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More TB cases being reported but yet to reach pre-pandemic levels: Health ministry report

PM Modi released ‘India TB Report 2023’ in Varanasi along with an initiative which enlists village councils to help combat the disease. TB, he said, will be eradicated in India by 2025.

Govt to form panels of retired IAS officers to probe complaints against serving ones

Committees to conduct departmental inquiries into complaints of corruption, disproportionate assets & violation of service rules that PMO & other ministries get through different channels.

Tamil Nadu assembly passes bill banning online gambling again, weeks after governor returned it

CM Stalin says MLAs can't have difference of opinion over 'gambling that kills people' and 'interferes with studies', adds that online gambling has claimed 41 lives.

Despite manpower issues, nearly 1,400 new posts at National Informatics Centre ‘pending approval since 2014’

NIC plays pivotal role in pushing Modi government’s ambitious Digital India programme, as well as making last-mile delivery of government services to citizens a reality.

‘Misguiding public’: House panel flags ‘predatory pricing’ by domestic airlines, seeks cap on fares

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture, headed by a YSRCP MP, said balance must be maintained between commercial interests of pvt airlines & passengers' interests.

Disinvestment in profitable Shipping Corporation of India ‘irrational’, says parliamentary panel

The standing committee on transport, tourism, and culture tabled its report last week. It said a balance had to be struck with ‘national strategic interests’.    

More and more Indian women are becoming anaemic, rise steepest in Assam, J&K, Ladakh

Govt report says that among all women aged 15-49, prevalence of anaemia rose to 57 per cent in 2019-21 from 53 per cent in 2015-16. Sharp rise noticed in some eastern states.

Parliament panel report flags dip in groundwater levels in Delhi, Ghaziabad, Faridabad & 20 other cities

Increasing population, urbanisation and concretisation cited as reasons for depletion in cities. Delhi, Jaipur & Hyderabad among cities severely affected by water contamination.

Retirement age in govt medical colleges, panchayat reform: 10 bills that have brought KCR-governor row to SC

Earlier this month, Telangana government moved the top court seeking directions to the governor to approve 10 bills that have been kept pending — some of them since September last year.

Milk poured on streets, dairy producers protest after talks with TN govt over procurement prices fail

Several milk producers threaten to stop supply to state-run cooperative Aavin till their demand is met. Dairy minister Nasar assures people supply from Aavin won't be affected.

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Indian intelligence needs science & policy experts. Look beyond IPS & IRS

Not recruiting from civilian and scientific talent pools risks a ‘failure of imagination’, hindering India’s ability to pre-empt previously unanticipated dangers.

RBI’s policy-setting body keeps rates unchanged for 10th straight time, changes stance to ‘neutral’

Change in stance signals possibility of rate cuts, potentially as early as December, depending on inflation trends & global economy. Growth projection for FY 2024-25 retained at 7.2%.

Amid concerns about use of Chinese parts in drones, Army general urges industry to be transparent

Maj Gen CS Mann, ADG, Army Design Bureau, cites national security concerns. This comes after intelligence agencies flagged use of Chinese components in drones purchased by armed forces.

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?