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Govt to spend Rs 560 cr on 42 social schemes
Delhi University
BJP misleading on regularisation of colonies: Congress
CM reviews 1500 MW Bawana gas project
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Hope for patients with retinal degeneration
Road rage: Farmhouse owner attacked
Student strangled by friends
Ghazipur Abattoir
Metro tunnel under railway tracks completed
Handle gizmos with care during rains
2 killed in clash
DD engineer held for attacking doctor
5 students missing
Accident on BRT corridor
Truck runs over 4, 3 die on spot
Student killed in Noida accident
2 killed in mishap
B-school launched in Gurgaon
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Govt to spend Rs 560 cr on 42 social schemes
New Delhi, July 14 A total of 42 such schemes are there in which the government would spend Rs 560 crore. The existing beneficiaries will continue to avail the benefits, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit told reporters after the cabinet meeting. The government has decided to adopt a set of measurable and verifiable proxy social indicators of schemes. This would ensure that the poorest and weakest sections of society like the shelterless, residents of slums, widows, separated women, street children and people engaged in vulnerable occupational groups get the benefit of the schemes. The Chief Minister added that a survey would be conducted in phases to identify the vulnerable. The crux of the exercise is ensuring social welfare entitlement and public services to most needy people in the easiest mode. The exercise is intended to include those people who by virtue of their vulnerability or non-legalized residential status, have not been able to get the benefits of various welfare programmes. Besides, the cabinet has revoked violation of rule 24(2) of the Delhi Cooperative Societies Rules, 1973 in respect of those members who were enrolled prior to July 2, 2007. The Chief Minister stated that Mission Convergence has been asked to finalize a uniform criterion for welfare entitlement schemes and identification of the vulnerable. The government is deeply concerned about those members of the cooperative group housing societies, who have been facing hardship due to alleged mismanagement by their managing committees. The cabinet has decided to grant relief to those members who were enrolled as members of the CGHS prior to July 2, 2007 in violation of Rule 24(2) of Delhi Cooperative Societies Rules, 1973. Their cases would now be cleared for allotment. The decision would facilitate early draw of lots by the DDA for allotment of flats of Cooperative Group Housing Societies. |
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Delhi University
New Delhi, July 14 A member of the Academic Council said, “We feel the need to re-introduce the entrance examination system as the marksheet system simply does not fit into the student profile we are looking at. Also, it is not utterly fair as many students who are good at a particular stream may not have a high aggregate on the whole. Many factors have made us rethink on this and we have decided to revert to the entrance examination system.” Meanwhile, the Academic Council also approved the revised B.Sc. (Mathematics), B.Sc. (H) Food Technology and B.Sc. Physical Sciences syllabus. The revised B.Sc. (Mathematics) syllabus will have more prospects in terms of job opportunities and higher studies. Two new papers including Financial Mathematics and Complex System have been added to the syllabus. The new syllabus has been specially designed to meet the demands of different sectors. The revised course is also reportedly more application-based than just theoretical knowledge. The new B.Sc. (Maths) course is expected to be implemented from the next academic session as the faculty is not familiar with the computer software used and the newly added subjects. In its meeting held on Sunday, the Academic Council also approved the revised syllabus of B.Sc. (H) Food Technology and B.Sc. Physical Sciences. Last year, the B.Sc. Physical Sciences course had been extremely tough and many students had failed in their examination. This was followed by protests from students. Evidently, all subjects in B.Sc. Physical Sciences, including Physics, Chemistry, Maths and Life Sciences have been re-worked and made easier. In the B.Sc. Food Technology, many new elements like food safety management system, food laws and biotechnology aspects like genetically modified foods have been introduced. |
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BJP misleading on regularisation of colonies: Congress
