Month: October 2019

Source – indiatoday.in With 14.8 per cent of India’s population, pegged at around about 195 million people, going hungry every day, the Supreme Court has asked the central and state governments why there are no “community kitchens” or similar schemes for persons falling outside the public distribution system scheme (PDS). According to the PIL filed

Source – news18.com New Delhi: While Delhi continues to grapple with deteriorating air quality, Punjab and Haryana recorded an increase of at least 2,400 farm fires, a major contributor to the air pollution in the national capital, till October 27, according to government data. The Ministry of Earth Sciences’ air quality monitor, SAFAR, on Monday

Source – globalconstructionreview.com The 20,000ha city of Amaravati, masterplanned by UK architect Foster + Partners, is being built on a “Swiss Challenge” system. In this method of procurement, the state government invites companies to propose public projects that it will carry out. It then publishes the proposal and invites other companies to do better, after which the

Source – telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court has set aside a Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment that had handed the meagre sentence of four days to four men who had caused grievous injuries to four others with axes and sticks, regretting “cavalier sentencing” by lower courts. It has enhanced the punishment to three months for three

Source – devdiscourse.com he Madras High Court has clarified that the Tamil Nadu government’s Labour department is the “appropriate authority” to handle industrial disputes between the Chennai Metro Rail Limited and its employees. “This court is inclined to declare that the Tamil Nadu Labour Department and its authorities are the appropriate government within the meaning of the Industrial Disputes Act,” Justice S M Subramaniam said

Source – telanganatoday.com New Delhi: Not just mobile or PC gaming, the e-sports and particularly fantasy gaming has gained much popularity in India in the recent years and the fantasy sports user base in the country is expected to reach 100 million by next year. The fantasy sports landscape in India has witnessed a significant

Source – indiatoday.in The Indian Army is on high alert along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir to combat any infiltrations or attack from Pakistan on the eve of Diwali. The Indian Army said a high alert has been sounded after they received inputs about “desperate attempts of infiltration by terrorists from

Source – telegraphindia.com Government-specified “green crackers” with special logo and machine-readable code are yet to find their way to Jharkhand this year. The Supreme Court, in a landmark ruling in October 2018, had banned conventional firecrackers and enforced a two-hour limit (8pm – 10pm) for setting them off during Diwali. Earlier this month, Union minister

Source – cnbc.com Janet Napolitano used to set records for the number of people she deported from the United States in a single year, angering immigrant-rights groups. In her new role, the former Homeland Security secretary under President Barack Obama has those groups on her side. Next month, Napolitano will head to war against President

Source – grist.org A court case between the city of Baltimore and a group of energy companies will be permitted to continue after the Supreme Court earlier this week rejected the latter’s attempt to freeze the case. The litigation, which the city initiated in 2018, alleges that the energy companies are liable “for their direct emissions of greenhouse gases”