Representational picture of villagers from Odisha’s Kalahandi district beneath the MGNREGS
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States must contribute to MGNREGS wages, says Union Minister Giriraj Singh
The monetary burden of wages to the beneficiaries of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) must also be shouldered by State governments, so as to make them more proactive in controlling corruption, Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh mentioned on Thursday, in response to a question from The Hindu.
Centre unlikely to make overtures to protesting Ladakhi leaders
With the Centre unlikely to make overtures to civil society teams in Ladakh, who’ve been demanding Statehood and constitutional safeguards, the leaders mentioned on Thursday that the trail to agitation will proceed.
Two days after it mentioned “discrimination by students, if at all it occurs, is an exception”, the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay on Thursday admitted that it had carried out two campus-wide surveys that documented totally different sorts of caste discrimination confronted by Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe college students and the resultant psychological well being points they have been dealing with, as reported by The Hindu on Wednesday.
IAF’s 114 fighter tender to transfer in 3-4 months, a part of over 500 jet procurement
The delayed course of for the procurement of 114 multi-role fighter jets (MRFA) is about to take off quickly and together with three totally different indigenous fighter improvement programmes, will lead to a mega 500-fighter plane acquisition course of for the armed forces. This would arrest the dwindling fighter energy of the Indian Air Force and allow it attain the sanctioned energy of 42 squadrons.
India accounts for 52% of world’s new leprosy sufferers, says Health Minister
With a renewed focus to sort out the scourge, the Union Health Ministry has devised a strategic roadmap for reaching zero circumstances of leprosy by 2030. Despite India being declared “Leprosy Eliminated” in 2005, the nation nonetheless accounts for over half (52%) of the world’s new leprosy sufferers, mentioned Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in a written message of the National Strategic Plan and Roadmap for Leprosy 2023-2027. Leprosy is a continual bacterial an infection which impacts pores and skin, nerves, lungs and eyes.
Supreme Court reserves judgment on whether or not a Speaker beneath discover can disqualify others
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgment on the query of whether or not a seven-judge Bench ought to re-examine its 2016 resolution {that a} Speaker beneath a cloud ought to first clear his title earlier than listening to disqualification petitions towards legislators beneath the anti-defection regulation.
The Congress on Thursday questioned the silence of the Narendra Modi authorities over reviews that an Israeli staff of contractors was allegedly utilized in India to intervene with elections within the nation. The social gathering demanded a probe into the allegations.
Govt. probably to place reverse charging of GST on scrap earlier than Council
The authorities will think about and then place trade’s demand to shift the GST levy on buy of scrap steel to a reverse cost mechanism earlier than the GST Council, in view of the operational difficulties and authorized disputes arising from non-compliance by casual sector scrap sellers who typically fail to deposit GST dues collected from bigger consumers.
IOC contradicts Adani over phrases of port use settlement for LPG imports
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on Thursday took to Twitter to make clear on its preliminary pact for hiring Adani Group’s port at Gangavaram in Andhra Pradesh for LPG imports as well as to present pacts with close by ports, saying there isn’t any take-or-pay settlement.
YouTube CEO Wojcicki steps down to deal with different initiatives
YouTube Chief Executive Officer Susan Wojcicki might be stepping down after 9 years on the helm of the world’s largest on-line video platform, she mentioned in a weblog put up on Thursday.
Biden desires ‘sharper rules’ on unknown aerial objects
President Joe Biden mentioned Thursday that the U.S. is growing “sharper rules” to observe, monitor and doubtlessly shoot down unknown aerial objects, following three weeks of high-stakes drama sparked by the invention of a suspected Chinese spy balloon transiting a lot of the nation.
India appears to be like comfortably poised to retain the trophy with a win on the Kotla
Riddled with self-doubt, accidents and lack of skill-sets in coping with spin-friendly surfaces, Australia faces a cautious and upbeat India in its bid to stop the host from retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with two Tests to spare.
