Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party president Bandi Sanjay Kumar will sit on a day-long hunger strike at the state party headquarters on Friday demanding that the state government order a judicial inquiry by a sitting high court judge into the leakage of examination paper of the recruitment test conducted by the Telangana State Public Service Commission. Sanjay also demanded immediate sacking of state information technology minister K T Rama Rao from the cabinet, as his IT department had failed to prevent the leakage of the question paper, besides complete overhaul of the TSPSC and payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh…
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BRS MLC and daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, K. Kavitha has decided not to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case on Thursday. It was the second summons issued to Kavitha relating the case. BRS general secretary Soma Bharath Kumar reached the ED office to inform her desicion. She conveyed to the ED that her plea regarding the summons is pending in the Supreme Court (SC). According to officials, ED issued fresh summons to Kavitha on March 20. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea…
A report titled ‘Climate Vulnerability Assessment for the Indian Himalayan Region using a Common Framework’ (2018-19), published under the ‘Capacity Building on Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment in the States of Indian Himalayan Region’ project of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, was submitted by IIT, Guwahati, IIT, Mandi and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. As per this report, Assam has the least area under irrigation (in percentage terms), least forest area available per 1,000 rural households and the second lowest per capita income among the 12 States/ UTs of the Indian Himalayan Region. The report has assessed…
In a decision having far-reaching consequences, the Bar Council of India (BCI), which regulates the legal profession in the country, has decided to allow foreign lawyers and law firms to practise in India in areas such as foreign law, international legal issues and arbitration matters on a reciprocal basis. The decision will be mutually beneficial for lawyers from India and abroad, said the BCI, which has notified the ‘Bar Council of India Rules for Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 2022’. “Time has come to take a call on the issue. The Bar Council…
The Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has been entrusted with the task of promoting Indian millets in the international market, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Smt. Anupriya Patel said in reply to a parliamentary question. The following steps, inter-alia, are being taken to meet the export demand during International Year of Millets 2023: APEDA has published e-catalogues for 30 major millet importing countries and for 21 millet-producing Indian states. The e-catalogues have information on individual country profile; Indian millets and millet value-added basket; millet production scenario, India’s export of millets;…
Union Minister of State Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh informed that the budget of Rs. 9023 Crore is allocated towards achieving the objectives of Gaganyaan mission. In a written reply to a question to the Lok Sabha, he said, the scope of Gaganyaan programme is to demonstrate human spaceflight capability to Low Earth Orbit and safe return. He said, ISRO is developing indigenous technologies for Human rated launch vehicle, Habitable Crew Module, Life Support System, Crew Escape System, Ground Station Network, Crew Training and Recovery. These technologies are crucial to meet the objectives of Gaganyaan mission and to…
The standoff between the Islamabad police and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers continued on Wednesday morning after fresh clashes erupted near Zaman Park, the residence of Imran Khan in Lahore. The area turned into a battleground after police, camping in the area to arrest PTI chairman Imran Khan, resorted to firing tear gas at protestors while dodging rocks thrown by the angry crowd. Over 33 policemen were injured in the clashes with the PTI workers overnight, following which a heavy contingent of Punjab Rangers arrived at the former prime minister’s residence to implement court orders. While the area resembled a battleground…
The Department of Consumer Affairs will be celebrating World Consumer Rights Day, 2023 on Wednesday. The Additional Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, Mrs. Nidhi Khare in this regard shared that the theme of the World Consumer Rights Day, 2023 is “Empowering consumers through clean energy transitions”. In consonance with the theme, the primary thrust is on deployment of technology to reduce dependence of traditional energy sources such as fossil fuels and enable a rapid transition to clean energy solutions that promote sustainability, security, affordability and access to consumers in the long term. E-commerce has steadily emerged as one of the…
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted two consecutive successful flight tests of Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missile at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Tuesday. The flight tests were carried out from a ground-based man portable launcher against high speed unmanned aerial targets, mimicking approaching and receding aircraft. The targets were successfully intercepted, meeting all mission objectives. VSHORADS is a Man Portable Air Defence System (MANPAD) meant for neutralising low altitude aerial threats at short ranges. It has been designed and developed indigenously by Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad in collaboration with…
Security forces across the world are routinely misusing rubber and plastic bullets and other law enforcement weapons to violently suppress peaceful protests and cause horrific injuries and deaths, said Amnesty International today, in a new report calling for strict controls on their use and a global treaty to regulate their trade. The report, My Eye Exploded, published jointly with the Omega Research Foundation, is based on research in more than 30 countries over the last five years. It documents how thousands of protesters and bystanders have been maimed and dozens killed by the often reckless and disproportionate use of less…