New Delhi, July 14 Sharma said that mayor and chairman, standing committee are misguiding 40 lakh people living in these colonies by issuing false statements. “There is no confusion with regard to regularisation of unauthorised colonies. The government will start issuing provisional certificates of regularisation to 1,639 unauthorised colonies. Of these, 149 are in extended Abadies of Lal Dora, 84 are left out colonies which could not be regularised earlier owing to various shortcomings in the documents which have now been completed. There are a total of 1,406 such colonies which have complete documents required under the law. These will be issued provisional regularisation certificates. Sharma said that the Delhi government has given top priority to the welfare of citizens belonging to lower and middle strata of society living in the unauthorised colonies and Congress fully realise the difficulties being faced by the residents of these colonies. Keeping this in view, a sum of Rs 2800 crore has been issued for carrying out development works in 614 colonies. Of these, development works in 138 colonies are being carried out by the MCD, in 345 colonies by the DSIDC and in 136 colonies by the flood and irrigation department. The development works include construction of roads and drains. He said that the Delhi Jal Board has already completed the work of laying pipelines of portable water in 417 colonies and the work is in progress in 407 colonies. |
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CM reviews 1500 MW Bawana gas project
New Delhi, July 14 The meeting was attended by power minister A.K. Walia, chief secretary Rakesh Mehta, special advisor, Commonwealth Games 2010, Ramesh Narayanswami, principal secretary to CM, P.K. Tripathi, secretary (power) and senior officers of DJB, GAIL, IOC, BPCL, Petronet, BHEL and NTPC. Dikshit instructed all concerned offices to strictly follow the prescribed schedule to enable full generation before the commencement of the Commonwealth Games 2010. She also instructed chief secretary and advisor, Commonwealth Games to closely monitor the progress of the construction and to take care of the loose ends. Six million metric standard cubic meters (MMSCMD) of gas is to be supplied by Petronet through GAIL, IOC and BPCL per day. GAIL would be transporting gas to the site of project. NTPC is functioning as the consultant and BHEL is functioning as the contractor for the project. The Chief Minister also instructed power secretary to ensure all arrangements for the transportation of the generated power. It was stated that the plant would start generating 250 MW in March 2010, another 250 in May 2010, 500 in July 2010, 250 in September 2010 and another 250 in October 2010. The Chief Minister added that it would be ensured that Pragati Power Project-III is commissioned with full capacity during October 2010 when Delhi will host Commonwealth Games 2010. |
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Hope for patients with retinal degeneration
New Delhi, July 14 Dr Rohan Chawla, consultant retina specialist at the Max Eye Care here, says that the drugs that are monoclonal antibodies against vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGF) are available. These drugs are specifically designed to inactivate the factors that are required by the body to sustain the growth of abnormal blood vessels that form in wet ARMD. Presently, the available drugs are — AVASTIN, LUCENTIS and MACUGEN. In particular, AVASTIN and LUCENTIS are showing good results in the management of wet ARMD. Before the advent of these drugs we only used to talk about preservation of vision by using certain LASERS. For the first time with the use of these drugs, many patients are actually reporting improvement of vision, said Dr Chawla. Dr Sanjay Dhavan, head of the department at the Max Eye Care, says that the ARMD is a disease that affects the retina. Retina is the innermost light-sensitive part of the eye on which the image is formed. This image is then transmitted to the brain. Thus, any damage to the retina can dramatically affect vision. There are two forms of Age-Related Macular Degeneration – Dry and Wet type. The dry type is generally less disabling. It is common. In wet ARMD, abnormal blood vessels are formed beneath the retina. These vessels first leak fluid and then can leak blood under the retina. This blood is toxic to the retina and can devastate central vision. According to eye specialists, the exact cause of this disease is not yet known. However, its biggest risk factor is age. Other risk factors are cigarette smoking, hypertension, family history, light ocular pigmentation and photo toxicity. Thus, people above the age of 50 years with any of the above risk factors are more likely to develop this disease. The ARMD is a silent disease. It is mostly detected in routine examination. Patients might experience visual distortion of objects initially, and then, vision starts decreasing. Ophthalmologists claim that intake of vitamins and antioxidants can slow down the process of Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Those who have already developed Dry ARMD can be given additional vitamin and antioxidant capsules to slow down the disease. Smoking must be stopped. Early detection by Amslers grid is important, as the results of treatment of Wet ARMD are much better if the disease is detected early. |
