The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to apprise it on the action taken against former Chief Justice and NHRC chief KG Balakrishnan in the disproportionate assets case against him. The court has asked the government to reply by March 12 on the actions that it has taken or intends to take against the former CJI. "We want to know what was done on the representation (before the government against ex-CJI)...
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Prescription medicines top intoxicant PILe available to addicts by Ashok Pradhan
The recent toxic liquor tragedy killing 33 persons in Cuttack and Khurda districts has brought to the spotlight at least eight types of medicines being misused by addicts in various parts of the state. The latest deaths occurred due to methyl alcohol in Epee-Carm Carminative and concentrated Cinnamon water. That may be a routine misuse going horribly wrong, because ethyl alcohol got replaced by methyl alcohol and the latter is poisonous. Doctors...
More »Minister reiterates State's position on Food Security Bill
-The Hindu Tamil Nadu Food Minister R. Kamaraj has reiterated the stand of the State that it should be exempted from the Food Security Bill PILoted by the Central Government. Speaking at a conference of the Food Ministers in New Delhi on Wednesday, Mr.Kamaraj pointed out that the Universal Public Distribution System (UPDS), being implemented in Tamil Nadu for several decades, covered the “entire population” of the State and “there is no...
More »Thanks to Aadhaar, MGNREGS is in demand in Jharkhand by K Balchand
-The Hindu Prompt payment through bank; corruption eliminated; in fact, some workers have a saving They are all manual workers earning Rs. 100 daily under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and some of them have a bank balance — no matter how small — made possible because of their financial inclusion and the introduction of technology that links their accounts biometrically through the Aadhaar number. As the new system ensures...
More »Mobiles can affect pacemakers: DoT by Kounteya Sinha
People with medical implants like pacemakers must not keep their cellphones on their shirt pockets. The latest directive by the department of telecommunication (DoT) says that "people having active medical implants should preferably keep the cellphone at least 15cm away from the implant." An office memorandum, circulated by the ministry of communications and IT on January 25, says manufacturer's mobile handset booklets will have to contain the safety precaution. MoS for communications and...
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