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Women take up fuel conservation cause
By Our Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI FEB. 10. Over 500 women on bicycles, mopeds, motorbikes and scooters participated in the first Save Oil Two-Wheeler Women Rally organised by the Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) here on February 8. The event, which was part of the Oil Conservation Fortnight 2003, seeks to combine the message of Oil Conservation with that of Women's Empowerment.
Held under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, the rally sought to impress that "women have moved out from the stereotype `ghar ki bahu' and have established their own identity.''
The Executive Director of PCRA, Leena Mehendale, said in view of the women's rise, her organisation, which is basically into conservation, decided to associate itself with the cause of "women's empowerment'' as well.
The rally, that was flagged off by Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Ram Naik, who flagged it off at Talkatora Indoor Stadium. During the nearly one-hour duration, the motorised two-wheeelers covered a distance of 9 km through Park Street, Shankar Road, Upper Ridge Road, Simon Bolivar Marg, SP Marg and Willingdon Crescent before returning to Talkatora Stadium. The cyclists covered 2 km through Park Street and Shankar Road before returning to the venue.
The winners of the rally received an LML Freedom DX bike as a mega prize and an automatic washing machine, microwave and oven-toaster-griller as first, second and third prizes.
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Leena Mehendale as member secretary Children’s Right Commission (CRC)
ARAB NEWS
The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily
Sunday 14 September 2008 (13 Ramadan 1429)
Maharashtra to set up child rights commission
Shahid Burney I Arab News —
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government, with a view to protecting the rights of children, has cleared a proposal for the establishment of a Children’s Right Commission (CRC). This was disclosed to Arab News by Minister of State for Women and Child Development Harshavardan Patil yesterday.
Elaborating on the issue, Patil said that it would be established at an estimated cost of Rs.55 lakhs. The commission will hold office temporarily at the state secretariat but would be provided a permanent office in Worli suburb in Mumbai soon.
The commission, with senior Indian Administrative Officer (IAS) Leena Mehendale as member secretary, will have 12 members — six of them drawn from the government. The chairperson of the commission would soon be appointed and its functioning would start in right earnest, Patil said.
Among other things that the commission will address are the issues of child labor, malnutrition among children, the right of education and establishment of courts to exclusively dispose of cases pertaining to child labor.
Patil also said that a decision to implement a 24-hour helpline at 26 places in the state has been taken that will enable women, who have not been meted out justice, to seek help. It is also proposed to amend the relevant clauses to empower the Women’s Commission as has been done by the Kerala government.
In order to help women’s self-help groups (SHGs) attain financial self-sufficiency, it has been proposed that self-help groups will pay a four percent interest on their loans while the balance would be borne by the state government.
The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily
Sunday 14 September 2008 (13 Ramadan 1429)
Maharashtra to set up child rights commission
Shahid Burney I Arab News —
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government, with a view to protecting the rights of children, has cleared a proposal for the establishment of a Children’s Right Commission (CRC). This was disclosed to Arab News by Minister of State for Women and Child Development Harshavardan Patil yesterday.
Elaborating on the issue, Patil said that it would be established at an estimated cost of Rs.55 lakhs. The commission will hold office temporarily at the state secretariat but would be provided a permanent office in Worli suburb in Mumbai soon.
The commission, with senior Indian Administrative Officer (IAS) Leena Mehendale as member secretary, will have 12 members — six of them drawn from the government. The chairperson of the commission would soon be appointed and its functioning would start in right earnest, Patil said.
Among other things that the commission will address are the issues of child labor, malnutrition among children, the right of education and establishment of courts to exclusively dispose of cases pertaining to child labor.
Patil also said that a decision to implement a 24-hour helpline at 26 places in the state has been taken that will enable women, who have not been meted out justice, to seek help. It is also proposed to amend the relevant clauses to empower the Women’s Commission as has been done by the Kerala government.
In order to help women’s self-help groups (SHGs) attain financial self-sufficiency, it has been proposed that self-help groups will pay a four percent interest on their loans while the balance would be borne by the state government.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
hello Thailand
This site mentions one of my utubes on Ayurved. All I can understand is that this is the script used in Thailand -- it is so similar to Oriya, that I took a mental note while once traveling through Bangkok. They have same Varnamala as we Bhartiya people.
ดูละครย้อนหลัง ดูละคร ละคร หนังเกาหลี
http://72.14.235.132/search?q=cache:YS4i7vxLL5oJ:www.kodhit.com/drama/tag/Butani+leena+mehendale&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=132&gl=in
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http://72.14.235.132/search?q=cache:YS4i7vxLL5oJ:www.kodhit.com/drama/tag/Butani+leena+mehendale&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=132&gl=in
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
The ensuing ICIH seminar
The ensuing ICIH seminar will be addressed by some internationally well known historians and scholars, including Leena Mehendale....
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