Course on Mahatma Gandhi for bureaucrats
New Delhi: The Centre has started an online training course for bureaucrats working across the country on the relevance of Mahatama Gandhi in the contemporary world, a personnel ministry order said. The topics of the course include ethics and morality, non-violence and pacifist movement. “Successful completion of the course will acquaint officers with the theories of Mahatma Gandhi and their relevance and importance in the day-to-day matters of governance of the 21st century,” it said. PTI
Swap plastic with free snacks at Gujarat café
Vadodara: In a novel initiative, a cafe has been set up in a panchayat in Gujarat’s Dahod district that provides free snacks to those who bring in one kilogram of plastic waste and tea for half that quantity. The ‘plastic café’ has been set up in front of the Dahod tehsil panchayat as part of the Centre’s ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ and may be a first for the state, Deputy District Development Officer NP Patanwadiya said. PTI
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