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| Child Politicians Bring Change to Rural India by Sonia Faleiro |
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Pooja Gujjar is the consummate politician. She’s quick-witted and outspoken, and, as her every-ready, dimpled smile suggests, always up for a challenge. She has, admittedly, a girlish streak. The first time she stood for election she chose as her symbol a flower. And although she lost, to a boy, she’s proud that all the girls voted for her.
Pooja is the deputy “sarpanch” – Hindi for leader – of her school’s Bal Panchayat in the village. |
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| Banishing darkness from Indian villages by Shailaja Sharma |
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Eureka Forbes, known for its water purifiers, is now out to banish darkness from Indian villages with its solar lighting products. Its Eurodiya brand of solar bulbs are made with US-based Nokero (short for ‘no kerosene’) that makes affordable solar bulbs, panels and chargers for communities that have no access to electricity.
Over 85,000 villages (or 63% of rural India) are without electricity. Eurodiya is expected to be an alternative to kerosene lamps on which ru. |
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| UN launches information system to boost disaster prevention, food security measures |
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-The United Nations
The United Nations launched today an information system to improve and expand the exchange of weather, climate and water data, which can be used for disaster risk reduction, water management, food security and health purposes.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Information System will facilitate access to meteorological observations and products, making it easy to share them with a wide variety of stakeholders.
According. |
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| Bihar's tableau in R-Day parade works wonder |
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Planting of trees by families on birth of a girl child, the theme of Bihar's tableau in this year's Republic Day parade, has worked wonders for a village in Bhagalpur by improving the environment and providing financial security to girls.
The tradition in Dharhara village, about 40 km from here, was popularised by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who was so impressed by it that he decided to launch a welfare scheme "Pahli Kilkari Yojna" from there on. |
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| NREGS wages: Jharkhand banks on Adhaar, micro ATMs by Manoj Prasad |
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For the first time, 500 NREGS workers have drawn their wages in January utilising the UIDAI Adhaar, a micro ATM, and biometric data.
The pilot project, to ensure transparency and timely disbursal of wages, has been welcomed by villages. Launched simultaneously at Meru in Hazaribagh and Ratu in Ranchi on January 5, the project is expected to cover 30 villages soon.
A micro ATM — costing less than Rs 20,000, weighing less than 2 kg, linked to a laptop, and supported b. |
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