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Road rage: Farmhouse owner attacked
New Delhi, July 14 The incident occurred a little after 10 p.m. According to Gupta, he was returning home with his family after spending the weekend in his farmhouse when he spotted the car carrying the three young men being driven in a reckless manner. Gupta alleged that when he objected to their driving, the young men forced him to stop by overtaking him and then started assaulting him. The police said that a case had been registered and further investigations are being carried out. According to the police, preliminary inquiries suggest that there was a free-for-all between the three young men and Guptas. The windowpanes of the two cars were also found smashed. |
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Student strangled by friends
Greater Noida, July 14 Rajpal, paternal uncle of Dinesh, the deceased, has launched a report in Greater Noida police station. Both the accused—Sanjay and Naveen are absconding. According to SP (rural) Babu Ram, only the postmortem report can clarify whether Dinesh died of strangulation or any internal injury. The incident has led to tension in the village and in view of the situation, a heavy posse of police has been deployed in the area. According to Babu Ram, Dinesh of Kalipur village was a student of class XII at Amichand Inter College, Kasna. Sanjay was his classmate while Navin was his senior at school. On Sunday afternoon Navin and Sanjay had brought some books from the market. When Dinesh met them on the way, he took the books to have a look. But one of the books slipped from his hand and fell into a pool of water on the ground. This infuriated Sanjay and Navin who started beating Dinesh. To save himself, Dinesh fled from the place. But his friends eventually caught and strangled him. The boys kept kicking him even after he collapsed and fell on the ground. The two then fled from the spot on their motor bike. Dinesh’s family took him to Kailash Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. |
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Ghazipur Abattoir
New Delhi, July 14 The Municipal Corporation of Delhi says that meat traders are not willing to shift their trade to the new slaughterhouse. While the DMMA has said that traders are ready to shift but the MCD is not providing the basic infrastructure. It is hiding its shortcomings, says DMMA president Aquil Qureshi. The traders were even ready to participate in the trial practice of the abattoir but they were not welcomed, he alleged. In 2007, the Supreme Court had ordered to construct a slaughterhouse that not only meets the present needs but also fulfills the necessities of the future. Traders dealing in live stock will be given a suitable place to carry on their business, the Court had said. Qureshi said that the MCD established a live stock market one kilometre away from the slaughtering place. This will cause pains to animal owners. The live stock market must be adjacent to the slaughterhouse, as the practice is prevailing all over the country. There is landfill site nearby the slaughterhouse violates the provisions of the municipal bylaws.
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Metro tunnel under railway tracks completed
New Delhi, July 14 The tunnel was constructed 12 metres under the railway line to ensure that the tracks were not affected, DMRC spokesperson Anuj Dayal says. He added that trains ply frequently on that route and the airport nearby is often used for special movements. A team of DMRC engineers and surveyors monitored the process round-the-clock to ensure that the movement of trains was not affected. General monitoring of the tracks was conducted for seven days before undertaking the tunnel work this month. Prior permission was taken from the commissioner, railway safety, before the execution of the project. A detailed schedule of the movement of trains on the route was also taken from the railway authorities. A German-made Tunnel Boring Machine also called Earth Pressure Balancing Machine was used for the project. The engineers used equipment called Digital Autolevels to monitor the process. The equipment automatically records accurate settlement levels. The settlement recorded for the entire stretch was about 8 mm to 9 mm, which is well within the prescribed accessible international limits of 20 m. This is the first time the tunnel work of the Delhi Metro has passed close to the airport. In Phase I, Delhi Metro had earlier constructed its lines below the Indian Railways system in New Delhi and Delhi main stations. The second parallel Metro tunnel, to be constructed on this route between Central Secretariat and Gurgaon, is expected to come up in another month’s time, which will pass below the Safdarjung airport area.
