BJP exhibited its superior floor management in the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman’s election It was never going to be easy for the Bharatiya Janata Party to get a candidate of its choice elected as the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. The ruling party and its allies fell short of …

The global community fails Yemen by not pressuring Saudi Arabia to cease the attacks The attack on a bus in a crowded market in southern Yemen that killed at least 45 people, most of them children, is the latest atrocity in the military intervention led by Saudi Arabia that began …

The Indian bull frog, a recent arrival from the mainland, is steadily occupying the islands’ ecosystem and threatening the local economy. Mohit M. Rao reports on the bizarre man-frog conflict brewing in the islands A narrow road bifurcates the hyper-green paddy fields of Webi village in Middle Andaman, in the …

Aim is to reduce oil import bill by Rs. 12,000 crore, says Prime Minister Modi India will triple its ethanol production over the next four years till 2022 and this will save Rs. 12,000 crore in the country’s oil import bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, which is …

‘Increase aided by pickup in investment demand, part-spurred by a rise in government expenditure’ Growth in industrial activity picked up to a five-month high of 7% in June, driven by an across-the-board acceleration in growth rates including in sectors such as manufacturing, electricity, infrastructure, and capital and consumer goods, according …

Says U.S. relations with Ankara are not good at this time U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had doubled steel and aluminium tariffs on Turkey, adding to the pressure on the nation’s troubled economy amid a diplomatic row with Washington. “I have just authorised a doubling of …

Ministry may reconsider conducting NEET twice The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry may reconsider its decision to conduct medical entrance exam NEET twice a year, following recommendations from the Health Ministry. According to sources, the Health Ministry has raised concerns on conducting NEET twice a year.PTI Source :  https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/hrd-ministry-may-reconsider-conducting-neet-twice-a-year/article24661134.ece

Bill to remove leprosy as a ground for divorce The Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018 introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday seeks to strike down leprosy as a ground for seeking divorce. The bill was introduced by Minister of State for Law Source : https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/bill-in-ls-to-remove-leprosy-as-a-ground-for-divorce/article24661135.ece

The curtains came down on the monsoon session of Parliament on Friday, with government managers claiming this to be one of the most productive ones for the Lok Sabha since 2000. Provisional data released by the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry show the session had 17 sittings and the Lok Sabha conducted …

SP protests over Deoria sex abuse The Rajya Sabha was adjourned over the Congress’ protests over the Rafale deal and the Samajwadi Party’s protest over incidents of sexual abuse at a shelter home in Uttar Pradesh. Congress MP Anand Sharma had moved a motion under Rule 267 to suspend all …

Rights body says changes in consonance with its demands The Muslim women’s rights group spearheading the movement against instant divorce has welcomed the amendments to the triple talaq Bill, and urged MPs cutting across party lines to ensure its passage in Parliament. The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved three amendments …

Imran Khan meets Indian High Commissioner Pakistan is likely to boost its role in SAARC under the Imran Khan government which will assume charge soon. An indication on this came at the first meeting between the newly elected leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Ajay Bisaria, Indian High Commissioner, on …

Tharoor denied permission to table the legislation in the Lok Sabha; Tulsi tables his in Rajya Sabha Ahead of the government which is still consulting stakeholders to cast a law against lynching, Shashi Tharoor, Lok Sabha member of the Congress, and K.T.S. Tulsi, a nominated Rajya Sabha member, introduced a …

Eleven Indian reserves now listed inWorld Network of Biosphere Reserves The Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve (KBR) of Sikkim, the highest biosphere reserve in the country that includes the third highest mountain peak in the world, Kanchenjunga (8,586 m), has been included in the UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WHBR). The …

Distribution of claim and correctionforms begins Some 2,500 Nagarik Seva Kendras (NSKs) in Assam began issuing claim, objection and correction forms on Friday for people excluded from the complete draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) published on July 30. NRC officials could not specify how many forms were …

Highlights violence before SC Bench In an uncharacteristic public criticism of growing violence, intolerance and rioting in the country, Attorney-General K.K. Venugopal told the Supreme Court on Friday that there was an incident of major rioting every week in the country. Appearing before a three-judge Bench, led by Chief Justice …

Wants trafficking angle to be looked at The Madras High Court on Friday took serious note of a submission made on behalf of M.B. Nirmal of Exnora International that many Tamil-speaking children were begging on the streets of Vadodara in Gujarat and asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to …

The outflow from the Kabini reservoir in H.D. Kote reached a record level of 80,000 cusecs on Friday, inundating low-lying areas in H.D. Kote, Nanjangud, Suttur, and other towns. This was caused by heavy rains in Wayanad, Kerala, which is the upper catchment area of the Kabini. The discharge is …

Red alert sounded in eight districts; heavy discharge from Idukki; toll rises to 27 Many parts of Kerala were grappling with a looming crisis on Friday as a heavy rainfall warning and tidal flooding alert looked set to compound the worsening flood situation in the State. The State Disaster Management …