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Odisha: Good Samaritan Policy launched to save accident victims


KENDRAPARA: A 'Good Samaritan' policy was launched today by the administration in Odisha's Kendrapara district under which Rs 2,000 would be given to any person extending immediate help in shifting a road accident victim to the hospital.
This scheme is intended to encourage people shift road accident victims immediately to hospital. It will go a long way in saving precious human lives lost due to delayed hospitalisation. Litigation and police questioning often deterred the people to come to the aid of the distressed accident victims, said a senior official.
The people who will shift victims to hospitals will be given cash incentive Rs 2,000. Besides, the administration will issue an appreciation certificate to recognise the noble work done by them. The acts of shifting will also them legal protection. And police will be bereft of its legal right to summon or question them in connection with the accident, said Kendrapara District Collector, Reghu G.
The administration is implementing ‘Good Samaritan’ policy abiding by the apex court order. The Supreme Court had earlier asked government to ensure that common people are not harassed by police while shifting accident victims to hospitals. The state transport department had also issued guidelines requesting the administration for the launch of "good Samaritan" scheme with monetary rewards.
At least 400 people perish in highway accidents every year in Kendrapara. More than 50 per cent cases are found to have met their end due to delayed hospital shifting. Timely medical attention could have saved 200 people who died due to road accidents in Kendrapara, said road safety campaigner, Manoj Kumar Satapathy.
The scheme will help in reducing the time for an accident victim to reach a hospital. People are hesitant to help, mainly because they are scared of police investigation that follows road accidents. Now many will come forward to don the mantle of Good Samaritan, he said.

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Kashmiris thwart bank robbery by pelting stones on militants

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India] Dec. 05 (ANI): A major bank robbery was thwarted in the Noorpora area of the Kashmir valley when local people pelted stones on the militants attempting the robbery of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank's Branch. The militants fled the stone pelting and fired at the crowds who gathered to save the bank from being looted.

Munir Khan, the Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Range, complimented the locals for their bravery.

"Terrorists entered the Jammu and Kashmir Bank branch in Tral's Noorpora, and they obviously wanted to loot public money. Compliments to the people (locals) as they resisted very bravely that made the terrorists retreat," Khan told ANI.

According to police, Zakir Musa of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, along with two other militants entered the bank's Noorpora branch. Soon after entering the building, the terrorists fired a few shots and started ransacking the infrastructure of bank.

On hearing gunshots, people from nearby areas rushed towards the bank. They not only raised hue and cry but also pelted stones on the militants. In the face of public anger, Musa and his associates panicked and started firing at the crowds, before slipping out.

The militant group had come armed with the motive of a big heist but seeing people's retaliation, they chose to escape with just Rs. 97,000.

An First Information Report (FIR) has been registered in Awantipora Police Station and further investigation is on.

In July, former Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Musa was announced as the head of Ansar Ghazwat-Ul-Hind, the newly created al-Qaida cell in Jammu and Kashmir.

However, the courageous move by the Valley's residents indicates that they are now able to see through the evil motives of terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir.
 
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Kerala’s Alappuzha among 5 global cities in UN list to successfully manage solid waste

"By separating biodegradable waste at the ward level, the municipality was able to treat it in 'small composting plants', ensuring it was supplied in the form of biogas to its 1.74 lakh population," the UN report said
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The coastal town of Alappuzha, famous for its backwaters and intricate network of canals and lagoons, has found a spot in a United Nations (UN) report of five global cities that have successfully tackled solid waste management.

The UN Environment report lists Alappuzha, also called Aleppey, alongside cities like Osaka in Japan, Ljubljana in Slovenia, Penang in Malaysia and Cajica in Colombia.

Calling the town’s municipality “progressive”, the report said, “A few years ago, roadsides and canals filled with stinking garbage were threatening coastal Alappuzha’s status as a tourist destination as well as exposing residents and visitors alike to clouds of flies and disease-spreading mosquitoes. Protests by local residents had led to the closure of the city’s main landfill site in 2014.”

The UN report said since then, the municipality had taken active steps to address the problem by setting up a decentralised waste management system. By separating of biodegradable waste at the ward level, the municipality was able to treat it in ‘small composting plants’ and ensuring it was supplied in the form of biogas to its 1.74 lakh population, the report mentioned.

Last year, the Centre for Science and Environment said Alappuzha was one of the cleanest cities in the country alongside Mysuru in Karnataka and Panaji in Goa. The award was conferred by then Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu.

