TBI Bulletin: Eco-friendly Autos + Eco-Friendly School Kitchen + A Food Banking Network + More! (09.06.2012)

| June 9, 2012

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Some great news for a great weekend! Is it time to go out and do your bit? To share any positive news that you came across lately just write to us at contact[at]thebetterindia.com or tweet @thebetterindia or leave a comment on our facebook page.

1. Government schools are not always in shambles. Some really do well! The Ludhiana-based Government Senior Secondary School, Isewal, has achieved 100 percent result in Class XII examinations but, for more cheers, all the students of this rural school have passed in first division!

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2. Intensely enthusiastic youths are described as “He/She has a fire in the belly”, an expression coined by N. R. Narayana Murthy, the founder of Infosys! And now some students in Kerala will carry “Fire in the Schoolbag”! The students of Karthika Thirunal Government Vocational and Higher Secondary School in the city have promised to pack two coconut shells everyday in their school bags. The shells will be used as fuel for a steam boiling unit that make tasty ‘idlis’ and ‘sambhar’ for the students!

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3. And now one more Eco-Friendly thing! An Auto-Rickshaw! The eco-friendly, battery operated auto-rickshaws are on Delhi roads!

Read more here.

4. Normally newspaper readers are not highly interested in reading about any governmental plan, program or ‘public welfare’ effort. Yet, it is a different story if an expert professional like Sam Pitroda – who successfully revolutionized an obsolete Indian telecom sector – is part of any government initiative! Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Sam Pitroda, Advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations, on Friday announced the launch of the first-ever India Food Banking Network.

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5. An old English idiom goes “Doctor first heal thy wounds!” . The Goa State Pollution Control Board has issued a show cause notice to the Goa Medical College and Hospital for operating the health-care unit that violates the Biomedical Waste Rules and the Environment (Protection) Act. A good example of a government agency waking up and taking action!

Read more here.

 

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  • Satish gupta

    Eco friendly  E  rickshaw need govt attn otherwise these poor people have to run same   200 year  old manual style  /or by foot         need of the hour    to make a national policy     no license/permit  /no vat/  easy loan /center subsidy like electric car   FOR RICH SECTION      c
    ONLY one criteria   to be fixed  SPEED  not more than  25 km per hr/charging stations at all petrol pumps in the city
    DEAR SIR
    REAL HELP IF YOU CAN DO FOR THESE POOR SECTION OF OUR WHOLE SOCIETY  IS  FORCE GOVT TO MAKE A NATIONAL POLICY For  UPLIFT   OF RICKSHAW  PULLERS   TRY TO CONTACT  OUR LAW MAKER FOR THIS V IMPORTANT SOCIAL CAUSE
    WITH REGARDS
    SATISH GUPTA
    8860088201