TOI Social Impact Awards: Innovations that save many lives |
- TOI Social Impact Awards: Innovations that save many lives
- TOI Social Impact Awards: A mission to place health in the hands of people
- Nepal released wrong names of victims
- DGCA gets tough with airlines over air safety norms
- Bouncing plane brings back Mangalore horror
- Flash floods scare in Sikkim as glaciers melt
- NC, Cong in a fix over vote on Afzal Guru plea
- Governor a Cong pawn, Centre must recall her: Narendra Modi
- Rs 3L cr plan to boost India's naval might
- Pranab hints at push to banking, insurance bills
- CBI to seek fresh A-G opinion on Essar-Loop case
- Not angry with Gujarat: Advani
- Army wants VVIPs kept out of Sikkim
- BJP seeks all-party meet to discuss BPL benchmark
- CIC asks AIIMS to make public question papers for last 20 years
- Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to give politburo meet a miss again
- Planning Commission backs shortened medical degree for rural areas
- Plan panel wants five-fold rise in drug purchases by govt
- Report exposes poor state of social science research
- Justice Katju: A colourful judge with a social conscience
- Proposal to make CVC, CBI chiefs members of Lokpal
- No compromise on nuclear safety, says PM
- Team Anna plans referendum in constituencies of Sonia, Lalu and others
- Leaders target Chidambaram for delay in creation of Telangana
- Antony orders probe into ex-servicemen resettlement scam
| TOI Social Impact Awards: Innovations that save many lives Posted: 25 Sep 2011 06:11 PM PDT The hand pumps, now branded as the "Elevated Flood-Proof Bahraich Model", are installed two to four metres above ground depending on the highest level the river touched during floods. 
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| TOI Social Impact Awards: A mission to place health in the hands of people Posted: 25 Sep 2011 06:03 PM PDT The rural health project runs in 45 villages across Ahmednagar district. A total of 175 villages have moved on after becoming self-sustaining in the past 40 years. 
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| Nepal released wrong names of victims Posted: 25 Sep 2011 04:55 PM PDT Nepal's aviation authorities initially released a wrong set of victims' names, reviving memories of another air crash last year when the victims, mostly Bhutanese pilgrims, were first declared Nepalese. 
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| DGCA gets tough with airlines over air safety norms Posted: 25 Sep 2011 04:53 PM PDT The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has read out the riot act to airlines to comply fully with all safety-related issues and asked them to cover the deficiencies in a time-bound manner. 
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| Bouncing plane brings back Mangalore horror Posted: 25 Sep 2011 04:50 PM PDT An aircraft landing with a thud and then bouncing precariously on the runway has led to alarm bells ringing in the aviation safety circles. 
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| Flash floods scare in Sikkim as glaciers melt Posted: 25 Sep 2011 04:48 PM PDT Glaciers in north Sikkim, disturbed by the 6.8 magnitude earthquake, have started melting faster, leading to fears of flash floods in the region. 
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| NC, Cong in a fix over vote on Afzal Guru plea Posted: 25 Sep 2011 04:45 PM PDT On September 28, J&K's 87 MLAs will vote on the clemency plea of Afzal Guru, the man sentenced to death in the Parliament attack case. 
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| Governor a Cong pawn, Centre must recall her: Narendra Modi Posted: 25 Sep 2011 04:42 PM PDT Sadbhavana over, it was now time for Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi to sharpen his knives agai-nst the governor, Dr Kamla. 
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| Rs 3L cr plan to boost India's naval might Posted: 25 Sep 2011 03:42 PM PDT A powerful three-dimensional Navy, which can protect country's geo-strategic interests from Hormuz Strait to Malacca Strait, will not come cheap. 
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| Pranab hints at push to banking, insurance bills Posted: 25 Sep 2011 03:38 PM PDT Faced with the anxiety of investors over languishing financial sector reforms, the government is likely to make a fresh push for early passage of the banking and insurance bills. 
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| CBI to seek fresh A-G opinion on Essar-Loop case Posted: 25 Sep 2011 03:36 PM PDT The CBI will approach attorney general G E Vahanvati for fresh opinion after its legal department differed with the agency's findings on Essar's cross-holding of shares in Loop Telecom in connection with the 2G scam. 
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| Not angry with Gujarat: Advani Posted: 25 Sep 2011 03:29 PM PDT Before setting out on his yatra against corruption, L K Advani on Sundaydelinked it from his earlier Ram rath yatra. 
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| Army wants VVIPs kept out of Sikkim Posted: 25 Sep 2011 03:26 PM PDT The Army has given an unusual suggestion to the government for improving the relief and rescue operations in earthquake devastated regions of Sikkim — keep VVIPs off the area. 
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| BJP seeks all-party meet to discuss BPL benchmark Posted: 25 Sep 2011 03:22 PM PDT BJP has accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of having little knowledge of the level of poverty in the country. 
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| CIC asks AIIMS to make public question papers for last 20 years Posted: 25 Sep 2011 03:19 PM PDT The Central Information Commission has directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to make public archives of its question papers for MBBS entrance examination for the past 20 years. 
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| Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to give politburo meet a miss again Posted: 25 Sep 2011 03:16 PM PDT Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's absence from meetings of party forums will continue as he has excused himself again from CPM's two-day politburo meeting in the Capital from September 29. 
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| Planning Commission backs shortened medical degree for rural areas Posted: 25 Sep 2011 02:27 PM PDT The panel has "endorsed" the new BRMS cadre and said that as a career incentive, they should be promoted to level of public health officers after 10 yrs of service. 
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| Plan panel wants five-fold rise in drug purchases by govt Posted: 25 Sep 2011 02:24 PM PDT India should increase its public spending on purchasing drugs by five times in order to reduce out-of-pocket expenditure of the common man. 
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| Report exposes poor state of social science research Posted: 25 Sep 2011 02:19 PM PDT ICSSR also found that half the teachers in social sciences were without M Phil and PhD, making it necessary that they be given fellowships. 
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| Justice Katju: A colourful judge with a social conscience Posted: 25 Sep 2011 02:15 PM PDT Coming from the renowned Katju family of Allahabad, he was a first divisioner throughout his academic career. 
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| Proposal to make CVC, CBI chiefs members of Lokpal Posted: 25 Sep 2011 01:58 PM PDT If the CVC and CBI heads are full-fledged members of the Lokpal, the importantorganisations need not fear being dwarfed. 
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| No compromise on nuclear safety, says PM Posted: 25 Sep 2011 01:52 PM PDT Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said concerns about the safety of nuclear plants would be fully addressed as India tries to achieve the goal of making nuclear energy an important component of the country's energy basket. 
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| Team Anna plans referendum in constituencies of Sonia, Lalu and others Posted: 25 Sep 2011 01:48 PM PDT Lok Sabha MPs are likely to be under intense scrutiny from October 1 with Team Anna planning a series of "referendums" in their constituencies. 
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| Leaders target Chidambaram for delay in creation of Telangana Posted: 25 Sep 2011 01:42 PM PDT A senior Congress leader from Telangana on Sunday joined opposition BJP in attacking home minister P Chidambaram for not delivering on the statehood promise. 
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| Antony orders probe into ex-servicemen resettlement scam Posted: 25 Sep 2011 01:33 PM PDT Defence minister A K Antony has asked the corporate affairs ministry's SFIO (serious fraud investigation office) to probe major irregularities in the re-settlement of ex-servicemen. 
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