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Hospitals without doctors, power cuts: In Punjab’s ‘messed-up’ finances, AAP’s big budget test

Abhishek Dey -
Punjab's finances the biggest challenge facing the AAP govt about to table its first budget. ‘Increasing revenue without imposing new taxes’ priority, says finance minister Cheema.
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Govt media advisory body gets new name, Central Bureau of Communication. Aim is ‘uniformity’

Anupriya Chatterjee -
Bureau of Outreach and Communication, which comes under I&B ministry and provides 'communication solutions' to govt bodies, was renamed via gazette notification issued Tuesday.
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Eye on Gujarat & HP polls, govt examines ‘special allocation’ for OBCs under welfare schemes

Neelam Pandey -
A similar plan for SCs and STs currently reserves a certain percentage of the allocation for government schemes for expenditure on their welfare.
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State & central forces can help resettle Agniveers, but police jobs are not the solution

Praveen Swami -
Central police forces could offer around 1,000 annual jobs to Agniveers whose service will end after 4 yrs, while state police forces could provide around 10,000, according to govt data.
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Some decisions may appear unfair but will help in nation-building, says PM amid Agnipath row

Shanker Arnimesh -
Modi made the remark in Bengaluru, without naming the new scheme that has sparked nationwide protests. A day earlier, he said ‘good things brought with good intentions’ get trapped in politics.
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Why Uttarakhand govt is cracking down on ‘illegal’ mazars, mosques, temples & churches in forests

Prithviraj Singh -
Uttarakhand forest dept is identifying 'illegal' religious structures for 'anti-encroachment drive', weeks after CM Dhami said 'action will be taken against mazars on encroached govt land'.
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How Modi govt’s MCD overhaul fits into BJP plan to corner AAP in Delhi civic polls

Neelam Pandey -
While the Centre is overseeing a massive overhaul of unified municipal corporation in Delhi, BJP is taking on AAP over civic issues, including alleged problems in water supply.
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Lesson learnt from Covid, ICMR works to develop phase I clinical trial sites at govt institutes

Abantika Ghosh -
Scientists say pandemic underlined need for speedy clinical trials, but most phase I units are in private sector. They urge trial sites in govt sector too, so focus is on public health, not profit.
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Is an urban job scheme possible? Modi govt unsure but 6 opposition states & Himachal show the way

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Kerala & West Bengal have been operating their schemes since 2010. Rajasthan is latest entrant. Himachal plans to bring a law to give a legal guarantee to its urban job scheme.
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Delhi Police DCP suspended for using forged documents

Bismee Taskin -
The DANIPS cadre officer allegedly used educational qualifications and date of birth documents belonging to some other person with the same name to appear in UPSC exam
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Keep calm and carry on: Unlike wheat, rice isn’t hot yet

Sayantan Bera -
The world is worried that India might restrict exports of rice after wheat, pushing prices higher and worsening global food security.

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Indian Naval Air Squadron INAS 324 commissioned at Visakhapatnam | Twitter | @PBNS_India

India’s Eastern Seaboard gets its first naval air squadron INAS 324

Suchet Vir Singh -
With INAS 324, the Indian Navy's Eastern Seaboard will now operate a naval air squadron with HAL’s indigenously built Advanced Light Helicopter.

National Interest

Moral, political & ideological questions on Maharashtra: 1st is simplest to answer, 3rd trickiest

Shekhar Gupta -
What is Shiv Sena’s ideology? We might say it’s been a convenient mix of extreme ethnic chauvinism & unforgiving Hindutva. Within the second, the party retained space to manoeuvre.

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