Swine flu alert after death in Ranchi
Health department advisory for surgeons and district surveillance units, asking them to screen suspected cases By Our Special Correspondent in Ranchi Swine flu is stalking Jharkhand with at least eight
Telegraph (Ranchi)
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Clinics add teeth to infant mortality fight
- Six malnutrition treatment centres have opened doors in the state since July The state has received six more malnutrition treatment centres, in the past two to three months, that aim to curb the mortality rate among infants.
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Rotary director for polio-free world
Rotary International director K.R. Ravi-ndran today pledged to era-dicate polio from the world soon. Ravindran, who took charge as the director of Rotary International on July 1, is the first Sri Lankan to be on the board of the international humanitarian service.
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Students fight malnutrition
Now the state and students can fight the battle against malnutrition together. Pooja Talikoti, an associate professor with the department of nutrition, University of Rajasthan, who is also associated with Unicef, has decided to bring students of Jamshedpur Women
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Job justice to all Giridih villages
The NREGS week has worked wonders for Giridih. For the first time, all villages of the district got covered under the rural job scheme. This probably makes Giridih the first district in the state that can boast NREGS projects in all its revenue villages. The NREGS week was observed from August 25 to 31.
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Civic body pledge for a cleaner city
- Four garbage transfer stations in Ranchi by end of this year The Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has decided to come up with four garbage transfer stations by the end of this year to give respite to the residents from stinking roads.
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Rain delays tusker migration
The late monsoon is upsetting the migration schedule of the elephants of the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary. Each year, in the month of September, elephants leave the reserve area and head to Purulia, West and East Midnapore districts. They return to sanctuary before the start of the summer season, around mid-February.
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Clean air mission - Pollution board chalks out plan for Dhanbad, Jharia
Jharia and Dhanbad can finally hope to have clean air if the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board is able to implement a comprehensive plan it has chalked out to improve the air quality of the twin cities of the coal belt.
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Church to help state on drought
The Roman Catholic church has agreed to extend its help to the state which is struggling to ensure proper distribution of foodgrain to the poor and the needy in the wake of acute drought conditions in most parts of Jharkhand.
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Mango water project inaugurated
Governor K. Sankaranarayanan today laid the foundation stone for the much-awaited Mango drinking water project at an event held at Mango. Addressing the crowd, the governor said the project would solve the locality
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Governor firm on PDS sugar - More outlets across state promised
Governor K. Sankaranarayanan today iterated that sugar would be made available through all PDS outlets in Jharkhand in a determined move aimed at undoing a nearly seven-year-old anomaly when the state, then newly carved out of Bihar, gradually abandoned picking up stocks due to high transportation costs leading to exorbitant prices.