Modi govt plans scheme to streamline urban land & property records, pilot project in 8-9 states
Land & property record systems in most cities are not updated due to reasons such as manpower shortages & multiple authorities. Govt plans to create geo-spatially enabled records, reports Risha Chitlangia.
Medical influencers such as Dr Dhruv Chauhan have built communities online where they answer students’ concerns. They also encourage NEET aspirants to speak to the press. Read this feature by Nootan Sharma.
Lack of support from MLAs, ministers & DMs led to setback in LS polls in UP, finds BJP task force
Other factors in the report, prepared by task force of 40 BJP leaders, include Oppn’s campaign claiming BJP will ‘change Constitution’ if voted to power & disconnect between govt & party. Read this report by Shanker Arnimesh.
Dassault Aviation decides to go solo, to set up own maintenance facility in India without Reliance
Facility will initially look at MRO-related work for the 36 IAF Rafale fighter jets, and the 26 Rafale Marine under discussion, besides those of Indonesia. Read Snehesh Alex Philip‘s report.
BJP is caught in its own Maharashtra trap. It has little to gain in Assembly polls
The BJP can’t afford to be seen as undermining Eknath Shinde, a Maratha leader. He is a bigger challenge to the party than Uddhav Thackeray ever was. Read this piece by D.K. Singh in ‘Politically Correct’.
Like the Prophet in Pakistan, holy cow has killed many in India. Modi isn’t the problem
Cow-vigilante killings, often linked to Hindu nationalism, highlight an ongoing fracture in Indian society shown by riots of 1893 and others that followed, writes Praveen Swami in Security Code.
Modi got 240. Why is he still ruling as if he got 400 paar?
Trapped in the 400 paar fantasy, the ‘non-biological’ PM is incapable of providing daily governance. India craves day-to-day administration, not acts of god, writes Sagarika Ghose.