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Be Happy, Share & Help Each Other!!! Delhi Edition of The Hindu
Right from the Bhore Committee (1946) to the Mudaliar Committee (1962) and the Shrivastav Committee (1975) to the Bajaj Committee (1986) and including the High Level Expert Group on Universal Health Coverage (2011), needs a large number of basic doctors
Death of an activist: on Gauri Lankesh Murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru has set off a wave of protests across the country Her killers caught her outside her home they fired at point-blank range Lankesh->publisher and editor of the Kannada weekly Gauri Lankesh Patrike. She sought to 1)-Bring naxalites to the mainstream, 2)-Take up the cause of Dalits and farmers, 3)-Raise consciousness on the creeping influence of Hindutva groups, 4)-Give moral support to progressive campaigns, and 5)-Basically bear scrutiny(ज च)on those in power. Rationalists M.M. Kalburgi, Govind Pansare and Narendra Dabholkar Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh-> Sirsa-based journalist Ram Chandra Chhatrapati, in 2002
Continue This is why Lankesh s murderers must be expeditiously traced and punished Another unsolved crime will only embolden those who believe that dissent and opposition must be met with violence. Her murder has taken place in a year that India dropped three places in the World Press Freedom Index (Top-3-2017-?) compiled by Reporters Without Borders, from an already bleak 133 to 136.
Mountains of garbage: India's neglected waste management crisis Waste management rules continue to be ignored Collapse of a great wall of garbage in east Delhi s Ghazipur area Neglected waste management crisis can have deadly consequences. More than a year after the notification of the much-delayed Solid Waste Management Rules, cities and towns are in no position to comply with its stipulations(शर त ) Beginning with the segregation of different kinds of waste at source and their scientific processing. Neither are urban local governments treating the 62 million tonnes of waste generated annually in the country as a potential resource. Informal system of garbage collectors and recyclers. Improving on the national record of collecting only 80% of waste generated and Being able to process just 28% of that quantum, Requires behaviour modification among citizens and institutions.
Continue But what is more important is that the municipal bodies put in place an integrated system to transport and process what has been segregated at source. Swachh Bharat programme of the Centre has focused too narrowly on individual action to keep streets clean, without concurrent pressure on State and municipal authorities to move closer to scientific management by the deadline of April 2018. Organic refuse, which forms about 50% of all garbage, readily lends itself to the generation of compost or production of methane for household use or power generation. But it is a major opportunity lost-> Affordable household biogas plants. Some countries such as Rwanda and Kenya have introduced stiff penalties for the use of flimsy plastic bags.
Continue As the nodal body for the implementation of the new rules, the Central Pollution Control Board should put out periodic assessments of the preparedness of urban local bodies in the run-up to the deadline. Without a rigorous approach, the national problem Considering that waste volumes are officially estimated to grow to 165 million tonnes a year by 2030, many more suburbs(उपनगर ) are bound to be threatened by collapsing or burning trash mountains.
Development must be climate-smart Frequency of extreme weather events increases, urbanisation has to heed(स वध न रहन ) ecological principles Heavy rains this year from the southwest monsoon and accompanying floods have devastated people s lives in parts of Mumbai, Chandigarh and Mount Abu (Rajasthan), All in the same period as Hurricane Harvey s rampage through Houston. Mumbai is reported to have received 400 mm of rain within a matter of 12 hours while Houston received about 1,300 mm over several days with Harvey. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Extreme Events, global warming leads to changes in the frequency, intensity, spatial extent, duration, and timing of extreme weather and climate events.
Continue Understanding extreme events Main reason for understanding extreme events is to 1)-Help policymakers, 2)-Emergency responders and 3)-Local communities to plan and prepare for them Chennai experienced in 2015. Barriers that block movement of water and increase flooding Many parts of the world, construction in cities or in urbanising areas does not take into consideration the existing topography, surface water bodies, stream flows or other parts of terrestrial ecosystems. Construction on existing lake beds and other water bodies needs to be removed
Continue Frequency of extreme weather events increases around the world, losses in rich countries are higher in terms of GDP, But in terms of the number of people at risk, it is the poor countries that suffer the most. Those who are the most vulnerable and the poorest end up bearing the brunt of the burdens of climate change. Development needs to be climate smart
News Analysis Page-1,10- Attacks by cow vigilantes(ननगर न रखन व ल ) must stop, SC tells States Asks them to appoint nodal police officers to crack down on such groups
Continue Page-1,10- Modi gives call to respect Myanmar s integrity We share concerns over extremist violence in Rakhine
Continue Page-5- Citizenship of TRS MLA cancelled The Home Ministry has cancelled the citizenship of a Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLA after it was found that he had a German passport. India does not allow dual citizenship
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Continue Page-10- India and Pakistan nearly came to an agreement on demilitarising the Siachen Glacier at least three times: in 1989, 1992 and 2006, says the former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran in his book released here on Wednesday by the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Mr. Saran discussed the book, How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21 st Century, with the former National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon.
Continue Page-12- Hasina calls for UN intervention Bangladesh asked the United Nations to intervene to send back Rohingya refugees to Myanmar. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked for assistance in this regard The UN s migration agency, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) appealed for an immediate relief assistance of $18 million.
Continue Page-13- Corporate governance panel report to come by month end At a time when boardroom tussles at storied companies have put the spotlight on corporate governance, the committee appointed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to look into such issues is all set to submit its report. The Uday Kotak chaired committee will submit its report by this month end, said SEBI chairman Ajay Tyagi.
Continue Page-14- Essar Oil to invest $250 million in U.K. refinery Capital infusion to help raise annual production at Stanlow to 75 million barrels
Last Day- Q s- Ans Be Happy, Share & Help Each Other!!! (CJI) R.M.Lodha Committee ->Reforming in Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Shankar Acharya Committee->Recommends to Change Fiscal year (January - December) Theme-> 9th BRICS Summit->" BRICS : Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future ". Central Vigilance Commission Created in 1964 to address governmental corruption. 1964 on the recommendations (Shri K. Santhanam) of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption. Commission shall consist of: A Central Vigilance Commissioner - Chairperson;- Mr. K.V. Chowdary Not more than two Vigilance Commissioners - Members; Committee consisting of the Prime Minister (Chairperson), the Minister of Home Affairs (Member) and the Leader of the Opposition in the House of the People (Member).
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