The discussion focused on coordinated efforts and action plans to restore and rejuvenate the Yamuna River, which is considered critical to the environmental and public health of Delhi.
In Episode 1599, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, joined by Senior Assistant Editor Soumya Pillai, discusses factors contributing to Yamuna’s sorry state & political blame game around it.
The viral video has been digitally edited to make it seem like Apple's digital assistant 'exposed' the ex-CM over failed attempts to clean Yamuna River. No such question was asked.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal's comment had triggered a political row ahead of Delhi Assembly polls to be held on 5 February. EC has asked him to file a more specific & pointed reply by Friday.
As part of Chhath Puja preparations, Delhi Jal Board has been sprinkling anti-foam chemicals in Yamuna. This measure, however, has no effect on river pollution levels.
SC had directed Himachal Pradesh to release 137 cusecs of surplus water, asking Haryana to facilitate onward flow to Delhi. Himachal said that the water was already flowing uninterruptedly.
Hundreds of vehicles submerged in Noida, which adjoins southeast Delhi, after the Hindon river overflowed. People living near its banks have moved to higher ground.
Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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