami-hit Palu The Indian Air Force and the Navy on Tuesday launched efforts to deliver relief material to the tsunami-hit Indonesia. The Navy has diverted its ships INS Tir , Sujata and Shardul on deployment to Singapore to Palu in Indonesia. …
Read More »Bangladesh delays relocation of Rohingya
About one lakh refugees were to be accommodated in an islet in the Bay of Bengal Bangladesh has delayed the planned relocation of a part of the Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to an islet in the Bay of Bengal, sources said here on Tuesday. The Bangladesh Navy has been building …
Read More »Australian university celebrates Gandhiji’s life
Annual programme at University of New South Wales The sprawling lawn in front of the library at the University of New South Wales here on Tuesday saw a repeat of what has been an annual celebration for almost a decade now. On October 2 every year, a small crowd gathers …
Read More »Support Dhaka on Rohingya crisis: Guterres
Describing India as a ‘pillar of multilateralism’, UN Secretary-General urges it to play a bigger role in responding to the situation India must support Bangladesh in dealing with the Rohingya crisis and put pressure on Myanmar for their return, Antonio Guterres, on his first official visit to India as the …
Read More »Gurupriya bridge in Odisha harms tribal interests: Maoists
It provides access to police to comb Maoist strongholds The CPI (Maoist) on Tuesday organised a meeting in the cut-off area (near Sileru) on the Andhra-Odisha Border (AOB) to protest against the construction of the Gurupriya bridge in the Naxal-affected Malkangiri district of Odisha. As per reports from the intelligence …
Read More »Rangoon rice market.
The rice market rose today [Rangoon, October 1] and Java shippers are paying Rs. 400 and over for rice to fulfil their engagements for which they have already got licenses. There is much discussion as to how the Government will obtain rice for Madras as the present price Rs. 372 …
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