-PTI Bowing to opposition pressure, the government on announced a time-bound inquiry by a retired judge into reports of lobbying by retail giant Walmart to gain entry into India. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath made the announcement as soon as the Lok Sabha met for the day. “Government will appoint a retired judge to hold a time-bound inquiry into the media reports regarding Walmart,” Mr. Nath said. The issue of retail giant Walmart lobbying...
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FDI in pension: Central govt employees to go on token strike
-The Financial Express A Central employees' union will go on a token strike tomorrow to protest against the Pension Bill and the Centre's decision to allow FDI in pension. The Confederation of Central Employees and Workers said employees throughout the country were agitated over the government's fresh move to introduce the PFRDA Bill in this ongoing Parliament session. "It is surprising that even after findings of the Committee set up by the government...
More »‘How can caste, region-based recruitment go on in Army regiments?’
-The Hindu Supreme Court to examine petition against ‘BRItish legacy’ The Supreme Court will examine whether Army recruitment can take place on the basis of caste or region to its regiments. A Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishanan and Dipak Misra on Monday asked Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman to assist the court in deciding a public interest writ petition filed by I.S. Yadav of Rewari in Haryana, who alleged that such discrimination was still...
More »Setting an example
-The Hindu Convinced that the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) installation is safe, the French government recently granted the fusion project the necessary permission to start construction in Cadarache. There are many firsts to the project. Maintaining transparency has been one of ITER’s most significant features and organising an enquiry to give the public an opportunity to formulate its opinion has set a new benchmark for openness. Independent experts assessed the...
More »Tapping the rural news space-Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty
-The Hindu Rural newspaper Gaon Connection, recently launched in Uttar Pradesh, seeks to project the hinterland as it really is For long the national media has been accused of shutting its door on rural news. And by now, the largely city-centric media has won the argument too that news about villages and small towns just do not BRIng them the advertisers. So we are in an age when the ‘business of media’...
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