-Hindustan Times The strike is likely to hit outpatient clinics and other routine services (like diagnostics). Emergency services, however, won’t be affected, doctors assured. New Delhi: Around 20,000 resident doctors from government hospitals in the national capital will go on strike on Monday demanding a central law to protect those in the medical profession. The call for the strike was given by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), a representative body for doctors.The Resident Doctor’s...
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Gangsters go brazen: 220 gunshots fired on Delhi's streets over 30 days -Prawesh Lama and Shiv Sunny
-Hindustan Times The shooting incidents — between May 17 and June 15 — that HT analysed resulted in 16 deaths and left at least 22 people injured New Delhi: At least 220 bullets have been fired on Delhi’s streets in 43 incidents of shooting reported in the Capital over the last 30 days, according to HT’s analysis of all such incidents at a time when senior police officers are expressing concern about...
More »Panel may recommend splitting 27% OBC quota into three bands -Sunetra Choudhury
-Hindustan Times The next census, in 2021, is slated to count OBCs for the first time in 90 years. The commission, headed by former high court chief justice G Rohini, is giving the finishing touches to its report that will be submitted next month. A key government panel is likely to recommend radical changes to how the 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) is implemented in India for jobs and...
More »Waning women at work -Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), which measures the share of population which is either working or looking for work, was 54.9% for men and 18.2% for women in rural areas. These figures were 55.6% and 25.3%, respectively in the 2011-12 EUS Two unrelated announcements on June 3 are worth taking note of in context of the challenges faced by India’s women workers. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi...
More »No significant influence of social media on BJP's Lok Sabha poll win: Study -Karishma Mehrotra
-The Indian Express The BJP’s vote share lead over the Congress has reduced among social media users and grown among non-users since 2014, the study shows. Social media did not heavily influence the BJP’s recent win as the ruling party’s social media advantage over the Congress declined in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, a study by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) shows. The BJP’s vote share lead over...
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