The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee has accorded approval for conducting genetic engineering tests on genetically modified (GM) crops. They include cotton, rice, okra, brinjal, potato, groundnut, tomato, corn, cabbage, cauliflower, mustard
Ganga Jal Biradri, an NGO has written to the minister of environment and forests to sign a memorandum of understanding to compensate the government if it dismantles the Loharinag Pala dam on the Ganga. In a letter written to Jairam Ramesh on March
Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital will soon have a waste-disposal facility in the hospital campus to segregate and treat the waste generated in the hospital. The treatment plant is set up in collaboration with the Public Works Department (P
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar will now lend help in preventing domestic violence on women. The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) in collaboration with the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF), Mumbai School Sport
While the world celebrated International Women’s Day on Monday, gender equality is still a distant dream, as almost half of the adult women are illiterate in the South Asia, says a UN Development Programme (UNDP) report. What
Private and public sector oil firms have opposed levy of five percent customs duty on crude saying this would make import of products like jet fuel cheaper than manufacturing them in the country. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee ha
The main opposition Bhartiya Janata Party put brakes to the Congress plan of getting the women`s reservation bill passed in the Rajya Sabha, asserting that a constitution amendment could not be disposed of without a debate. Even whi
The supreme court today filed an appeal before itself challenging the Delhi high court order saying that the office of the Chief Justice of India came under the ambit of the RTI Act. The petition, which has been filed after CJI K G
India needs two time zones at least - for the eastern and western regions, says C. L. Ruala of the Indian National Congress. He represents the Mizoram constituency at the Lok Sabha. In this GN Talk video, Rauala says that a new time-zone for the e
On the face of it, the naysayers seem to have won the day in Parliament, but it was UPA`s friends who made it cut a sorry figure. The Women`s Reservation Bill will not be cleared by the Rajya Sabha today. The UPA government was keen on passing the
After school children, priests of temples in Tamil Nadu would now get free bicycles to commute to the shrines, particularly in rural areas. The priests of temples coming under the administration of Hindu Religious and Charitable End
Several Muslim organisations today disfavoured the women`s reservation bill in its present form and demanded that the government take up the measure only if it provides for a quota within quota to women belonging to Muslim, dalit and OBC communiti
The government`s bid to rush with the constitution amendment bill to provide 33 percent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and the assemblies on the international women`s day on Monday was fought back by three small parties with protests that
The government has decided not to include caste as one of the parameters in the 2011 census, a demand made by several regional parties. "Caste will not be included in the 2011 census," Home Secretary Gopal K Pillai said.
The Supreme Court would file an appeal before itself in the next few days challenging the judgement of Delhi High Court holding that the office of the Chief Justice of India came under the ambit of the RTI Act. The appeal, though dr
Legendary painter M F Husain, who was recently granted Qatari citizenship, has surrendered his Indian passport to the country`s mission in Doha, a media report said today. 95-year-old Husain, revered by many as India`s Picasso, yest
The government today expressed confidence over passage of the Women`s Reservation Bill in parliament, saying though it did not want to "bulldoze" those opposing it, they should understand that equality was a fundamental right.
That Lalu Prasad is opposed to the women`s reservation bill because he is afraid other women will not do their husband`s bidding as dutifully as Rabri Devi did his.
5.00 pm: LS adjourns for the day after uproar over Women`s Bill 4.45 pm: All-party meet postponed till tomorrow noon 4.20 pm: BJP may not
The government will be introducing the Women`s Reservation Bill in Rajya Sabha to provide for 33% quota for the fairer sex in Lok Sabha and state legislatures. With the support of the main opposition parties like the BJP and the Left partie
