Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a lightening visit to Hyderabad on January 19 to launch various development works worth Rs 2,400 crore related to South Central Railways, besides flagging off the Vande Bharat Express train at Secunderabad. The developmental works to be launched by the Prime Minister include modernisation of Seunderabad railway station at a cost of Rs 700 crore, doubling of railway line between Secunderabad and Mahabubnagar at a cost of Rs 1,231 crore and works on Kazipet railway coach workshop at a cost of Rs 521 crore. Disclosing this to reporters after holding discussions with the…
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Migrants in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait have been the subject of intensified efforts to increase deportations in recent months. As a result of the kafala system which governs the relationship between migrant workers and their employers in these states, many migrant workers are forced into the sphere of undocumented migration status as a result of no longer having their immigration status sponsored by their employer. Furthermore, migrant workers risk becoming undocumented if their employer fails to extend their residency permit. This system drives a significant power imbalance between employers and those who seek work in the Gulf as a…
The face-off between the ruling DMK and the Raj Bhavan in Tamil Nadu hit a new low on Monday with the government accusing Governor R.N. Ravi of skipping a few references during his address to the state Assembly, prompting Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to move a motion to reject the deviations, while Ravi staged perhaps an unprecedented walkout. The high drama on the floor of the House soon snowballed into a heated debate online between the supporters and critics of the ruling DMK, even as “#GetOutRavi” was trending on Twitter, with many calling for the ouster of Ravi from the…
The launch of world’s longest river cruise with MV Ganga Vilas by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 13 in Varanasi will herald a new age of river cruise tourism for India, said Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush. The luxury cruise will cover a distance of more than 3,200 kms across 27 river systems in 5 states in India and Bangladesh. The huge untapped potential of river cruise is set to get unlocked with the launch of this service, added Shri Sonowal. The MV Ganga Vilas cruise is curated to bring out…
By Nava Thakuria, Senior Journalist based in North East Guwahati: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA), while appreciating the State minister of housing & urban affairs Ashok Singhal for taking a ride in city buses recently to understand the problems of daily commuters, urges him to focus on the quality night city bus service. Singhal in his statement assured that he would maintain a consistent effort to streamline connectivity in the city under the guidance of State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma (who recently flagged off 100 new compressed natural gas run city buses). “Question that arises, why the government in general and transport department in particular…
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Sunday held a high-level meeting with top officials of Uttarakhand to review the crisis in Joshimath where sinking of land and cracks in houses at several places have triggered an alarm. P.K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, held talks with Chief Secretary S.S. Sandhu and Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar at the meeting which was also attended by the cabinet secretary and senior officials of the Central government and members of the National Disaster Management Authority. “First of all, this is the effort that no one should be harmed, people…
Several journalists and media workers working on environmental and climate stories have been subjected to threats and obstruction to press work in 2022, hindering the right to information of the public. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) is alarmed by the risks associated with climate journalism throughout Europe and recalls the necessity for media to cover the current ecological and social issues. Climate journalism has gone from being a niche beat to a field covered by a lot of national and international media outlets. Despite a belated but tangible expansion of the media coverage, journalists’ organisations have witnessed a lack…
President Smt. Droupadi Murmu presented the seventh edition of the Digital India Awards 2022, on Saturday in New Delhi. Speaking at the Awards ceremony, the Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw recalled how the Prime Minister had initiated the Digital India program eight years ago. He also released the Digital India Awards 2022 Compendium and presented the first copy to the President, Smt. Droupadi Murmu. Since then, he said that India has set an example for the world by harnessing technology to deliver services to people at the grassroot level. How Digital India is transforming…
The former World No. 1 in doubles Sania Mirza announced her retirement plans from professional Tennis after the WTA 1000 event in Dubai in February. During an interview with the Women’s Tennis Association, Mirza said that she has plans to retire after the next month’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The six-time champion–three in doubles and three in mixed doubles–Mirza has signed to compete in this month’s Australian Open alongside Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina, WTA reported. While speaking to the WTA website, she said that she wanted to stop after the WTA Finals but she was struck with an injury and…
In the wake of the recent controversy around the detention of Afghan refugees — over 129 women and 178 children in Sindh’s jails, a petition has been filed in the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) urging it to restrain the federal government from detaining or forcefully deporting Afghan asylum-seekers. The petition, which has been filed under Section 9 of the NCHR Act 2012, contends that under the law, those Afghans refugees whose applications for asylum are still pending before the UNHCR can neither be detained nor deported. To do so would violate the principle of non-refoulement which Pakistan is…