Monthly Archives: August 2018

PM healthcare scheme from Sept. 25

In Independence Day address, Modi also announces manned space mission In his last Independence Day address before the next general election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced not just the launch date for his ambitious health insurance scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Abhiyan (PMJAA), but also permanent commission …

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Heavy rains, landslips cut off NH 75

Kodagu inundated; administration issues advisory to tourists against travel to district The arterial road connecting Bengaluru to the State’s coast will be barred for heavy traffic for the next 10 days following incessant rains and repeated landslides in the Shiradi Ghat stretch of National Highway 75. The Karnataka State Road …

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Kerala reels under its worst floods

24 killed, several missing as rain pounds the State CM Pinarayi Vijayan seeks more Central help from Modi Cochin International Airport suspends operations A resurgent monsoon brought Kerala to its knees on Wednesday, with the State tottering under the worst floods in its history. Submerged by floodwaters, cities and villages …

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Acquitted of Negligence.

Their Lordships [Sadasiva Aiyer and Napier, J.J., of the Madras High Court] disposed of a criminal revision case from North Arcot in which the question was whether negligence on the part of a driver of a Motor car could be inferred from the fact that the car ran over a …

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Rajasthan alert on infiltration

Faced with the danger of large-scale Pakistani infiltration into Barmer and Jaisalmer, the Rajasthan Government has asked the Centre to annul forthwith the citizenship of some 18,000 persons who had crossed over to Pakistan during the September 1965 conflict between the two countries. Although these persons ran away to Pakistan …

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An election eye-opener

On fake news and communalised debates in Karnataka Away from the rallies, politicking, coalition talk and door-to-door campaigns, election coverage usually involves attempting to find a logical voting pattern in an otherwise unpredictable electorate. The Karnataka Assembly elections provided an opportunity to tour many parts of the State and ask …

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Currency crossfire

The weakening rupee is anopportunity to boost exports For the Indian rupee, already grappling with high crude oil prices and the growing heft of the U.S. dollar, the latest shock has come from a most unexpected quarter. The currency, which was valued at 63.84 to the dollar at the end …

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Siege of Ghazni

The Taliban assault on the city could alterthe balance in Afghanistan’s civil war The massive Taliban assault on the strategically important Ghazni city in southeastern Afghanistan has exposed the vulnerabilities of Afghan troops once again. If the city falls, it could alter the balance in the stalemated war, rendering the …

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Bringing up a science

The lack of research in evolutionary biology in India is a matter of concern The marginalisation of research and education in evolutionary biology in India has justifiably been a matter of concern for some time. Evolutionary biology is important in understanding multi-drug resistance in microbes, for instance. The Nipah virus …

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