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Row over collegium picks for Supreme Court escalates but govt appoints them

The Bar Council termed the collegium's recommendations 'unjust and improper', but the Centre has cleared the names. 

Govt still can’t manage MGNREGA promises, even with ‘highest ever’ fund allocation

The average number of days of employment so far this fiscal has been 43 while MGNREGA promises 100. 

Air Deccan and Air Odisha routes under UDAN scheme fail to take off

Junior civil aviation minister Jayant Sinha told Rajya Sabha that 6 routes awarded under UDAN had been cancelled due to ‘non-performance’ or ‘poor performance’.

Govt’s film preservation project in ‘total disarray’, says I&B-appointed inquiry panel

Panel pulls up the National Film Archives of India, but itself hasn’t met since August 2018, raising questions over the seriousness of the project.

Narendra Modi’s pet UDAN scheme crawls in Maharashtra — the first state to sign up for it

Nearly two-and-a-half years after Maharashtra signed up for UDAN, only two routes are operational.

Supreme Court dismisses pleas from 5 states on appointments of DGPs

The top court had passed a slew of directions on police reforms last year and chronicled the steps for appointment of regular DGPs.

Supreme Court hearing on Nageswara Rao’s appointment next week

The plea was filed by NGO Common Cause and RTI activist Anjali Bhardwaj and will be heard before a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.

White House considering Indra Nooyi for post of World Bank president: Report

The New York Times said that Nooyi has been courted as an administration ally by Ivanka Trump, who is playing a role in the selection of a nominee.

K.V. Chowdary, first IRS officer to serve as CVC, is no stranger to controversy

K.V. Chowdary is said to have been as close to the power centres in UPA as he is in NDA.

Older rural children show decline in learning abilities, younger show improvement: ASER

Annual ASER report reveals learning abilities among older children lowest in a decade while basic Maths continues to remain a problem across sections.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.