Saturday, May 7, 2016

Indian Scientists Just Solved The Drought Problem, Make Seawater Drinkable At Fraction Of Cost

Indian Scientists Just Solved The Drought Problem, Make Seawater Drinkable At Fraction Of Cost

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES

    Newspapers cover different stories this morning.
    In a revelation that might add more fuel to the ongoing controversy over the AgustaWestland chopper deal in 2010, the Hindustan Times reveals, European middleman Guido Haschke allegedly tipped off the firm in October 2003, a month before the then NDA government officially recommended reducing the mandatory flying altitude, that benefited the firm.
    "Diesel cab ban has hurt BPO sector, says Centre" also raising concerns on women's security reports the Hindustan Times. The Indian express quotes the Centre as saying "Need 5 years to phase Diesel out".
    "Fix 8 years as life of all commercial vehicles" the Indian Express quotes a Group of State Road Ministers, constituted to frame rules for road safety.
    On the freebies promised by Jayalalitha in her party manifesto for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the Times of India writes " Amma of all sops : Free phones, 50% off on scooters" for women. The Indian Express comments  " 'Amma knows what her children need' : Free phones, gold, loans, power, land".
    JNU Students' Union chief Kanhaiya Kumar, on an indefinite hunger strike, was rushed to AIIMS, as his health condition deteriorated critically, notes the Asian Age.
    And finally, "Good Samaritan runs into wooden bureaucracy". Under that headline, the Hindu reports, an elderly laborer who donated a third of his land to 10 landless families.

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