Commissioner visits refugee camps
The Hindu
Commissioner for Sri Lankan Refugees Rehabilitation Jacinta Lazarus visited the inmates of two refugee camps on Tuesday. Accompanied by Collector S. Gopala Sundararaj, Ms. Jacinta visited the refugee
Commissioner for Sri Lankan Refugees Rehabilitation Jacinta Lazarus visited the inmates of two refugee camps on Tuesday. Accompanied by Collector S. Gopala Sundararaj, Ms. Jacinta visited the refugee camps at Boganallur in Kadayanallur taluk and Kalappaakulam under Sankarankovil taluk. While the refugee camp in Boganallur has 121 families with 378 persons, the Kalappaakulam camp houses 49 families with 136 persons. After inspecting their houses, Ms. Jacinta also interacted with the residents to ascertain the facilities such as toilets, drinking water, maintenance of their houses, employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme, old age pension, monthly assistance to the widows and physically challenged, marriage assistance to women etc.After a long, tiring day all we want is to jump right on our cosy beds and rest comfortably on our soft, fluffy pillows, right? Pillows are not quite appreciated as much as electric cars or air-fryers, for instance. Pillows are a wonderful man-made creation that has improved the lives and sleep of people across the globe. Did you know ages ago people used to rest their heads on a HARD ROCK? So how did humans go from sleeping on stones to cosy, fluffy and soft pillows today? Let’s get into the origin of your everyday pillows!
As the November 30 deadline nears for installing vehicle location tracking devices (VLTD) and emergency panic buttons in public service and nationally permitted goods vehicles in Karnataka, transport unions representing cab, bus, and truck operators are urging the government to reconsider the mandate. They argue that the high cost of these devices and a lack of awareness have made it difficult for many vehicle owners to comply with the requirement.