Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government is looking to speed up discussions on sub-categorising ‘other backwards classes’ and is also weighing the option of giving reservation as available to SC/STs to ‘denotified tribes’ within ‘most backward classes’, state backward classes minister Anil Rajbhar has said. The move is seen as a bid by the BJP-led government … Read more
New Delhi: The government on Friday declined to make any fresh proposal to end the farmer’s agitation, and asked their unions to reconsider its offer to suspend the three farm laws for a year and half so as to allow a joint committee to arrive at a resolution on contentious issues. “We can have a … Read more
Veteran Michael Kassner says former military personnel might know more about cybersecurity than employers think. Read about some of the skills veterans could bring to a cybersecurity job. Image: Smederevac, Getty Images/iStockphoto Something that gladdens the hearts of cybercriminals are tech-media reports that there are not enough cybersecurity pros. For instance, in a May 2020 … Read more
The circumstances under which a personal hearing is to be granted to a taxpayer should, therefore, be notified expeditiously. Synopsis In order to make the faceless penalty scheme be effective, it is, therefore, important that the allocation of cases is proper. FPS envisages penalty proceedings being conducted by an RPC different from an RAC. The … Read more
The chief medical officer has warned that the Covid-19 infection rate is still dangerously high, at a Downing St news briefing. Prof Chris Whitty added that although the infection rate was falling in some areas but it was not falling solidly and “it is very, very high”. He said the situation was extremely precarious and … Read more
President Joe Biden took office on January 20 without key members of his Cabinet in place after the Senate moved more slowly to schedule confirmation hearings for his nominees than it had for previous presidents. The chamber, now led by Democrats after six years of Republican control, can now confirm Cabinet nominations without Republican support. … Read more
There is evidence to suggest the new variant of Covid-19 may be linked to a higher mortality rate, according to UK chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance. Putting the data into context, he explained that for men in their 60s, the expected number of deaths had been about 10 in every 1,000 for the original … Read more
Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Keeping you in the know, Culture Queue is an ongoing series of recommendations for timely books to read, films to watch and podcasts and music to listen to. Caches of unopened sarcophagi found in Egypt. Eight miles of Ice Age rock paintings discovered in the Amazon rainforest. An intricate Roman … Read more
MUMBAI: Reliance Industries, India’s largest conglomerate, showed signs of recovery in its oil-to-chemical business in the December quarter as the opening up of the economy helped improve demand, but the company’s retail business is still nursing from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The oil-to-telecom giant reported better-than-expected consolidated net profit for the reported quarter … Read more
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