Government and Policy

Union cabinet approves 8 major highway projects worth ₹50,655 crore including ring roads in Ayodhya, Kanpur and Guwahati

The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi has approved the development of eight access-controlled national highway projects with a total length of 936 km.

Kerala govt issues gag order banning scientists from visiting landslide-hit areas in Wayanad and sharing their studies and opinions on the disaster

The Communist govt in Kerala has issued a bizarre order to all science and technology institutions in Kerala preventing them from visiting the disaster sites or sharing their opinion about the incident.

7-judge constitutional bench of SC led by CJI upholds quota within SC/ST quota saying sub-classification is permissible, Justice Bela Trivedi dissents

A 7-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court ruled by a 6:1 majority that sub-classification of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes is admissible

Delhi govt issues safety guidelines for educational institutions following the death of UPSC aspirants at coaching centre

Following the death of three students at a UPSC coaching centre due to flooding of basement, the Delhi govt issued safety guidelines to be followed by all educational institutions.

Uttar Pradesh: 94 unrecognised Madarsas to be closed in Aligarh, around 2000 students to be admitted to council schools

The Aligarh minority officer informed that the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh had sent a letter to the DM on 26th June and directed to get the students studying in unrecognized madarsas admitted to council schools. After this, the action is being taken.

UPSC cancels provisional candidature of trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar, debars her permanently from all future UPSC examinations

UPSC on Wednesday cancelled the provisional candidature of Puja Khedkar, a provisionally recommended candidate of the Civil Services Examination-2022 and permanently debarred her from all future exams and selections.

Union Home Ministry increases rewards for informers in operational areas from ₹50 to ₹3,000 after over two decades, other limits also revised

Ministry of Home Affairs has revised the financial powers of Director Generals of paramilitary forces and other intelligence agencies for rewards to informers in operational areas.

Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi tables bill to make anti-conversion law more stringent, life sentence proposed as maximum punishment. Read details

The statement of reasons of the bill tabled by CM Yogi Adityanath noted that the existing provisions under the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 are not sufficient and they should be made as stringent as possible.

US to provide consultancy to India to build advanced UAVs under $3.1 billion deal for 31 MQ-9B Predator drones

As part of the USD 3.1 billion 31 MQ-9B Predator drone deal between India and the US, American side is proposing to provide consultancy to Indian entities for developing an indigenous advanced unmanned aerial vehicle.

‘Agnipath is a necessary reform, we need to keep the Army young and fit’: PM Modi in Ladakh on Kargil Vijay Diwas

Highlighting the scheme, PM Modi said that the goal of Agnipath was to make the Army young and keep the Army continuously fit for war. He said that the major reforms in the army have been a long-standing demand.

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