-Business Standard Reliance set up a new company to apply for it Within two weeks of the Government formally notifying the rules for institutions of eminence, Reliance group incorporated the Reliance Foundation Institution of Education Research (RFIER), a section 8 company under the Companies Act, 2013. It is this company of the Reliance group that shall set up the Maharashtra-located Jio University, which the Government has selected for the institution of eminence...

-PTI NEW DELHI: Delhi is getting buried under mounds of garbage and Mumbai is sinking under water, but the Government is doing nothing, an anguished Supreme Court said on Tuesday. It slapped fines on 10 states and two union territories for not filing their affidavits on their policies for solid waste management strategy. Expressing its helplessness over the situation, the top court lamented that when the courts intervene, the judges are attacked for...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday ruled that private Delhi hospitals operating on subsidised Government land will have to provide free treatment to patients belonging to economically weaker sections. The SC said that any violation of this agreement between private hospitals and the Government - in the matter of how many beds have to be reserved for poor patients - will not be tolerated and it...

-Livemint.com The best way to double the real incomes of Indian farmers would be to halve their numbers through job creation in other parts of the economy The Narendra Modi Government last week announced sharp increases in minimum support prices (MSPs) for a variety of farm products. The move itself is not unexpected. The first sign that the Modi Government would shift away from its earlier strategy of minimal hikes to douse...

-DNA The Delhi Government released an outcome report of its ambitious 'Mission Buniyaad Scheme' claiming that the learning ability of Government school students has improved significantly over the past years, with 63 per cent of children in classes 3 to 9 is now able to read their textbooks. According to the National Achievement Survey 2017 published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), only 48 per cent Delhi Government...