Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh’s experience shows how difficult it can be to reverse fertility decline once having fewer children becomes a social norm, an Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) working paper has said.Titled ‘The Ghost of Population Past: How Population Control Persists in India’, the paper argues that India’s family planning policies have…
Gandhinagar: Gujarat is looking to expand its presence in deep-sea and high-seas fishing, with the state govt offering infrastructure support and Centre facilitating greater access to high-value marine resources, officials said at a national workshop in Gandhinagar on Thursday.Chief minister Bhupendra Patel said govt was ready to provide land and cold-storage facilities if fishermen and…
Shimla: Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and ministers Vikramaditya Singh and Chandresh Kumar on Thursday said the state had protected its interests in the Kishau multipurpose dam project by resisting the proposed financial liability .The project is coming up on the Tons river along the Himachal-Uttarakhand border.Addressing a public meeting at Rail in Hamirpur district,…
Uruli Devachi garbage depot Pune: The civic body’s standing committee has approved a proposal to set up a 300-metric-tonne (MT) waste processing unit in the Phursungi-Uruli Devachi area to enhance the city’s waste-processing capacity. Around 12 acres of land will be allotted to Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) to set up and operate a bio-CNG…
Itanagar: CM Pema Khandu on Thursday said the state govt did not resort to forceful deployment of arms or security forces in connection with the proposed 11,000 MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP).Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event, Khandu urged individuals and civil society organisations opposing the project to approach the administration…
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First pediatric liver transplant patient discharged from SMS hospital Jaipur: A 15-year-old boy was discharged from SMS Hospital Thursday, 20 days after undergoing Rajasthan’s first paediatric liver transplant, with the organ donated by a nine-year-old brain-dead girl at AIIMS Jodhpur.The teenager, who was admitted in critical condition, underwent the transplant on Aug 29 after a…
NEW DELHI: Air India Express suspended eight crew members for three months for failing to complete the mandatory post-flight declaration, news agency ANI reported, citing sources.The incident took place on August 2 after the flight landed in Amritsar from Dubai.According to ANI, the crew was required to undergo the post-flight declaration within two hours of…
Trump weighs ‘big decision’ on Iran as IRGC halts tanker in Strait of Hormuz US President Donald Trump has once again raised the possibility of resuming a large-scale attack on Iran. His repeated warning comes as Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps keeps the Strait of Hormuz heavily in its control and continues to restrict passage…
ACME is developing green ammonia and green methanol facilities in India and Oman NEW DELHI: Global investment firm Brookfield will invest up to $600 million in ACME Cleantech Ventures to support development and construction of green molecule projects in India and West Asia, the companies said Thursday. ACME Cleantech Ventures is a UK-based privately held…
