-ThePrint.in On World Youth Skills Day, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan says skilling is no longer a secondary ancillary to education in India. New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is looking to skill India’s youth with knowledge to ensure they are employable, Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan said at an event on World Youth Skills Day ThursDay. Highlighting the government’s efforts to increase the employability of...
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MHA asks states, UTs to ‘immediately withdraw’ FIRs under repealed Sec-66A of IT Act
-The Tribune The Centre on WednesDay advised the states and Union Territories (UTs) to direct police stations in their respective jurisdictions to “immediately withdraw the cases registered under the repealed-Section 66A of the Information Technology Act”. The directive came Days after the Supreme Court expressed shock that the law was being invoked even six years after it was struck down by the apex court. In its advisory, the Union Ministry of Home...
More »Farm loan waiver for COVID-19 victims in Karnataka
-The Hindu Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa will make the announcement soon, says Co-operation Minister S.T. Somashekar Bengaluru: Co-operation Minister S.T. Somashekar on July 14 said the government would soon announce a waiver of ₹79.47 crore in farm loans borrowed by 10,187 farmers in Karnataka who succumbed to COVID-19. Loans borrowed from apex, district credit cooperative banks and primary agricultural cooperative societies (PACS) would be waived. Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa would formally announce the...
More »Flood victims take shelter on roads, embankments after June floods in Bihar -Mohd Imran Khan
-Down to Earth The victims are living without shelter and are severely constrained for food and other necessities Hundreds of families displaced by floods that took place in June in northern Bihar, have been forced to take shelter on nearby roads. Large tracts of land are still submerged by flood waters and there is little chance of water receding in the coming Days. The India Meteorological Department has forecast more rains this month due...
More »'Act of Intimidation and Harm': Rights Activists on 'Sulli Deals' App Targeting Muslim Women
-TheWire.in "Such mass targeting of Muslim women in public spaces, whether online or offline, that treats them as objects in the political discourse of Hindutva is simply unacceptable." New Delhi: A group of more than 800 women’s rights organisations and concerned individuals have issued a statement condemning the recent online targeting and harassment of Muslim women on GitHub, through an app called ‘Sulli Deals’ that sought to ‘auction’ these women. Photos of over...
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