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Railways plans to restore 17 mail, express trains for Punjab region from 24 November

These trains will be the first set to be operated by Railways after almost a two-month suspension as protesting Punjab farmers decided to lift agitation by 23 November for 15 days.

Central govt teams reach Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, UP as states witness Covid surge

Union Health Ministry said Sunday the teams will support state efforts towards strengthening containment, testing, infection prevention, and efficient clinical management of Covid.

55% of Modi govt’s top secretaries have science background, about half of them IITians

Of 84 secretaries & directors at top of civil service, 46 are science graduates, 28 are engineers, and 22 are from 4 IITs — Kanpur, Delhi, Madras, Bombay.

Grants meant to give SC, OBC students free coaching for competitive exams misused, govt finds

Survey by Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment finds that coaching institutes receiving Centre's funds have not passed on benefit to all students. Govt issues notices to 36 institutes.

4,501 containment zones but little is contained — story of Delhi’s faltering Covid fight

ThePrint visited 13 areas with containment zones across seven of Delhi’s 11 districts and discovered that the protocol hasn’t been implemented properly in many places. 

Not wearing masks in Delhi will cost you Rs 2,000 as Kejriwal govt hikes fine amid Covid surge

CM Kejriwal also chaired an all-party meeting Thursday afternoon to discuss Covid-19 situation in Delhi where cases and deaths have registered an increase in recent days.

Modi govt forms monitoring group to keep tab on all projects announced by it since 2014

The 5-member monitoring group is headed by Union ministers Mansukh Mandaviya and Jitendra Singh.

Doctors work 14-hr shift, handle double workload as Delhi hospitals battle staff crunch

From Delhi govt’s GTB Hospital & Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital, to central govt’s Lady Hardinge, a similar resource crunch appears to be at play everywhere.

How rising Centre-state friction is chipping away at Modi’s ‘cooperative federalism’ mantra

From opposing farm laws to protesting stringent Covid rules and withdrawing consent to CBI probes, opposition-ruled states have been at loggerheads with the Centre.

‘UPSC jihad’ show offensive, could promote communal attitudes — govt in affidavit to SC

In its affidavit to SC, I&B ministry said it has through an order issued earlier this month cautioned Sudarshan News to be careful in future.

On Camera

Tirupati controversy shows temples can’t run as public sector units. They must be privatised

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Air Marshal A.P. Singh takes over as IAF chief, task cut out

Air Chief Marshal Singh took over from incumbent V.R. Chaudhari Monday afternoon. His top priority will be strengthening the fighting capability of the IAF, it is learnt.

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?