Kerala’s Alappuzha among 5 global cities in UN list to successfully manage solid waste

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Kerala’s Alappuzha among 5 global cities in UN list to successfully manage solid waste

"By separating biodegradable waste at the ward level, the municipality was able to treat it in 'small composting plants', ensuring it was supplied in the form of biogas to its 1.74 lakh population," the UN report said
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The coastal town of Alappuzha, famous for its backwaters and intricate network of canals and lagoons, has found a spot in a United Nations (UN) report of five global cities that have successfully tackled solid waste management.

The UN Environment report lists Alappuzha, also called Aleppey, alongside cities like Osaka in Japan, Ljubljana in Slovenia, Penang in Malaysia and Cajica in Colombia.

Calling the town’s municipality “progressive”, the report said, “A few years ago, roadsides and canals filled with stinking garbage were threatening coastal Alappuzha’s status as a tourist destination as well as exposing residents and visitors alike to clouds of flies and disease-spreading mosquitoes. Protests by local residents had led to the closure of the city’s main landfill site in 2014.”

The UN report said since then, the municipality had taken active steps to address the problem by setting up a decentralised waste management system. By separating of biodegradable waste at the ward level, the municipality was able to treat it in ‘small composting plants’ and ensuring it was supplied in the form of biogas to its 1.74 lakh population, the report mentioned.

Last year, the Centre for Science and Environment said Alappuzha was one of the cleanest cities in the country alongside Mysuru in Karnataka and Panaji in Goa. The award was conferred by then Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu.

Kerala’s Alappuzha among 5 global cities in UN list to successfully manage solid waste

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Hmm.

It appears that the Mulhollands handle all this shit well.
 
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It appears that the Mulhollands handle all this shit well.
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Didn't get your reference, unless it was a deliberate attempt at contempt against the people of Kerala, a.k.a Malayalis.

Regardless, I've always advocated a decentralized approach to waste management, as against waste management by collection and dumping. The acknowledgement by entities like UN is proof that this model works in reality. It could save the govt. billions of dollars every year as well as reduce the overall pollution levels in the country.

The whole Swachh Bharath movement can learn a few lessons from this experience. Ironically, the same city was placed at rank 380 out of 500 under the 'Swachh Survekshan 2017' survey as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.


Why Swachh Bharat and UN disagree on how clean a small city in Kerala is

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But here’s the kicker

Tony Joseph, the former editor of Businessworld magazine, tweeted on December 4 that despite the UNEP’s appreciation of the city’s waste management, Alappuzha ranks 380 in Swachh Survekshan 2017, a central government survey commissioned by the ministry of urban development that ranks 500 Indian cities. The aim of the survey is to keep tabs on the progress of the prime minister’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

The survey lists Indore as India’s cleanest city.

In a series of tweets, Joseph argues that the skewed ranking is because of the way the government views waste management.

The problem lies, perhaps, in how the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and the Swachh Survekshan measure waste management. According to the survey’s report, “The cities were scrutinised on their level of preparedness on the basis of cleanliness and sanitation, and municipal documentation. The Survekshan methodology was trifurcated into following parts: municipal documentation, independent observation and citizen feedback.”

The performance of each city in the above three parts was evaluated on five key thematic parameters: 1) Municipal solid waste (MSW) – sweeping, collection and transportation; 2) MSW – processing and deposal of waste; 3) Open defecation free/toilets; 4) Building capacity and e-learning; and finally, 5) IEC or information, education and communication.

In an editorial, Business Line’s deputy editor Jinoy Jose P writesthat the survey gives undue weightage to centralised waste management methods such as landfills and waste-to-energy plants, ignoring decentralised approaches such as waste segregation, and recycling and reuse; something the Centre for Science and Environment also points out. Cities that promoted a fairly centralised, top-down approach to waste management were given priority over those that had taken a participatory, decentralised approach, he adds.

He also notes that while Alappuzha ranks 380 in the survey, especially poor in a control group of 500 cities, Surat, which dumps 1,600 tonnes of unsegregated and unprocessed garbage every day in a landfill, is ranked fourth.

Of course, there is also the possibility that cities under BJP’s rule were given some leeway and states like Kerala, which fall under a communist regime, may have been sidelined to a certain degree. In fact, as was pointed out in a detailed The Wire report, Indore’s first position has more to it than meets the eye – demolitions, evictions and last minute construction, meant just for the survey.

Neither favouring BJP states nor putting up a false show will further the cause of a clean India. Alappuzha’s approach, whether or not the UN endorses it, shows the most potential. After all, it is only when the whole community pitches in can a city remain clean.

Perhaps, it is time the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan took note.

