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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicModi government

Topic: Modi government

Improve infra, make cities more ‘liveable’ — Modi govt plans new programme for urban local bodies

Modelled on existing block & district programmes, policy aimed at improving governance in 4,000 plus ‘statutory towns’. Experts welcome it but ask for ‘proactive role’ from state govts.

Censorship, say Hindus for Human Rights, Indian American Muslim Council as X accounts withheld in India

Messages on Hindus for Human Rights & Indian American Muslim Council accounts say they have been withheld in response to ‘legal demand’. Both groups are critics of Modi govt.

How India went from voting against Israel’s creation to being its brother in arms

In 1999, as Delhi faced Western sanctions in light of Pokhran, Israel came to India’s aid during the Kargil war. The relationship has seen new milestones under Modi govt. 

To iron out hurdles on ground, govt to issue ‘simplified’ disability certificate norms by November-end

Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities working with expert committees to simplify norms. Activists raised concern over existing process, wanted issuing of UDID expedited.

NewsClick owner’s earnings used to be all from India. Within a year, this flipped to 99% from abroad

ThePrint analyses financial records of PPK NewsClick Studio Private Limited, which owns NewsClick, for the period from 11 January 2018 to 31 March 2022.

Govt sets out to define minimum standards for skin, hair and cosmetology clinics

Panels have been set up to define norms related to infrastructure and equipment, personnel, patient safety and standard treatment protocols for these centres.

Uma Bharti not alone, BJP facing growing chorus for OBC women quota. And it’s worried

Demand raised by Opposition for ‘quota within quota’ for OBCs in women’s reservation law has found resonance among several BJP leaders. PM Modi slams ‘bid to divide nari shakti’.

No cash prizes with govt’s new science honour ‘Vigyan Puraskar’ — ‘why do scientists need cash prize’

The last Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award, with Rs 5 lakh cash prize, will be presented Tuesday at the Bharat Mandapam as part of the celebrations for the CSIR’s foundation day. 

‘Not a question of politics’ — Law minister Meghwal says consensus on women’s bill ‘not made in a day’

Law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal says 'it was PM Modi who took the decision for the passage of the long-pending bill', rebuts criticism on 'delayed implementation, lack of OBC quota'.

Congress MP hits out at Thakur after Bollywood actresses visit Parliament — ‘minister fed them sweets’

Congress’ Rajya Sabha MP Rajani Patil was referring to actors Kangana Ranaut, Esha Gupta, Bhumi Pednekar & Shehnaz Gill, among others, visiting Parliament over the past two days.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.