This news item by the Staff Reproter of THE HINDU in THE HINDU of February 7, 2013, caught my eye and I thought it needs to be posted in my blog. Here is an excerpt from the news item:
NUCLEAR ENERGY IS VERY DANGEROUS TO HUMANITY
International Conference on Power, Control (P S N A College of Engineering and Technolgy, Dindigul)
With rapid depletion of fossil fuels, clean energies such as solar, water and wind alone will meet growing power needs in future. Nuclear energy is very dangerous to humanity, said Joachim Holtz, Professor Emeritus, University of Wuppertal, Germany.
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Nuclear wastes have been posing a grave threat to human beings and the environment. Nuclear disasters in Russia and Japan had displayed its effects. Germany had decided to shut down all its nuclear plants in a phased manner and switched over to clean energy.
Germany and Denmark were leading the world in tapping wind energy. Every village in south Germany has solar panels to generate power, he added.
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Grateful thanks to Prof.Holtz and The Hindu.
For the full article in THE HINDU's website:
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/nuclear-energy-is-very-dangerous-to-humanity/article4388043.ece
In YOUNGWORLD, supplement to The Hindu of January 22, 2013, under the section, KALEIDOSCOPE, I came across this interesting piece from an eighth standard student, P.R.Niranjana. As an enthusiast and supporter of Organic Farming, I thought I would post a part of it in my blog. Here it is:
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INORGANIC KILLS AND ORGANIC FILLS YOUR LAND WITH GREEN VEGGIES.
Organic farming is the only way to achieve a second green revolution in our country and conserve the eco-system for the next generation. So let's join hands to lead a green and healthy life.
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To know more about the Benefits of Organic Farming from FAO of UN:
http://www.fao.org/organicag/oa-faq/oa-faq6/en/
Grateful thanks to Niranjana, The Hindu and FAO.
That wealth leads to dharma and happiness, which is acquired with discrimination in the right way and without evil.
The New Indian Express, Madurai edition of January 11, 2013, has reported, quoting PTI, that INDIA WASTES 21 MILLIONS TONNES OF WHEAT EVERY YEAR. An excerpt from this article:
INDIA WASTES 21 MILLION TONNES OF WHEAT EVERY YEAR
India stands out for its glaring lack of infrastructure and food storage facilities, in a new study that says 21 million tonnes of wheat - equivalent to the entire production of Australia - goes waste in the country.
The report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) on global food wastage found that as much as 50% of all food produced around the world never reaches a human mouth.
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Overall, wastage rates in vegetables and fruits are even higher than for grains. At least 40% of all fruit and vegetable is lost in India between the grower and consumer due to lack of refrigerated transport, poor roads, inclement weather and corruption.....
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Grateful thanks to PTI and The New Indian Express.
Bats may hold clue to immunity, longevity in man
PTI | Dec 24, 2012, 05.02 AM IST
Bats, which have survived for 65 million years against all
odds, may offer vital clues to immunity and human longevity, a new study has
found.
Bats are amazing creatures and one of the most abundant and
widespread mammals on Earth, researchers said.
Excerpt from The Times of India, Chennai, Dec.24, 2012
For the full article:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Bats-may-hold-clue-to-immunity-longevity-in-man/articleshow/17737870.cms
Grateful thanks to PTI and The Times of India.
Women get raped in India every 20 minutes. But the authority does not want women to protest against rape. Not even for 20 minutes - Taslima Nasreen, Writer, on Police treatment of Delhi rape protestors
The Times of India, Chennai, Dec.24, 2012
Grateful thanks to Taslima Nasreen and The Times of India.
Highways Officials
miffed with overnight Road Cuts by K.Manikandan
In an overnight development, an arterial road near Tambaram
was found dug up in 30 places on Sunday morning.
Residents and shopkeepers said they witnessed no signs of
work on Medavakkam (Mount-Madipakkam) Main Road all of Saturday.
The road-cut is the handiwork of a private contractor who
was entrusted some maintenance job by the Pallavaram municipality. And
officials of the State highways department are miffed with the damage to the
road. Their permission was not sought for the work, an official said.
Using an earthmover, the stretch was dug up in at least 30
spots between Keelkattalai bus terminus and Madipakkam Koot Road.
While officials of Chennai city roads division of the
highways department said the act amounted to a direct violation of norms,
officials of Pallavaram municipality said it was meant to facilitate
maintenance of the massive underground drainage project.
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Excerpt from THE HINDU of Dec.24, 2012.
For the full article: (There is a painful photograph in the article showing the damage to the Road)
Grateful thanks to Mr.Manikandan and THE HINDU.
Exclusive Law Ignored in Rape Case by P.V.Srividya in THE HINDU of Dec 24, 2012
Even as protests demanding stringent laws to deal with rape
cases sweep the national capital, an exclusive law, already in force for
protection of children from sexual offences, has been apparently overlooked by
the police in the case of the rape of an 11-year-old girl here in Thalaignayar
near here on Friday. The sexual assault was brought to light on Saturday, and
the girl has since been admitted to the Thiruthuraipoondi Government Hospital,
which is still awaiting consent for forensic tests.
Even though the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
Act has been in force since November, the police, instead of booking a case
under this law, have filed the case under Section 450 (house trespass to commit
an offence) and Section 376 (rape) of the IPC.
The enactment of the Act was seen as a watershed as it
facilitates shifting of the burden of proof from the survivor to the accused.
The Act mandates child-friendly procedures right from the beginning of the
trial. The Act has been framed since the IPC does not cover all forms of sexual
offence and it fails to distinguish between adult and child survivors.
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The Act is a powerful law and mandates the State to bear the
costs of support services for the survivor, says Kannayan, a freelance
consultant on child rights and former field officer under the Department of
Social Defence. Pointing out that the law also provides for interim
compensation during the trial period, he says the District Child Protection
Officer should have taken a suo motu cognisance of the incident from media
reports, visited the child and streamlined the investigation.”
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Excerpt from THE HINDU of Dec 24, 2012
Grateful thanks to P.V.Srividya and THE HINDU.
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Last week's gang rape is a symbol of a vulgar society that a vulgar political class has manipulated into existence. It is a symbol of the degradation of values that a corrupt ruling regime has imposed on an otherwise docile people of snake-charmers and sadhus.
Excerpt from the letter of Mr.N.Saratchandran, Thiruvananthapuram, to the Editor of THE HINDU, dated Dec 24, 2012.
Grateful thanks to Mr.Saratchandran and THE HINDU.
Convergence among multiple technological and scientific
disciplines, coupled with making sustainable systems would define the
“knowledge society” of the 21st century, the former President, A.P.J. Abdul
Kalam, said here on Sunday.
He was addressing students of the Indian Institute of
Technology (Patna) during its first convocation programme.
Narrating his visit to laboratories in Harvard University
and the inventions in biosciences there, Mr. Kalam said, “I saw how two
different sciences are shaping each other without any iron curtain between the
technologists. This reciprocating contribution of sciences to one another is
going to shape our future and industry needs to be ready for it.”
Excerpt from THE HINDU of December 24, 2012.
For the full article from THE HINDU:
Grateful thanks to THE HINDU.
