-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Centre has asked the states to consider serving milk, milk products and honey with their school midday meals, explaining this can be a way of using up the country's surplus stocks of these foodstuff. Nutritionists and health activists have welcomed the move but questioned the objective of exhausting surplus milk powder and honey. Some have cited the absence of additional funding as a deterrent to implementation, for...

-The Hindu Court shocked by rule allowing civil society groups to stop vehicles, seize animals New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Rajasthan government to come clean about its investigation into the July 20 Alwar lynching case in which the victim, Rakbar Khan, died of injuries while police officers allegedly took time off to herd his cows to a gaushala before taking him to hospital. The incident took place just days...

  Although containing fake notes in circulation was one of the objectives behind demonetisation when it was undertaken in 2016, recent data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reveals that fake counterparts of some denominations grew during 2017-18 vis-à-vis the previous year. The recently released Annual Report for 2017-18 of the RBI shows that the total number of pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 2000/- denomination, which was detected in the...

-India Today Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court has banned holding of any government functions during the BJP-sponsored Suraj Gaurav Yatra undertaken by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. A PIL had challenged the government expenditure on the yatra because it was a party show. The PIL cited a few instances where government departments had invited tenders and deputed officials for the yatra. The BJP had submitted bills of the expenditure it has been incurring on the...

-Hindustan Times The Delhi government had launched the common mobility card service on August 25, enabling commuters to pay bus fares through their Metro cards. New Delhi: The Delhi government plans to give 10% discount to the users of newly launched common mobility card in all state-run buses. The transport department will put up the proposal before the Cabinet within a week. The move is aimed at encouraging more passengers to use...