The BJP Tuesday announced nine candidates for the September 3 Rajya Sabha bypolls, fielding Union ministers Ravneet Singh Bittu from Rajasthan and George Kurian from Madhya Pradesh. The party fielded former BJD leader Mamata Mohanta from Odisha and ex-Congress leader Kiran Choudhary from Haryana. Both these leaders joined the BJP recently. According to a list of nine candidates released by the BJP, Bar Council of India Chairman and senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra will contest the bypolls from Bihar, Dhairyashil Patil from Maharashtra and Rajib Bhattacharjee from Tripura. Bhattacharjee is the president of the BJP’s Tripura unit. The Election Commission of India…
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After a Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) advertisement for filling up 45 posts through “lateral entry” triggered a political controversy, the Central Government on Tuesday asked the UPSC to cancel it. In a letter to UPSC Chairperson Preeti Sudan, Minister for Department of Personnel and Training Jitendra Singh said, “It is important that the constitutional mandate towards social justice is upheld so that deserving candidates from marginalized communities get their rightful representation in the government services.” “Since these positions have been treated as specialized and designated as single-cadre posts, there has been no provision for reservation in these appointments,” he said…
As the Azerbaijani government intensifies its crackdown on journalists ahead of the COP29 conference in Baku, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) calls on the international community to step up pressure on the authorities to release the 23 journalists and media workers unjustly imprisoned in Azerbaidjan. The UN Climate Change Conference, more commonly known as COP29, is hosted by the government of Azerbaijan. It will take place in Baku on November 11-22, 2024. Ahead of this international conference, the EFJ calls on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat, based in Bonn, Germany, to ensure that all COP hosts, including…
Saying that it was “deeply concerned” about the “virtual absence of safe conditions of work for young doctors across the country”, the Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the West Bengal government over the August 9 rape and murder of a woman doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. It questioned the role of the state police and the former principal of the institution, and put in place a nine-member panel to recommend solutions to issues related to the safety and well-being of medical professionals. Terming the rape and murder “horrific given the nature of the crime”,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a day visit this week. At first, he will visit Poland on August 21 and thereafter Ukraine on August 23, the External Affairs Ministry said on Monday. He will visit Kyiv at the invitation of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “PM Narendra Modi will undertake an official visit to Ukraine later this week on Friday, August 23, on the invitation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This is also a landmark and a historic visit since this will be the first time an Indian PM will be visiting Ukraine in more than 30 years since we…
Backing the triple talaq law, the Centre has told the Supreme Court that the Act “helps in ensuring the larger constitutional goals of gender justice and gender equality of married Muslim women and helps subserve their fundamental rights of non-discrimination and empowerment.” The Centre said this in response to an affidavit filed earlier this month in response to a plea by the Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema, which sought a declaration that the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, is unconstitutional and violative of Articles 14, 15, 21, and 123 of the Constitution. Explaining the context in which…
A CRPF inspector was killed when terrorists opened fire on a patrol party in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. The CRPF along with the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the local police was fired upon by terrorists around 3:30 pm in the remote Dudu area of Basantgarh, the officials said “At 3:30 pm terrorist fired on CRPF patrol with JKP SOG team. Unit of crpf 187 was deployed at chill area of DUDU police station im Udhampur. One crpf inspector killed in action,” officials said. Earlier on August 13, an encounter broke out between the security forces and the…
The domestic pharmaceutical retail market experienced robust growth of 11% in July, attributed to increased sales of anti-infectives and pain relief products amid a rise in flu and viral infections. Sales of the antibiotic Augmentin, which topped US$ 8.6 million (Rs. 72 crore), reflected this trend and became the leading brand in the country for the month. Anti-infectives, pain relief, and gastroenterology medicines saw notable double-digit growth, with 14%, 11%, and 15%, respectively. The market posted a moving annual total (MAT) growth of 8% for July. The surge in sales is linked to high incidences of flu, viral infections, and…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on Monday gets interim relief from the Karnataka High Court, after he filed a petition challenging Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s recent approval to prosecute him in connection with the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam. The High Court directed the trail court that no action be taken against Siddaramaiah until petition against guv’s order is heard. The case was posted to August 28. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, representing Siddaramaiah, argued that the governor’s sanction is biased and part of a coordinated effort to destabilise the democratically elected government in Karnataka for political reasons. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah…
Expressing anguish over the Kolkata rape-murder incident, over 70 Padma awardee doctors have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding quick enactment of a special law to deal with violence against healthcare personnel and implementation of improved safety protocols in medical facilities. They suggested that the Centre bring an ordinance immediately to ensure the harshest possible punishment to those who indulge in violence against healthcare workers, whether verbal or physical. There have been widespread protests by healthcare personnel and others following the alleged rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and…