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Changes In Med Curriculum: Sodomy, Lesbianism ‘Sexual Offences’, ‘Importance’ Of Virginity

September 4, 2024 14:50

The Expert Committee of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has made suggestions in the medicine curriculum for undergraduate medical students, reintroducing several controversial topics. The updated curriculum reintroduces ‘sodomy and lesbianism’ as unnatural sexual offenses and brings back discussions on the importance of the hymen and the definition of virginity. This change reverses modifications made […]

World Bank Gives Boost To India’s FY25 GDP Growth Forecast To 7% From 6.6%

September 4, 2024 12:48

The World Bank has raised its India’s growth forecast for the current financial year to 7 per cent, from an earlier estimate to 6.6 per cent. The World Bank in the India Development Update report said that the growth was boosted by public infrastructure investment and an upswing in household investments in real estate. The […]

Govt Flags Rs 3.2-Crore Variable Pay to IIM Rohtak Director, Seeks Probe

September 4, 2024 12:33

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has raised concerns with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Rohtak flagging objections of its Internal Audit Wing (IAW) regarding a variable pay of Rs 3.2 crore paid by the institute to its director, Dheeraj Sharma, over three years—2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21. The objections come from the ministry’s internal audit […]

Thief With Rs 15 Crore Worth Artefacts Found Unconscious In Bhopal Museum

September 4, 2024 15:20

A thief was found unconscious in a corridor of a museum in Bhopal, along with his looted artefacts worth around Rs 15 crore. He was reportedly trying to flee with a bag containing the artefacts from the State Museum in the Madhya Pradesh capital. The museum was closed on Monday, and when employees opened it […]

Kolkata Case: West Bengal Assembly Passes Anti-Rape Bill

September 4, 2024 11:19

Days after the horrifying death of 31-year-old trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the West Bengal government on Tuesday passed the anti-rape bill in a special assembly session. The ‘Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) Bill 2024’ was introduced in the House by TMC leader […]

Job Crisis In Haryana: Over 46K Graduates, PGs Apply For Sweepers

September 3, 2024 18:15

Unable to find jobs, 3.95 lakh people including 46,102 graduates and post graduates have applied for the job of sweepers in a state-run corporation Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam (HKRN) established for providing contractual manpower. With hardly any other employment available, hundreds of thousands of young men and women desperate for work are applying for the […]

AAP’s Italia Smirks At Gujarat Home Dept For Name In Promotion List 9 Years After He Left Constabulary

September 3, 2024 18:31

In a surprising turn of events, former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Gujarat state president Gopal Italia has been promoted to the post of head constable by the Gujarat government’s home department. This information was given by Gopal Italia himself through a tweet on social media platform X, that also carries the screenshot of the government […]

Son Trumps Father As Both Take NEET-PG Exam Together

September 3, 2024 17:23

In one of rare instances, a father and son duo from Gujarat – Dr Deepak Vyas and Dr Samisth Vyas – took the NEET-PG exam together earlier this year. Dr Samisth completed his MBBS in 2023 and is currently doing his internship, while his 51-yr-old father has close to three decades of experience as a […]

Swati Maliwal Assault Case: Supreme Court Grants Bail To Kejriwal’s Aide Bibhav Kumar

September 3, 2024 12:24

The Supreme Court has granted bail to Bibhav Kumar, a close aide of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested for allegedly assaulting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing Kumar’s plea seeking bail and also challenging his arrest in the […]

Kolkata Rape Murder: RG Kar Medical College Ex-Principal Ghosh, 3 Others Taken Into CBI Custody

September 3, 2024 12:08

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh after hours of questioning at the Special Crime Branch (SCB) office in Salt Lake’s CGO Complex. Three others – his security guard Afsar Ali, and hospital vendors Biplav Singha and Sumana Hazara – were also arrested. […]

Firing Outside Salman’s House: Accused Seek Protection, Claim Murder Conspiracy Against Them By Dawood’s Gang

September 3, 2024 10:57

The relatives of two accused in the firing outside Salman Khan’s house have alleged that a conspiracy was being hatched to get them killed by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s henchmen. They have written to the Maharashtra and Bihar governments, seeking their protection. On April 14, two bike-borne men opened fire outside Salman Khan’s residence in the […]

BJP To Contest Maha Assembly Elections Under Collective Leadership

September 1, 2024 17:58

After poor performance in the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP has decided that it would contest the assembly elections under a collective leadership. The party has begun implementing its plan and announced its former state unit chief and former union minister Raosaheb Danve as the election coordinator. This is being viewed as a major setback […]

Post Poll Setback, BJP Tempers Projections To 100 Seats In Maharashtra

August 29, 2024 15:04

Jolted by the Lok Sabha election setback, the BJP has lowered its expectations for the upcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra and set the target of winning 100 of the state’s 288 Assembly constituencies. The party hopes to cross the halfway mark and get to 145 with the help of its allies Shiv Sena and Nationalist […]

Tamil Nadu Govt Clears Decks For Expansion Of Coimbatore Airport

August 29, 2024 14:10

The expansion of the Coimbatore International Airport, which has been pending for more than two decades, is all set to take off as the Tamil Nadu government has cleared the decks for the expansion of the Airport. The project had been a bone of contention between Tamil Nadu and the Narendra Modi-led government at the […]

MeToo Haunts Mollywood: 17 Complaints So Far, AMMA Dissolved, Bigwigs Face Sexual Abuse Allegations

August 28, 2024 13:27

The Malayalam film industry has been rocked by a volley of allegations of sexual misconduct. Several bigwigs have been accused of sexual misconduct, sending ripples across Mollywood. This led to the dissolution of Association of Malayalam Movie Artists or AMMA. Prominent actor Mohanlal stepped down as president of the panel. The flood of allegations against some […]

Kuno’s Adventurous Cheetah Pawan Found Dead; Second Death In A Month

August 28, 2024 11:49

In a major setback to India’s ambitious Project Cheetah, Oban aka Pawan, was found dead near a drain inside Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. Preliminary cause of death is suspected to be drowning. Officers are waiting for autopsy report. It’s the second cheetah death in Kuno this month after a cub died on August 5. A dozen, including […]

J&K Assembly Elections: BJP Withdraws First List, Issues Revised One

August 27, 2024 14:47

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has issued revised lists of 16 candidates for the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) assembly elections to be held on September 18 hours after withdrawing the list with 44 nominees amid rumblings within the party. It first reissued a list of 15 candidates before releasing a second […]

‘Queen’ Of Controversies Kangana Ranaut Now Pulled Up By BJP For Comment On Farmers

August 27, 2024 13:23

A day after Mandi MP and actor Kangana Ranaut’s controversial comments on farmers’ protest, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership reprimanded her and reminded her of her brief. “The statement made by BJP MP Kangana Ranaut in the context of the farmers’ movement is not the opinion of the party. BJP disagrees with the statement […]

ILO Report On Unemployment Missing From Website

August 27, 2024 12:49

The India Employment Report 2024 is no longer available on the ILO’s website and its link has stopped working. The report, previously available on the website, is no longer to be found in any of the ILO’s online publication repositories. Further, the link reports an error, which reads: “This page isn’t working. www.ilo.org redirected you too many […]

Govt Issues New Guidelines For Small Savings Schemes: Get Full Details Here

August 27, 2024 12:28

The government has issued new guidelines for regularising irregularly opened accounts under the National Small Savings (NSS) schemes through post offices and Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA) opened by grandparents. Guidelines have also been issued for PPF accounts opened in the name of a minor, more than one PPF account and extension of PPF account by NRI. Irregular NSS accountsThese have been assessed to be of the following types The […]

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