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Handle gizmos with care during rains
New Delhi, July 14 As a matter of fact, deaths due to electrocution have become everyday news, especially with the onset of the monsoon when lack of awareness about the natural dangers involved in using electrical appliances and callousness in handling electrical devices result in three to four deaths daily in any major city. “Like fire, electricity is a good servant but a bad master. If used properly, it is a boon in everyday life and, if mishandled, can cause death,” he said. The most important education required was regarding the proper use of earthing which is a thick wire attached to the top hole of a three-pin electrical socket, directing the safe passage of leaking electricity. It needs to be checked every six months as it weakens with time and weather, and this can be done by using an ordinary tester. Earthing could be procured either from the city source or made indigenously at home by digging a big hole. Live and earth wires are sometimes untied together for temporary connection, which can be dangerous, added Dr Aggarwal. Earthing leads were, by international convention, kept green so that there should be no difficulty in identifying and pointing it out. People have to be familiarised with the connectivity process along with the colour used on the insulation, green for earth wire, black for neutral wire and red for live wire. Normal electricity is generated when the live wire is connected to the neutral wire. Earth wire is used to remove the leakage of the electric current as a safety mechanism. Live wire touching earth wire also gives electric current but not when the earth wire is connected to the neutral wire. In case of electrocution, proper resuscitation is essential. The mains ought to be switched off or wire disconnected using a wooden material and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation should be started immediately. In a clinically dead patient, a thump in the centre of the chest from a distance of 1 ft. may alone revive a person. Severe electrocution deaths occur within 4-5 mins; hence action is needed then and there without waiting for the victim to be taken to the hospital. |
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2 killed in clash
Faridabad, July 14 A group of residents, especially from a family attacked members of another family with lethal weapons inflicting injuries on them. Members of the aggressor party allegedly used sharp-edged weapons in the attack. One of the members of the victim family Prem Pal later succumbed to his injuries in Escorts hospital. After the members of aggressor party had fled from the scene, the other group organised themselves and attacked their family members. In the counter attack, another person Khazan Singh was injured who succumbed to his injuries in the Badshah Khan hospital, last night. The clash was sequel to Prem Pal’s brothers intervening and rescuing one person who was being allegedly beaten up by relatives of Khazan Singh. This infuriated family members of Khazan Singh who later attacked the family of Prem Pal. The police has registered two FIRs on the basis of complaints from both the sides. Fifteen persons have been named in the two FIRs. The police has arrested four family members of Khazan Singh who have been named in the FIR. |
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DD engineer held for attacking doctor
New Delhi, July 14 The police said that efforts are on to trace the other suspects. The victim, who runs a pathology lab in Mayur Vihar Phase - I, had told the police that about half a dozen persons had intercepted his car while he was returning home. Then after beating him and his driver, they escaped with his purse, a gold chain and a diamond ring in their Innova car. According to the police, it appears to be a case of some old enmity. |
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5 students missing
Noida, July 14 They had left for the school from their homes on Saturday morning. Reportedly, two of them had taken some money with them without informing their parents. Prem Kumar’s son Rohit had taken Rs 5,000 from the house while, Gaurav had taken Rs 2,000 from his father’s pocket. However, the worried parents have appealed to the police to find their children. The school management said the five students had not attended the classes on Saturday. The police feels that the students might have gone on a trip somewhere. The missing boys include Rohit, 13, s/o Prem Kumar Srivastava of Sadarpur colony; Sachin, 13, s/o Dharminder Saxena; Riku, 13, s/o Gopi Chand; Gaurav, 14, s/o Babu Ram and Rohit, 13, s/o Lokesh of Chhalera. |
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Accident on BRT corridor
New Delhi, July 14 It caused traffic jam for nearly two hours. The commuters suffered for hours. When the BRT was constructed and opened for trial, Delhi transport minister Haroon Yusuf had claimed that there would be two cranes to remove vehicles that caused accidents or developed technical snag. But today there were no cranes. — TNS |
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Truck runs over 4, 3 die on spot
Faridabad, July 14 The deceased have been identified as Chandan, Sujeet and Chander Prakash. While, the one who was injured has been identified as Neeraj. Chandan and Sujeet are natives of village Hall Palla, near here. The other two are from Delhi and were waiting at Sarai for a bus to return home. The driver of the truck, Javed has been arrested by the police. The accident allegedly took place as the truck lost its balance. It was on its way to Gwalior via Grand Trunk Road at Sarai. |
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Student killed in Noida accident
Noida, July 14 Savita Mehta, vice-president of corporate communication at the university, said: “Ankur Chawala, a fourth-year student of B.Tech, and Punit Relhan, a first-year MBA student, were on a motorcycle which collided with a dumper at Rajnigandha Chowk at 2.00 on Monday morning.” Both were taken to Kailash Hospital, where Chawala was pronounced dead. Relhan has suffered multiple factures all over his body, she added. According to the police, the driver of the dumper fled from the accident spot. A case has been registered and efforts are on to trace the driver based on documents seized from the vehicle. — IANS |
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2 killed in mishap
New Delhi, July 14 Auto driver Rizwan, 20, was killed after being hit by a mini goods carrier in Seelampur area on Sunday. The killer driver escaped. — IANS |
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B-school launched in Gurgaon
New Delhi, July 14 J.K. Business School has been developed by Center for Environment Education (CEE). It is India’s first MBA programme in CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility). |
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