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Satpal Maharaj, 23 family & staff members test Covid-positive, CM Rawat in self-quarantine

The Uttarakhand administration is in a tizzy as 3 ministers also self-quarantine and 1,500 secretariat staff refuse to come to work.

You can get a haircut, but no spa yet — what Delhi will allow in ‘Unlock 1’

Delhi govt Monday released its guidelines for the first phase of the unlock plan, but it will not allow all activities permitted by the MHA.

Modi govt will soon publish a magazine in 13 languages to highlight its achievements

The fortnightly magazine will be called ‘New India Samachar’, and will be published by the Bureau of Outreach Communication. It has got delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Govt puts on holds list of non-Swadeshi items for CAPF canteens

According to officials, the list of banned items included many made in India products, leading to it being put on hold, and a revised list will be released soon.

If Modi govt had followed this 2018 SC order, migrants wouldn’t have had to flee the cities

SC had in 2018 order asked Modi govt to implement two laws aimed at welfare of construction workers. If the govt had, the migrant crisis could have been mitigated, experts claim.

States are going ahead with labour reforms, even if Modi govt is finding it hard to do so

The labour ministry has told a parliamentary panel that over 10 states have reformed some labour laws over the last year or more. A dozen more are considering them.

New PMO faces and 11 non-IAS joint secretaries in Modi govt’s 3rd lockdown reshuffle

Modi govt has increasingly sought to empanel non-IAS officers at senior positions in the government, in a bid to break their stranglehold on the bureaucracy.

Most Shramik trains running on time, don’t spread fake news: Railway Board chairman

Railway Board chairman V.K. Yadav says each death linked to Shramik Express trains is being investigated, but denies food or water shortage.

Modi govt finally clarifies it’s not paying Shramik Express fare, says states footing bill

Modi govt made the clarification in Supreme Court following much confusion over its role in payment of migrant workers’ fares.

States bat for ‘very targeted’ lockdown in worst-hit cities after fourth phase ends Sunday

A key demand from states is to resume public transport, but discussions continue on exactly how this should be done with the Covid-19 pandemic yet to recede.

On Camera

Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

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.

Iran’s Shahab-3, India’s Agni-1 to US’s Minuteman III—ballistic missile arsenals, who has what

Iran used Shahab-3, along with Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, to attack Israel after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in air strikes on Lebanon's Beirut.

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?