Green Tribunal Wants Stricter Norms on Diesel Vehicles in Delhi

Currently only smoke density of diesel vehicles is measured which is not enough to get a fair measure of the pollution, the Tribunal has said.

New Delhi:  The National Green Tribunal has asked for stricter norms to check pollution in Delhi especially from diesel vehicles.

Currently only smoke density is measured from diesel vehicles as a measure of checking pollution.

Calling the measure “not enough”, the green court sought more stringent norms as well as individual parameters checked including the checking of sulphur-dioxide in the exhaust.

The Tribunal has directed the Union environment ministry, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee and the Central Pollution Control Board to inform it of steps to impose stricter emission norms.

The Delhi government admitted that there are no pollution checking facilities at six of the 13 major entry points into the national capital which has among the worst levels of air pollution worldwide.

The court has also asked the traffic police to inform it about alternate routes for all traffic which is not bound for the capital.

Green Tribunal Wants Stricter Norms on Diesel Vehicles in Delhi

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Bills for Protection of Indigenous People Passed By Manipur Assembly

Imphal:  The Manipur Assembly today unanimously passed three bills to protect the indigenous people of the state.

They were the Protection of Manipur People Bill, 2015, the Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (7th amendment) Bill, 2015 and the Manipur Shops and Establishments (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015.

The bills were passed by voice vote.

The state government also adopted a resolution relating to the “Peace Accord” signed by the Government of India and NSCN(I-M).

A spokesman of the Joint Committee of Inner Line Permit (JCILP) expressed satisfaction over the passage of the bills.

 

Bills for Protection of Indigenous People Passed By Manipur Assembly

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Sheena Bora Case: Indrani Mukerjea's Rights Violated, Say Her Lawyers in Court

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Sheena Bora Case: Indrani Mukerjea's Rights Violated, Say Her Lawyers in Court

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Green Tribunal Wants Stricter Norms on Diesel Vehicles in Delhi

Currently only smoke density of diesel vehicles is measured which is not enough to get a fair measure of the pollution, the Tribunal has said.

New Delhi:  The National Green Tribunal has asked for stricter norms to check pollution in Delhi especially from diesel vehicles.

Currently only smoke density is measured from diesel vehicles as a measure of checking pollution.

Calling the measure “not enough”, the green court sought more stringent norms as well as individual parameters checked including the checking of sulphur-dioxide in the exhaust.

The Tribunal has directed the Union environment ministry, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee and the Central Pollution Control Board to inform it of steps to impose stricter emission norms.

The Delhi government admitted that there are no pollution checking facilities at six of the 13 major entry points into the national capital which has among the worst levels of air pollution worldwide.

The court has also asked the traffic police to inform it about alternate routes for all traffic which is not bound for the capital.

Green Tribunal Wants Stricter Norms on Diesel Vehicles in Delhi

3:01 AM

PM Modi Releases Digital Audio CDs of Ramcharitmanas

File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday released a digital version of epic Ramcharitmanas, a set of digital audio compact discs produced by All India Radio.

“The strength of Akashvani is immense and I fully understand it. I remember learning about the Pokhran (nuclear) tests of 1998 through a tea seller in Himachal Pradesh, who heard it on the radio. He told me very happily that Atal (Bihari Vajpayee) ji has tested the bomb,” Mr Modi said.

“This digital version will help people across the world,” he added.

Praising the efforts of the artistes who contributed to the musical production, the prime minister said they had performed not just ‘sangeet sadhana’ but also ‘sanskriti sadhana’ and ‘sanskaar sadhana’ (devotion not just to music, but also to culture and tradition).

He described the Ramcharitmanas as a great epic which contained the “essence of India”.

Prime Minister Modi mentioned how Indians, who had travelled to various parts of the world, kept alive their links with India over successive generations, through Ramcharitmanas.

He said he was told that All India Radio had some nine lakh hours of audio recordings of various artistes from across the country.

“This is a priceless collection, which should be documented in detail for posterity,” Mr Modi added.

The recordings of works of Goswami Tulsidas, sung by leading singers of Bhopal gharana, have been done by the AIR over several years and are regularly broadcast, especially in the Hindi heartland.

The Ramcharitmanas was composed and recorded for the first time in 1980 at Akashvani, Bhopal.

 

PM Modi Releases Digital Audio CDs of Ramcharitmanas

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Flipkart Customers to Get Refund Within 24 Hours

New Delhi: E-commerce major Flipkart on Monday launched its instant refund mechanism facility, a move that will help its customers get refunds as early as within 24 hours of returning the product.

Previously, the refund process used to take three to five business days.

“Continuing the innovation journey by announcing this newly launched payment mechanism, Flipkart aims to ensure that refunds for Cash on Deliver (CoD) orders are credited back to customers instantly, as soon as the product reaches the Flipkart hub,” Flipkart said in a statement.

The instant refund will be completed using Immediate Payments System (IMPS) transfers, it said adding that the CoD IMPS return facility is currently active for banks having IMPS transaction capability.

Entitled customers will be regularly notified about the status of their refund via SMS and emails, it said.

“Our return procedure is already one of the fastest in the country. In the last two months, we have extended this further by piloting the IMPS refunds programme, which has seen positive adoption and traction from our end users,” Flipkart chief product officer Punit Soni said.

An instant, hassle-free refund experience, combined with consistent and accurate communication to the customer is definitely going to be a breakthrough, and a way forward for all future payment innovations, he added.

“We strongly feel that enabling our fast-growing product IMPS with Flipkart’s quicker refund strategy will create a benchmark experience to customers,” National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) COO Dilip Asbe said.

Transactions on IMPS can be accessed and initiated across different channels like mobile phones, PCs, NUUP, ATM and at bank branches.

More than 12 million successful transactions are been processed every month, Mr Asbe said.

Flipkart Customers to Get Refund Within 24 Hours

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