Gawedewadi (Maharashtra), Oct 13 : President Pratibha Patil on Monday hailed the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, noting that India’s tradition of peace and brotherhood helped it gain international acceptance to trade in nuclear energy without signing the NPT or the CTBT.
“Because of India’s tradition of brotherhood ingrained in our psyche the world recognises India as a peaceful nation. This has helped us gain acceptance from international community to use nuclear energy peacefully, despite not signing the NPT or the CTBT,” Patil said.
Nashik, Oct 13 : Schools as well as educational institutes opened on Monday a week after violence broke out in Dhule over tearing of a banner and curfew in this North Maharashtra town was relaxed for a longer period.
Curfew has been relaxed from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. this evening following no fresh incidents of violence and improvement in the situation, Dhule police control told a news agency.
The issue has already sparked off debate around the nation and with Maharashtra government giving a ‘go ahead’ to the proposal, it is a welcome note for some. The Maharashtra Cabinet has proposed a legal framework for ‘live-in’ relationships with the status of ‘wife’ to be given to the women who has been residing with a man for quite a while.
World’s second major drug maker, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has made announcement that the company is proposing to build a new manufacturing production line in Nashik, Maharashtra with the aim to produce 300 million tablets of albendazole per year for curing Lymphatic Filariasis (LF).
Lymphatic Filariasis (Philariasis) is a parasitic and infectious tropical disease that is caused by thread-like parasitic worms, of the type filarial nematode.
Dhule (Maharashtra), Oct. 8 : Curfew continued for the fourth consecutive day in Maharashtra''s violence-hit Dhule townon Wednesday.
Violence erupted in the old town area on Tuesday. So far, seven people have died and over 100 people have been injured in the clashes. Several shops were torched as well as damaged.
Congress party leaders claimed that the alleged involvement of their party in the incidents of violence would be investigated.