Suggestion was made by panel comprising IIT directors and others, set up by govt in 2020 to recommend ways to make implementation of reservation at IITs more effective.
Formed 4 yrs ago, Higher Education Financing Agency was meant to grant interest-free loans to institutions. But its failure prompted Modi govt to slash funding.
Housing Secretary D.S. Mishra says it’s too early to give details like where the cities will come up, or if they will be new or carved out of existing cities.
T.V. Somanathan says cost of vaccination is being borne fully by Centre in the current fiscal, and money is being provided by PM CARES and health ministry.
The Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly also said that the Shiv Sena-led state government did not register an FIR against Usmani despite demands by BJP.
P.C. Mody says govt has already appealed international tribunal order in Vodafone retrospective tax case, and will soon decide whether to appeal Cairn verdict too.
Extension has been given by a parliamentary committee. BJP is in a bind because Bengal & Assam are going to polls, and their voters hold opposing views on CAA.
The 15th Finance Commission has said it is imperative to fix an appropriate price for water on a graded basis wherein 'higher consumption entails higher charges’.
Bengalis are hurt over a statement by the Delhi police calling Bangla a ‘Bangladeshi language’ and the lines Azad sang have unwittingly become protest music in Kolkata now.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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