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Cyclone Ockhi: Nirmala Sitharaman wins hearts in Kerala
Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman assured people in cyclone-hit Vizhinjam and Poonthura on Monday that the authorities would continue search operations till the last of the missing fishermen was accounted for.

Touring the area a day after angry residents mobbed chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and forced him to virtually flee Vizhinjam, the defence minister appealed to the fishing community not to get emotional and to have faith in the system. "This is not the time to show your anger. I have come from New Delhi to help you and I promise to rescue your husbands and kids. I am promising you that the Coast Guard, Air Force and Navy will not back off until the last person is saved,'' the defence minister said in Tamil.

She later reached out to families of the dead and missing and consoled them. Sitharaman, who was accompanied by state ministers Kadakampally Surendran and J Mercikutty Amma, had discussions with church leaders at Vizhinjam and Poonthura. She assured them that their demand for including local fishermen in the rescue operations would be accepted. "Already 11 people from your side have been included in the operations of Coast Guard and Air Force,'' Sitharaman said.

The defence minister later met the chief minister and senior officials and assured all help from the Centre. The chief minister told her that if there was technical difficulty in declaring cyclone Ockhi a national disaster, then the Centre should provide all possible financial support realising the intensity of the calamity.
Cyclone Ockhi: Nirmala Sitharaman wins hearts in Kerala - Times of India
 
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Individual care for differently abled soon, says Pinarayi Vijayan

Kannur: The state government is bringing out a holistic project to ensure individual attention for the differently abled of the state, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. While inaugurating the district-level Community Disability Management and Rehabilitation Project implemented by the Psychology department of Calicut University and social justice department at Parassinikkadavu near here on Sunday he said that unlike other states the state is bringing out the project after conducting a detailed survey of the disabled. "For the more than seven lakh disabled of the state there would be different life in future", he said.

Mr Vijayan also congratulated the efforts of the Calicut University psychology department in setting up the unique centre for the disabled. "If good training is ensured the differently-abled also can chip in their share to the society", he added. "Their expertise for producing many value added products are already proved. More important is to improve the skills unique to them", he added. Minister for social justice and health K.K. Sailaja presided over the function. Calicut University vice chancellor Dr Muhammad Basheer explained about the project.

Individual care for differently abled soon, says Pinarayi Vijayan
 
Italy, Argentina and Sweden to vote in Meghalaya Election!
Italy, Argentina, Sweden and Indonesia will vote and choose their representative to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly this February 27!.

Well, if you wonder how these countries have voting rights in this hill state in India's North East, you are in for a surprise.

Italy, Argentina, Sweden and Indonesia are the names of voters of Umniuh-Tmar Elaka village under Shella constituency in East Khasi Hills district.

Sisters Promiseland and Holyland Dkhar and their namesake neighbour Jerusalem Khiewtam will also participate in the adult franchise.

"Many Khasi names have the potential to make you smile but finding hundreds of such names in a small village will result in people guffawing for hours," Elaka elected chief (Sirdar) Premiere Singh told PTI.

He said about 50 per cent of the villagers have a fondness for English words that rhymes good but not knowing exactly what they mean.

The sleepy Elaka, which is close to the Indo-Bangladesh border, has a little over 850 male voters and 916 female voters and have a record number of peculiar names registered in the voters list.

Premiere was lucky that his educated father had given him a name that almost fit his position as the Elaka chief now and of him being the eldest son.

Not all people in the village were as smart or as educated and hence you will also find that days of the week become good names - Thursday, Sunday, the chief said.

Some people also have names like Tripura and Goa, he added.

Hold your breath, Premiere said the best English name is that of a 30 year-old Class XII-passed woman whose mother 'Sweater' named her 'I Have Been Delivered'!

Office items like Table, Globe and Paper, members of the solar system like Venus and Saturn besides Arabian Sea, Pacific and Continent have also been taken.

Three Diengdoh sisters were found aptly named Request, Loveliness and Happiness by their mother 'Shuki', a Khasi word that translates to chair in English.

Their neighbours, sisters Goodness and Unity, are also a good friend of the Diengdoh family.

Except for Indian names - Bharat, Mumtaz and Durga - the rest are traditional Khasi names, according to the electoral roll.

Behold! Some of the candidates contesting the February 27 elections in Meghalaya also carry names of famous politicians.

While two Nehrus - Nehru Suting and Nehru Sangma - will be contesting from Pynursla and Gambegre seats respectively, Frankenstein and Kennedy are also in fray.

