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Have PM Modi or ministers taken third shot? No word from govt a month into booster drive

By Monday, 1,73,29,125 precaution doses had been administered, including to over 80 lakh senior citizens. Govt has made multiple public appeals to take precaution dose.

Silence period is golden, EC reminds TV & digital media amid interviews & rallies on poll day

Reminder comes at a time when PM Modi and UP CM Yogi have given interviews, other leaders have held rallies when 48-hr silence period was applicable in certain poll-bound regions.

How to name them? Where will HQ be? Why Jagan’s move to double AP districts has sparked protests

Andhra CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy says new districts should be formed by Ugadi, adding that existing collectors and SPs will be appointed for the new districts.

EC allows campaigning between 6AM & 10PM in relaxation of restrictions in poll-bound states

Citing the rise in Covid-19 cases, the Election Commission had previously imposed a ban on physical rallies, roadshows and padayatras in the five poll-bound states on 8 January.

How Uttarakhand’s pretty hill hamlets with blue skies & rolling greens became ghost villages

Distress migration a major issue in poll-bound Uttarakhand. The state came into existence in 2000 after it was carved out of UP with the objective of equitable growth of the hills.

Nursing courses see Covid boom, 99% of BSc seats taken in 2020-21, 91% in diploma

Even so, India has been facing acute shortage of nurses, with top hospitals reporting attrition rate of as high as 40%, as better pay and working conditions make nurses opt for jobs abroad. 

Govt moves to address shortage of nurses, likely to permit foreign graduates to work in India

India has about 1.7 trained nurses per 1,000 people, against WHO norm of 4. Poor working conditions and pay seen as topmost reasons for their annual exodus from India.

Ex-minister Pokhriyal sent eviction order, month after 2nd notice to leave official bungalow

Former education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal dropped from Modi cabinet 6 months ago. Bungalow allotted to Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, according to housing ministry sources.

First private EV charging point installed at South Delhi resident’s home

The installation took place under AAP government's single-window facility, which seeks to facilitate the expansion of charging infrastructure for EVs around the national capital.

‘Embrace it’: 17 IPS retirees back govt move to remove state veto on its request for IAS officers

Open letter by ‘Track The Truth’ comes days after another group of retired civil servants criticised the government’s proposed amendment to IAS (Cadre) Rules.

On Camera

Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?