The state logged eight new cases in the last 24 hours and the daily test positivity rate (TPR) was 11.28% as against the national Average of 2.76%. Mizoram reported
576 512">Project Sampoorna gets PMs pat for fighting malnutrition
In his monthlyMann Ki Baatradio programme, PM Narendra Modi laudedProject Sampoornainitiated byAssams Bongaigaon district for fighting Malnutrition there. As part of the intiative, a mass awareness drive was undertaken in the district that helped eradicate nutritional deficiencies in 90% of its malnourished children.
The PM said the project has helped eradicate malnutrition in the region in the last one year. He was speaking on the ahead of the
Poshan Maah to be celebrated in September.Earlier also Bongaigaon district was selected for the
Prime Ministers Award for Excellence in Public Administration, 2021 for its initiative Sampoorna.The project employs a decentralised, technology-based model using community participation and Women Empowerment as positive deviance factor to achieve the result. The District Administration stated that it has successfully brought over 90% malnourished children to normal state in just one year after assessment of 2,416 malnourished children and mothers.
New legal aid clinic for transgenders
TheOdishaState Legal Services Authority (OSLSA), along with NGO Solidarity and Action Against The HIV Infection in India (SAATHII), launched a legal aid clinic for transgender people.
The legal aid clinic, the first-of-its-kind in Odisha and third in India, will benefit the transgender community in availing of free legal aid services.
Despite an increasingly progressive socio-legal Environment, transgender people
continue to face stigma, discrimination and violence in family, Society, accessing public services and inheriting property due to their gender identity.A large proportion of violence and
discrimination was perpetrated by general public (37%), followed by parents, sibling and other biological family members (17%).NagaI surprises big cities in Swachh rankings
TheSwachhSurvekshan surveys usually dominated by big cities in the state had an unusual topper in the 2022 rankings.Nagapattinamhas secured the third spot among the 23 towns and cities in the state, even surpassing Trichy, Erode andTiruppurin the 1-10 lakh Population cities category.
The coastal town has got 2,483 marks, only next to Salem and Thoothukudi municipal corporations in the state. In the citizen voice and certification categories, Nagapattinam has outperformed many major
cities in the state. Meanwhile,Thanjavurrecorded its lowest rank in the survey by securing the 377th spot out of 382 cities, placed at the bottom among the inTamil Nadu. Pudukottai and Kumbakonam local bodies were placed at 267 and 287 ranks, respectively. The below-Average performance of all urban local bodies in the state was also attributed to the conduct of urban local body Elections between January and February early this year.SEIAA mandates green nod for proposed sewage project
The State Environment-impact-assessment”>Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has mandated environmental clearance (EC) for Kerala Water Authoritys proposed sewage management project in the city corporation areas.
While considering a letter from the KWA superintending engineer, requesting the SEIAA to clarify whether EC is required for a sewage treatment plant or not, SEIAA in its 117th meeting quoted the judgment of (NGT) to cite that EC is required for sewage treatment Plants.
As per the judgment, the authorities should be able to take a scientific view at the initial stages of installation of a sewage plant.
The RKI-implementation committee while considering the proposal of KWA had directed that KWA should consider broadening the scope of study to include
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