Early in March, farmers of Maharashtra belonging to tribal and backward groups marched from Nashik to Mumbai under the aegis of the CPI(M)-backed Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha. They wanted to draw attention to their sorry plight: they have been
On March 21, the supreme court put certain riders on the immediate arrest in complaints filed under its provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The apex court w
One of the major issues affecting railways is punctuality which is accorded prime importance in train operations. At times, trains get delayed not only due to the factors related to its internal working but also external factors which are beyond t
There is no proposal to replace the National Pension Scheme (NPS) with old pension scheme in respect of central government employees recruited on or after January 1, 2004, parliament was informed. Union minister Jitendra Singh said
On the eve of the 8th World Water Forum (WWF), held in March, social media was abuzz with ‘news’ that the Brazilian government had handed over its two large aquifers to private companies – Coca Cola and Nestle. This raised the co
Dr Naresh Trehan’s Medanta hospital handed out a check of Rs 15.68 lakh to the family of Sourya Singh Parmar, the seven-year-old child who died of dengue after undergoing three week long treatment at the hospital on October 29.
Railways has lagged behind due to inadequate investment, union minister Rajen Gohain informed parliament. The minister said that railways has a huge throw-forward in its capital expenditure program. Currently, the throw-forwar
Taking cognisance of the alleged CBSE paper leak of Maths and Economics for classes 10 and 12, respectively, prime minister Narendra Modi asked union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar to take strict action, sources said. T
Pan India Rollout of 650 branches of the India Post Payments Bank is to commence from April, 2018, parliament was informed. Union minister Manoj Sinha said that the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has been incorporated as a public l
A Bill seeks to have private participation in production and distribution of seed to ensure the availability of quality seeds among the farmers, parliament was informed. Union minister Radha Mohan Singh said that the salient feature
Sexual crimes against minor girls in Mumbai is on the rise, Praja Foundation said in a report released on Tuesday. Out of the total rape cases reported in Mumbai in 2016, 72% (455 out of 628) rapes were on minor girls. Between 2012
Making a strong pitch before the five judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, UIDAI CEO AB Pandey said that online authentication such as Aadhaar is a safer and secure mode of authentication. Justice AK Sikri, one
Eight years after the brutal murder of Manoj and Babli by their own family members a movie named NH10—loosely based on latter’s life and more importantly their death, was released. ‘Honour Killing ‘which is a
In the age of ‘breaking news’, ‘breaking first’ and ‘super-exclusives’, authenticity of news and following basic journalistic norms is hardly given any importance. Coupled with this trend is the sense of urgency
The assembly elections will take place in Karnataka on May 12, the election commission announced on Tuesday. Chief election commissioner OP Rawat said that the results will be declared on May 15 and the polls will be held in a singl
The government does not favour over-burdening the school children with newer syllabus like financial literacy at least till class 8th, as the kids are in any case over-burdened with focus on value education and sports, Anil Swarup, secretary, mini
The Supreme Court on Friday admitted a writ petition against Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI), Gurugram, in Adya’ case wherein the seven year-old girl child lost her life after a two week long treatment for dengue at the hospital, a
The ministry of electronics and information technology (MEITY) has issued notice to Cambridge Analytica seeking its response on its alleged exploitation of Indian Facebook users data. The ministry has sought reply from the British political consul
With the highest burden of TB internationally, India has embarked on a mission to end TB by 2025 five years ahead of the global target. The END TB Summit held in New Delhi was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on Saturday. He spoke ab
The union cabinet on Thursday approved the centrally sponsored national health protection mission (NHPM) having central sector component under Ayushman Bharat, anchored in the ministry of health and family welfare. Minister JP Nadda term
