Every year the second Monday of February is observed as International Epilepsy Day (IED), and this year it was celebrated on 14th February (2022). The day spreads awareness and educates people about the true facts of epilepsy and the urgent need for improved treatment, better care, and greater investment in research. The day is a joint …

River Devika project, built at the cost of over Rs 190 crore, will be complete by June, 2022. The work on the project was started in March 2019 under the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP). Under the project, bathing “ghats” (places) on the banks of the Devika River will be developed, encroachments …

Recently, the government-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) for its mega Initial Public Offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The Government, which owns 100% of LIC, will be offloading 5% of its stake through the IPO. All the proceeds from the IPO, which is in …

Recently, Maharashtra has signaled that it may opt out of Pradhan MantriFasalBimaYojana Scheme. Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Telangana, Bihar, Gujarat, Punjab and West Bengal – all predominantly agriculture states – have already opted out of the scheme. Launched in 2016 and is being administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. It replaced the …

Recently, the Supreme Court has refused to entertain a petition questioning the exclusion of madrasas and Vedic schools (Minority Educational Institutions (MEI)) from the ambit of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act 2009. The exclusion of these institutions was specifically inserted into the 2009 Act by …