-The Hindu Permission required from MEA to hold them, and also for issues ‘related to India’s internal matters’ A new notification by the Ministry of Education that requires public funded institutions to seek permission from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) before organising virtual academic seminars is “unenforceable”, leading academics have said. An official of the Ministry of Education defended the order as a “simplified permission system” but there is little clarity...
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Ensuring occupational health and safety of mine workers
Nearly 24 fatal accidents and 47 serious accidents have happened in various coal mines of the country during this year till 31st August. Likewise, 18 fatal accidents and 13 serious accidents have taken place in non-coal mines during the same time period. The accident figures are low this year in comparison to the previous ones thanks to a lower demand for output from these mines against the backdrop of COVID-19...
More »RTI plea seeks Clause 6 report status -Umanand Jaiswal
-The Telegraph Report was submitted to Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on February 25 A Guwahati-based advocate Santanu Borthakur has taken the RTI route to get information about what the state government did with the Clause 6 report after it was submitted to Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on February 25 by a committee constituted by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs in July 2019. “I filed an application under the Right to...
More »Every 4th suicide in 2019 by daily wage earners: NCRB -Richard Mahapatra
-Down to Earth National Crime Records Bureau report shows 2/3 of those who died by suicides earned less than Rs 278 a day Daily wage earners were the largest professional group who died by suicide in 2019, according to the latest report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. India reported 139,123 suicides in 2019, an increase of 3.4 per cent compared to 2018. Daily...
More »MHA’s Clause 6 panel sets 1951 as year to determine Assamese -Abhishek Saha
-The Indian Express As protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act spiralled across Assam since December last year, the Sarbananda Sonowal-led state government promised a speedy implementation of Clause 6 as an antidote to the agitation and a measure to protect the interests of the “indigenous” people of Assam. A high-level committee on implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs has said that ‘Assamese people’...
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