"In many cases, parents obviously do not understand the meaning of the names they give their children. Sadly, the children with funny names have to carry on with these names much to their embarrassment," columnist H H Mohrmen said.
Italy, Argentina and Sweden to vote in Meghalaya Election!
 
Rejected in interviews for being blind, job-seeking Jaipur lad now a job creator

JAIPUR: Like some fast-footed dance form, his nimble fingers moved fluidly over the key board and within five minutes a query from a client was replied to. Like the computer, his mobile phone is also in talk mode that helps him make/receive calls, read and reply text messages from clients and consultants all over the world and also keep him in touch with over 40 employees at his IT company he founded in 2010.
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Prateek Agarwal interacting with his employees.

But it's not been easy for Jaipur-based Prateek Agarwal, perhaps the first blind IT entrepreneur in the country, to engage with a visual world with sound. For him, entrepreneurship was not by choice, rather he had no other choice despite ranking among top three throughout his education till he graduated in computer science from NIIT University in Neemrana.

"Every time I sat for campus recruitment, I was among the top performers. I would score good in aptitude test, reasoning, group discussions and was actively participating in the activities. But when it came to the final round, the HR team of those companies would say I was an inspiration and they were extremely moved by my talent. But at the end, they would say they cannot hire a blind student," said Prateek reminiscing the events that shook his rock-solid confidence and conviction for a while which brought him to this point in his life.

“This happened so many times, over and again and then I started to feel devastated. I used to cry and ask myself what more can I do to get a job and what is more there in my hand to do,” Prateek added.

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could have taken to music or tried his luck in singing like some of his class mates would suggest him mockingly because people with blindness are thought to be best suited to pursuing those careers. The visual world was so powerful and the ways of the world was so geared to it that operating it through sounds seemed to show up limitations. But Prateek is not used to giving up and decided otherwise by registering his company Daedal Technovations while in the final year of his engineering.

“Initially, I had no clients. I used to go shop to shop in the hot summer approaching local businesses asking them if they have any software requirements. At that time the businesses were getting digital in areas like invoicing, stock and HR management. Sometimes, I would call up people and have three or four rounds of discussions about their requirements. But finally when I would meet them, they would feel flummoxed. Are you the same guy who was talking over phone? They would ask me. Eventually, they would say they cannot give the project to a blind man,” explained Prateek of his struggles early on as an entrepreneur.

However, he managed to get some contracts but those were not financially rewarding even though they gave Prateek the experience he needed. Soon he realised that growth would be very slow if he depends the local market and started exploring opportunities online.

“Right now over 95% of my clients are online spread over many countries in the world like the US, UK, Australia, Germany, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia etc. Our range of services expanded over the years covering software application with expertise in B2B segment, digital marketing, social media, search engine marketing, project and security consultancy. We also provide online training for some complex technologies. Currently, we are working on technologies such as block chain, artificial intelligence and machine learning, robotics and cryptocurrency,” added Prateek.

Prateek’s story of self-belief, courage and never-give-up attitude since his school days triumphed over a society and system that still remains blind to the growth of a visually-challenged person. Having aspirations is also a sort of a taboo as Prateek experienced in his growing up days.

“When I reached school going age, my parents applied in several schools but none accepted me. Fortunately, St Michael’s School in Jaipur came forward. The principal was empathetic and took personal interest to develop certain systems and facilities for my education. Just to help me in my homework, my mother, a homemaker, also learnt Braille script. Normally, presents would either overprotect a blind child or just completely ignore him or her. But I was brought up the same way like my brother. I played with my siblings and cousins,” said Prateek.

When Prateek was in Class VII, he developed a fascination for computers and learnt a few things on his own using screen reading software JAWS. But that was not enough as he wanted to become a software engineer. “I went to several institutes and everybody ridiculed and rejected me saying how a blind guy would work on computers,” he recalled explaining the social attitude towards the blind and the lack of understanding in teaching such disadvantaged people.

The retina detachment may have robbed a vital aspect of his life, but Prateek has transformed that adversity into an opportunity. Today, he wears many hats besides being the entrepreneur. He provides personality and life skills training to corporates and individuals. He also has also taken up social causes and teaches computers to visually-challenged people.

Rejected in interviews for being blind, job-seeking Jaipur lad now a job creator - Times of India
 
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It's a Pinned Tweet on Nitin Gadkari's Twitter Account. I don't know why it's showing 'Page doesn't exist'. :( Here's the Text & Pics from the Tweet:

The key feature of the app "Sukhad Yatra" includes provision for the user to enter road quality-related information or to report any accident or pothole on the highway /4a(App can be downloaded from App store or Play Store)
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