-The Indian Express The Election Commission order, however, continues to permit gatherings of up to 500 people in West Bengal. The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday banned roadshows, vehicle rallies, and public meetings of more than 500 people in West Bengal, noting that political parties and candidates were “still not adhering to the prescribed safety norms” during campaigning. Permissions already given for such events stood withdrawn, the Commission said. The directive came hours after...
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Despite Narendra Modi's LPG push, household air pollution kills 8 lakh people -Prabhash K Dutta
-IndiaToday.in The Modi government said it distributed free LPG connections to 8 crore households. A new study says 16 crore households still use solid fuels for cooking which causes 8 lakh annual deaths in India. * 11 lakh people die premature every year due to air pollution in India * 8 lakh or about 80 per cent of these deaths are caused by household air pollution * Modi government said it has distributed free...
More »Nationalism trumps drought in Marathwada -Kavitha Iyer & Parthasarathi Biswas
-The Indian Express Across these regions, where mitigation measures to tackle a grave water and fodder scarcity had barely begun during the election campaign, BJP leaders had run a campaign almost entirely on issues of national security, the Pulwama attack and the Balakot airstrike. Mumbai/ Pune: Shrugging off the impact of a crippling drought, anger at slow drought relief measures and years of poor price realisations for most major farm produce,...
More »Ashok Lavasa note pushes poll panel to rethink clean chit to NITI, PMO -Ritika Chopra
-The Indian Express The clean chit was given despite Lavasa’s request on file for further clarification from NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on whether the government think tank had indeed sought information from the collectors of Gondia, Wardha and Latur, and if the information was used for the PM’s visit. The Election Commission (EC) has decided to revisit its clean chit to the NITI Aayog and Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) over...
More »NITI Aayog denies charge that it helped PMO on rallies
-The Hindu The NITI Aayog, in its reply to the Election Commission, is learnt to have denied the allegations of the Opposition parties that it helped Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office get details of places where he was to hold rallies. The Commission had written to the NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer seeking its response on the complaints lodged by the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party. They had alleged misuse of...
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