Apex court seeks explanation from government on dissolution of Parliament One of Sri Lanka’s independent Election Commissioners joined a host of political parties in challenging President Maithripala Sirisena’s recent dissolution of Parliament, in the country’s Supreme Court on Monday. The court asked the Attorney-General to explain the President’s decision at …
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Manipuri man on cycle tour to save deer
Sangai, a brow antlered deer endemic to State, is under threat from poachers With an aim to spread awareness about the importance of protecting ‘Sangai’, a brow antlered deer endemic to Manipur, a local cyclist on Monday embarked on a State-wide bicycle tour. There are less than 260 deer in …
Read More »Graphic novels give a push to Bengal’s dying folk arts
Three books were published in Bengali and English in 2018 Pintu, a teenager from Murshidabad, is in awe to hear the history of Raibenshe, a folk martial dance from south Bengal, from Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, while Tito, a boy from Kolkata, is surprised to learn that behind the Chhau masks …
Read More »In China’s Himalayas, a wine ‘flying above the clouds’
The country is set to become the world’s second largest wine consumer by 2021, led by its burgeoning middle class A $300 bottle of wine sold in the U.S. and Europe is made in the unlikeliest of places: at the foot of the Himalayas in China, where farmers sing traditional …
Read More »Report sees climate risk from rise in Indian AC units
Refrigerants are the major contributors to global warming By 2022, India is expected to have a fourth of the world’s air conditioning units, and the risks to climate from this could be immense, according to a report. The refrigerants used for cooling are the major contributors to global warming, and …
Read More »RBI unlikely to open window for NBFCs
‘NBFCs should explore other options’ Amid growing demand for liquidity support for non-banking finance companies, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is unlikely to provide any special support to the sector, though it will continue to provide funds to the banking system as liquidity deficit in the system is a …
Read More »Back series GDP data to be released by end-December, says NITI Aayog
Centre misses internal deadline; analytical data sets not readily available The government will miss its internal deadline for the release of the back series of GDP data, according to NITI Aayog, which on Monday said the data would be released by the end of December. The government had earlier indicated …
Read More »IIP growth falters as inflation eases
Industrial production slows to 4.5%; slowing price growth in food, housing cools inflation to 3.31% Growth in industrial activity as measured by the Index of Industrial Production slowed marginally in September to 4.5% due to slowing growth in the manufacturing and capital goods sectors, official data released on Monday showed. …
Read More »Top election official, parties challenge Sirisena’s move
Apex court seeks explanation from government on dissolution of Parliament One of Sri Lanka’s independent Election Commissioners joined a host of political parties in challenging President Maithripala Sirisena’s recent dissolution of Parliament, in the country’s Supreme Court on Monday. The court asked the Attorney-General to explain the President’s decision at …
Read More »No early hearing in Ayodhya case, says SC
On October 29, the court had clarified that the decision on when to start hearing the appeals would be decided by an “appropriate Bench” before which the matter would come up in January. The ABHM is one of the respondents in the appeal filed by legal heirs of M. Siddiq …
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