NITI Aayog Report Reveals India’s Poor Health Care Infrastructure
The central government’s top think tank NITI Aayog’s report – ‘Best Practices in the Performance of District Hospitals’ – that was released this week, ranked Bihar as the worst state in terms of providing hospital beds. The report revealed that Bihar has only six hospital beds per one lakh people. The union territory of Puducherry […]
Why Did Navjot Singh Sidhu Quit As Punjab PCC Chief? All You Need To Know
Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned from the post of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief yesterday, giving a big jolt to the Gandhis. The party high command changed the chief minister of Punjab in the hopes of resolving the political crisis in the state ahead of the 2022 assembly election. Sidhu, who appeared to be the […]
Rajasthan’s Amendment To Register Child Marriages Instigates Rape: NCPCR Chairman
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has strongly opposed the new amendment to the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2009, and asked the state’s Ashok Gehlot-led government to review and reconsider the bill. The NCPCR chairman, Priyank Kanoongo said that the organisation, which is responsible for upholding child rights, also wrote […]
Assam: What Is The Anti-Encroachment Eviction Drive?
The Assam government and police officials have come under scrutiny after two civilians were killed in the police firing during an eviction drive in Darrang district on Thursday. The Assam Congress has slammed that the BJP-led Himanta Biswa government, saying that the pathetic situation was created by the state administration. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also […]
Capt. Amarinder Singh Resigns As Punjab’s Chief Minister: Here’s What We Know So Far
The crisis within the Congress in Punjab escalated on Saturday as the state’s chief minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, resigned from his post following months-long party infighting that peaked after the appointment of Navjot Singh Sidhu as the party’s state unit chief. Capt. Amarinder Singh, regarded as one of the tallest Congress leaders, reportedly resigned from […]
Madhya Pradesh: Ramayana, Mahabharata To Be Added In The Engineering Syllabus
The Shivraj Singh Chouhan led BJP government in Madhya Pradesh (MP) has decided to include chapters on Hindu religion and mythology in technical and higher education. Announcing the new syllabus under the New Education Policy (NEP), the state’s education department said that a few chapters of the Ramayana, the Ramcharitmanas and the Mahabharata have been […]
PM Modi To Visit The US, Expected To Meet Joe Biden For Their First Bilateral Talks
The first bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden is expected to take place at the end of this month in Washington. PM Modi’s visit is considered to be crucial in view of the rapidly changing situation in Asia after the Taliban’s occupation of Afghanistan. It will be his first […]
Muzaffarnagar Kisan Mahapanchyat: Five Points You Need To Know
Thousands of Rakesh Tikait-led farmers gathered in Uttar Pradesh’s (UP’s) Muzaffarnagar to challenge the BJP governments in UP and Uttarakhand, where assembly elections are expected to be held next year. According to reports, September 5 saw the biggest rally since agitation against the three controversial farm laws introduced by the Narendra Modi-led NDA government began […]
From “Wait And Watch” To Evacuation: The Indian Government’s Provisional Policy On Afghanistan
On Thursday, at least 37 leaders from 31 political parties met at an all-party meeting called by the central government to discuss the Afghanistan crisis. The Minister for External Affairs, Dr S. Jaishankar, who chaired the meeting, briefed all party leaders about the on ground situation in Afghanistan since the Taliban took over the country. […]
All You Need To Know About The Clamour For Caste Census In India
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led cross-party delegation met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, to discuss the caste-based census. The meeting took place in New Delhi, where a total of 11 leaders from different political parties, mainly from Bihar, were present. The leaders urged the PM to take an appropriate decision. Nitish Kumar, who has […]
