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‘Low booster dose uptake, restrictions lifted too soon’ — factors driving Mumbai Covid surge

Cases have risen by more than 7 times in the last month. Health Minister Tope says Omicron sub-variants playing a role, asks people to wear masks even though they aren’t compulsory.

Strict deadlines, amnesty, new developers — Uddhav govt’s plan to speed Mumbai’s slum projects

Maharashtra’s Slum Redevelopment Authority (SRA) will create a list of empanelled developers chosen through the tender route to complete projects that have been stuck for years.

Dead cows dumped near Lucknow raise questions about Yogi govt’s cattle protection push

Poor infrastructure, insufficient funds at state-run gaushala & problem of strays compounding Farrukhabad’s cattle woes, where a plot of land has become a dumping yard for cow carcasses.  

Soren hits back? Jharkhand CM orders probe against 5 ministers of predecessor BJP govt

In an official release, state government said action was being ordered on the basis of a PIL filed by an RTI activist who accused the five ex-ministers of disproportionate assets.

As Mumbai’s Covid cases see 5-fold spurt in month, BMC intensifies testing-vaccination push

BMC warns of symptomatic cases increasing with onset of monsoon. Maharashtra Health Minister Tope says govt monitoring situation, but no need to panic as hospitalisation rate low.

180 in 2013, 180 now — Modi govt’s IAS intake remains constant despite crunch

Latest UPSC results show that total intake of recruits in civil services has gone down to 749 in 2021, from 1,228 in 2013.

Why Mamata invited tribals to Purulia event, asked them to detail ‘bribes paid for govt services’

Speaking at Purulia meeting Monday, CM Mamata Banerjee ordered district magistrate to ensure that no government officials in his jurisdiction seek bribes to complete their work.

Jagan set on Vizag as ‘executive capital’ in decentralisation push, AP ‘explores legal options’

While former Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu had wanted Amravati to be state capital & world class smart city, Reddy had floated idea of 3-capital state. HC has also decided in favour of Amravati.

‘New India, heralding age of nari shakti’: Modi ministers mark 8 yrs of NDA with glowing op-eds

Amit Shah called national security a ‘high-point’ of Modi government. Smriti Irani focused on government’s policies for women, including the decision to abolish ‘triple talaq’.

Modi PMO tends to control everything, ministers seek nod for press meets too, says Anil Swarup

Former Union secretary Anil Swarup weighs in on Modi govt's evaluation system for civil servants & wonders how there could be a compromise in the Ranjan Gogoi harassment case.

On Camera

Haryana win is redemption, J&K defeat is vindication. BJP is walking out of Lok Sabha poll fog

A leader's charisma is a big plus. But don't underestimate the craft of mounting an election campaign. Haryana is BJP's reward for mastering it. All-round participation and peaceful polling in J&K too is a win.

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?