Displaced from their homes, denied the promised plot of land in lieu, having survived a major fire – which many of them believe was deliberate – and the onslaught of bulldozers, the residents of th

Says A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at the 9th Annual Nehru Memorial Lecture at JNU

“India will go for nuclear power; there are 542 nuclear power plants all over the world and nuclear energy is a clean energy….Compare this to other forms of energy.…people riding motorbikes release an enormous amount of carbon dioxide for every litre that is used…” – thus replied former President A.P.J Abdul Kalam when questioned by students of Jawaharlal Nehru University here on Wednesday about his stand on the controversial Kudankulam nuclear power plant.

Whatever the official justification for yet another increase in petrol price by Rs.3.14 per litre, the end users of the fuel in the Capital are seething with anger and anguish.

Before the price hike, petrol was being sold for around Rs.64 per litre in the Capital and when news of the price increase reached the people, strong reactions came in from every quarter.

The National Rural Health Mission funds the vaccine process, with the UNICEF providing all the technical help. The vaccine is administered at the village health centres, called sub-centres. In Darai village, a few km from Jabalpur, the anganwadi doubles up as health centre to service its 1,100 population.