Here is the daily dose of headlines:

• Water supply: In Chennai, city officials have made it mandatory that buildings connected to the main water supply install meters to measure consumption.
• Government transparency: The Central Information Commission (CIC) will now require political parties to…

• Food Shortage Crisis: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said that the country has sufficient food to feed the people and that prices should reflect that soon. Sending conflicting signals, PM Singh may call a meeting with Chief Ministers on controlling prices. Shockingly, another…

• India-Africa relations: India and Africa continue to take steps to improve cooperation over shared desires to have a seat on the UN Security Council.
• Health Technology: The first artificial heart transplant in all of Asia was conducted in Bangalore.
• Voting Technology: Bangalore’s state voting machines…