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Expert group to set standards for energy drinks

Beverage makers will soon have to keep caffeine in their energyand non-carbonated drinks under a legal limit. The government has formed an expert group which will recommend a limit for such content. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, m

Railways have projects worth Rs 13,000 cr for PPP

Amid stepped up efforts to woo private investment, Railways have identified 37 projects worth over Rs 13,000 crores, including laying of new lines and gauge conversions, for development under PPP mode. This comes after the PSU behemoth hel

Mumbai`s security drape made thicker in face of terror threats

Security has been tightened at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport, railway stations and other vital installations here following an alert issued by Central security agencies about a possible terror strike in the city. Bureau of

J&K to govt teachers: no moonlighting as private tutors

Jammu and Kashmir government has barred private tuition by teaching fraternity, including lecturers in the state. The education department has issued an order on Tuesday prohibiting officials, lecturers and teachers attached with the gover

Shortage of doctors persists post-NRHM

Bihar and Jharkhand face a major manpower crunch at the primary health care delivery centres, a bulletin on Rural Health Statistics up to March 2008 reveals. There is a shortfall of 176 and 736 specialists at community health centres (CHCs) in Bi

Civil Service Day to honour efforts by individuals and groups

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the fifth Civil Service Day here on Wednesday and will give awards for excellence in public administration for the year 2008-09, according to a government statement. The day, observed by all ci

Corp affairs ministry to out all IPL franchisee details soon

The corporate affairs ministry today directed the Registrar of Companies to collect within a week, all details on IPL franchises, the bidding process and the sweat equity, coinciding with a finance ministry probe into funding of the cricket body.

Voting rights for NRIs a problem: CEC

Non-resident Indians (NRIs) may not be able to vote yet as the Election Commission of India has pointed to the government the difficulties it is facing in extending voting services outside the country, reports The Hindu. Chief Election Co

ASI to book encroachers of regulated areas of heritage sites

The Archaeological Survey of India (Tamil Nadu) would conduct a survey and book those who encroached regulated area of heritage sites and monuments, a top ASI official said today. "Currently, we have about 400 protected monumen

Now US wants to copy NREGS!

India`s National Rural Employment Generation Scheme has come in for praise from the US, which said the key innovation has been "successful" beyond the expectations of almost everyone and worth emulating. The Obama Administ

Order probe against me, Tharoor urges PM

Shashi Tharoor, who quit from the union council of ministers over the IPL row, today insisted that he had done nothing "unethical or illegal" and said he has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to probe the charges made against him.

Nothing less than life term for food adulteration

The new anti-adulteration law makes food adulteration an offence punishable with life imprisonment and manufacturers can be fined up to Rs 10 lakh, Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said. Replying to supplementarie

RBI pegs FY11 GDP growth at 8 pc

The Reserve Bank was today optimistic about the economy expanding by 8 percent this fiscal, despite tightening of the monetary policy. "The Indian economy is firmly on the recovery path... the baseline projection of real GDP gr

RBI hikes short-term rates and CRR by 25 basis points

The RBI today hiked short-term lending and borrowing rates and the portion of money banks deposit with it by 25 basis points each, in a move aimed at controlling the inflation spiral without choking growth. The apex bank hiked its r

Andhra to give land to poor women

To empower poor women, Andhra Pradesh will give land to 69,500 women from landless families under its land distribution programme, reports The Indian Express. These women in 23 districts will get 2.5 acres of wet land or 5 acres of dry land, whic

DIT`s small step towards inclusive government

The communications and information technology ministry` s IT department has launched the new, inclusive avatar of it website which is accessible to the visually challenged and conforms with W3C guidelines o

And now, Ratna for govt websites

Two months after the national conference on e-governance held at Jaipur saw some of the best performing e-gov projects being awarded, the government has now given away a slew of awards to its best websites. The first-ever Web Ratna awards were giv

Institutes negligient if they fail to check ragging: HC

The Delhi High Court has said the failure by educational institutions to check ragging would be considered as an act of negligence on institution`s part. "It has been held that failure to prevent ragging is to be construed as an act o

BSNL employees to go on indefinite strike

Telecom services, especially calls to and from BSNL network, will be disrupted from Tuesday morning, with nearly 3 lakh employees of the PSU beginning an indefinite strike to protest VRS and divestment proposals of the Sam Pitroda committee .

ICAI turns tutor, will coach CA aspirants

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) will soon start its own coaching classes for CA aspirants. "We shall soon be offering coaching facility in the country to the students at almost one third of fee charged by other priv

Visionary Talk: Amitabh Gupta, Pune Police Commissioner with Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now


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