Peter Alphonse named chief of State Minorities Commission
The Hindu
Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin has reconstituted the State Minorities Commission that aims at safeguarding the rights and interests of both religious and linguistic minorities
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has reconstituted the State Minorities Commission and named former Congress legislator S. Peter Alphonse as its chairperson. Mr. Alphonse had been elected to the State Legislative Assembly from Tenkasi constituency in 1989 and 1991 and was elected to the House from the Kadayanallur segment in 2006, an official release stated.“Spider wasp,” says ecologist and nature educator Vena Kapoor, narrating the fascinating but macabre tale of the spider wasp and its victims. While adult spider wasps mostly feed on flower nectar, making them excellent pollinators, they are also what are known as “parasitoids.” Unlike parasites, they kill their host. In the case of spider wasps, females hunt down spiders, inject them with venom and lay eggs on them. Once they hatch, the larvae eat these spiders alive, inevitably killing them, she tells the huddle of women cloistered around this tree.
Karnataka’s Shakti scheme, which provides free travel for women on State-run buses, will turn one on June 11. Though the scheme has empowered women’s travel, the lack of adequate number of buses and poor connectivity are key concerns. Darshan Devaiah B.P. explores various locales to gauge the scheme’s impact Statewide