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From
January 13, 2006 to January 22,
2006
A
Positively Powerful Performance
‘Us and Them’ is the story of an
HIV positive adolescent’s attempts
to negotiate societal prejudices,
writes K S Narayanan.
Exclusive
Web Portals For Gram Panchayats
Exercise is aimed at e-bridging the
urban-rural divide in State NIC
facility to cover 456 gram panchayats
initiallly It covers birth, death
registration; pension facility NIC
ready with almost 1,000 rural
technologies
Postal
Department Launches Three New Schemes
Instant money order is the need of the
hour, says Barnala
India
Post Launches Instant Money Order
Service
The money order one sends will reach
the other party within half an hour
The facility is available at GPO and
head post offices in Rajajinagar and
Jayanagar Sums between Rs. 1,000 and
Rs. 50,000 can be sent . . .
New
School Building Constructed By Ngo
Declared Open
Built at a cost of Rs.24 lakh as part
of the tsunami relief project
Changed
Publicity Tack On Aids Gets A Positive
Response
Overkill dropped in favour of
simplifying the core message Worried
over the indifferent public response
to its multimedia HIV/AIDS campaign,
the Chennai Corporation AIDS
Prevention and Control Society (CAPACS)
changed its publicity tack . . .
Collector
Lauds Ngos' Role In Relief
Inaugurates new building for school,
donated by Red Swastik Society of
India
Multimedia
Educational Cds For +2 Students
The CDs feature the new syllabi for
Chemistry and Physics in a novel
learning format
Multiple-Feed
Bio-Diesel Plant To Be Set Up In
Mysore
It will have the capacity to produce
ten million litres a year The proposed
plant is an Indo-U.S. venture It will
be able to process a wide variety of
feedstock into bio-diesel fuel
100
Terminals To Be Commissioned Through
Edusat
The Department of Science and
Technology of the Union Government,
which currently has around 20
terminals being commissioned through
EDUSAT under Vigyan Prasar network,
will augment this facility to around
100 terminals across the country soon.
Electrification
Scheme Launched
It will ensure power supply to nearly
1.52 lakh families in the district
Project will also cover
92,345
families living below poverty line in
Mysore district Plan to establish 650
power sub-stations in State.
Rs.82.2-Cr.
Nabard Aid For Rural Development In
Madurai District
Areas for infrastructure development
identified The National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
has identified certain core areas in
Madurai district having potential for
promoting infrastructure development
in a big way by the . . .
Goa
To Encourage Planting Of Jatropha For
Bio-Diesel
The Goa Government has decided to
encourage panchayats and educational
institutions to take up plantation of
jatropha trees in a big way as
Government intended to promote it as
an alternative fuel.
Iccw's
Efforts Bring Down Female Infanticide
Children rescued from match industries
Council working in 370 villages for
past 15 years
Rly
To Give Funds For Goa Skybus Project
The Rs 1200-cr line, to run between
Mallapuran and Uppal, has been cleared
in principle by the Andhra Pradesh
government, and an engineering survey
for the project is currently on, KRC
Managing Director K K Gokhale said.
Five
Welfare Schemes For Farmers Announced
Coop. bank to give sops to farmers who
repay loans promptly
Isro:
Commercial Launch Of Pslv
Betting high on its cost effective and
proven launch vehicle technology,
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
is planning to enter into launch
vehicle business and aiming a 10 per
cent market share over the next five
years.
Agri
Technology Mission Launched
The idea is to push up productivity
level of the sector, says YSR Farmers
in Andhra Pradesh can now look forward
to some assistance in fighting adverse
seasonal conditions and also explore
ways and means to give a boost to
their productivity . . .
He
Helped Them Read
It is nearly two hundred years since
Louis Braille invented a special
script for the blind. M S S Murthy
looks back at the genius whose
invention changed the world for the
blind.
Tn:
Mono Rail System In Chennai Soon
All set to take public transport to a
higher plane, the Tamil Nadu
government has decided to introduce
the eco-friendly 'mono rail' mass
rapid transit system in Chennai.
Jain
Mutt Launches Waste Management Project
ISRO, Vignana Parishat, and the
Channarayapatna Taluk Panchayat are
involved in the Rs. 30-lakh programme
Schools, colleges and Stree Shakti
self-help groups will participate in
the programme.
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