Children have to stop education in some extreme cases’ The Central government has admitted that 75 lakh families fall below the poverty line annually due to the rising cost of health care in India. Replying to a question on the availability and price control on generic drugs Mansukh L. Mandaviya, …
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Born in Silchar in 1943, this Assam man is tagged a foreigner
Official attributes it to clerical error; sons, family members are included in the draft National Register of Citizens The birth register of the municipality in southern Assam’s Silchar town says Sunirmal Bagchi was born on September 21, 1943. This did not prevent the 76-year-old from being marked a ‘foreigner’ during …
Read More »Monsoon heading for ‘a break’ after July 15
A routine occurrence, heavy rain will be confined to the foothills of the Himalayas The southwest monsoon, which has seen a vigorous phase over parts of central India, the western coast and eastern India, will likely take a break after July 15, private weather agency Skymet Weather said. “… The …
Read More »Protests over Karnataka crisis disrupt Parliament
Opposition members raise slogans and walk out of the Lok Sabha; Rajya Sabha adjourned amidst the ruckus The Rajya Sabha witnessed its first adjournment on Tuesday in the inaugural session of the second term of Narendra Modi government over the Karnataka political crisis. The issue rocked the Lok Sabha also, …
Read More »‘UN report backs India’s stand on Pak.-based militant groups’
Human rights activists urge New Delhi not to reject findings entirely While India has rejected the ‘Update’ of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report on Jammu and Kashmir, human rights activists have pointed out that it includes several unprecedented references to rights violations and …
Read More »‘Draft Education Policy gives boost to research’
K. Kasturirangan, chairman, Drafting Committee, National Education Policy 2019, on Tuesday said the draft education policy has recommended merger of 900 universities and 40,000 colleges into around 15,000 large, well-resourced, vibrant multidisciplinary institutions and the higher education institutions (HEIs) in the country would move towards becoming three types of universities. …
Read More »High Court seeks latest data on potholes
Indicating that the court would fix liability on civic bodies in case of mishaps owing to bad roads or potholes, the High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday directed BBMP to submit the latest data on the condition of roads and assessment of the number of potholes. The bench was hearing …
Read More »State facing severe power crisis
Mani says 30 minutes to one hour curbs within 10 days With the southwest monsoon playing truant over the 40 days since its onset, Kerala is grappling with a serious power shortage as the water level in hydel reservoirs dips to alarming levels. Hinting at the possibility of regulations in …
Read More »SC to decide if illegal migrants can be given the status of refugees
Centre’s question came on petition by two Rohingya men who face deportation The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a “substantial question” from the Union government on whether illegal immigrants can even be considered for ‘refugee’ status. A Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, was hearing …
Read More »8 letters not in order, says Karnataka Speaker
MLAs wanting to quit can send them again: Ramesh Kumar In another twist to the political crisis in Karnataka, Speaker K. Ramesh Kumar said on Tuesday that the resignation letters of only five of the 13 legislators from the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular), were in order. “These five [letters] …
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