-PTI/The Telegraph Our team swung into action and douse flames soon after we receive such information from Forest Survey of India, says Deputy Director Kumar Ashish Medininagar: The Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) of Jharkhand has witnessed small or big forest fire incidents around 1,600 times this year, a senior official said. However, there is no report of any damage to wild animals due to the fire incidents. Dehradun-based Forest Survey of India (FSI) which...
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With over 42 lakh cases pending, Attorney General asks judges for possible solutions to cut down pendency -Kanu Sarda
-IndiaToday.in K K Venugopal on Friday urged the Chief Justices of various high courts to discuss possible ways to cut down on the pendency, stating that there are currently 42 lakh cases pending. India’s top law officer K K Venugopal on Friday urged the Chief Justices of various high courts to deliberate on the possible ways to cut down on the pendency of cases and find an effective cure to the menace. The...
More »Corruption Allegations Felled The UPA, But Modi’s Bribery-Fighting Lokpal Has Little To Do -Saurav Das
-Article-14.com One of the issues that brought Prime Minister Narendra Modi to power in 2014 was corruption, the antidote to which was to be a Lokpal, a public ombudsman. His government reluctantly set it up only five years later, after a Supreme Court order. In 2021, it received no more than 30 complaints, with critical posts of inquiry and prosecution chiefs vacant, a third of its budget unused and a former...
More »Nutrition a Far Cry: 1.93 Lakh Posts of Anganwadis Vacant Across Country, Over 50K in UP Alone -Peeyush Sharma
-Newsclick.in A large number of vacant Anganwadi posts and non-operationalisation of approved centres are in 5 states alone and are directly impacting nutrition of children and women. In reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Zubin Irani said that 1.93 lakh posts were lying vacant in Anganwadis across the country at various levels. Out of these 1.29 lakh posts lying vacant in five states alone...
More »Supreme Court seeks details of RTI panel vacancies
-The Telegraph The court was hearing a joint PIL filed by Anjali Bharadwaj, Col Lokesh Batra and Amrita Johri complaining about the openings resulting in a massive backlog of cases The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted four weeks to the Centre and states to come out with details of vacancies of information commissioners amid complaints that governments across the country are seeking to dilute the transparency law by the keeping the posts...
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