Centre revises education allowance for kids, hostel subsidy for government employees after DA hike

Centre revises education allowance for kids, hostel subsidy for government employees after DA hike

DA hike: The Centre has revised the children’s education allowance and hostel subsidy for government employees. These allowances are linked to the hike in dearness allowance (DA) of employees and pensioners. Earlier this year, the Centre announced a 4% hike in dearness allowance and dearness relief for employees and pensioners. With this hike, the DA … Read more

KLU establishes Child Autism Care Centre in collaboration with US-based  organisation

KLU establishes Child Autism Care Centre in collaboration with US-based  organisation

The K.L. Deemed to be University (KLU), in collaboration with a United States (US)-based organisation Early Autism Service (EAS), established a Child Autism Care Centre and a Child Psychiatry Centre on campus. In a statement released on Wednesday, KLU vice-president Koneru Raja Harin said that the objective was to provide solutions to learning and developmental … Read more

IIM Raipur, Digital Health Associates to set Centre for Health, Innovation, Policy and Digital Health – ET HealthWorld

IIM Raipur, Digital Health Associates to set Centre for Health, Innovation, Policy and Digital Health – ET HealthWorld

Raipur: IIM Raipur has partnered with Digital Health Associates (DHA) to set up the consulting arm, Centre for Health, Innovation, Policy and Digital Health (CHIP-DH). Given the massive push from the government on the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojna( PM-JAY) and the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), India will need niche expertise at all levels … Read more

Centre tells NGT no need to bring slaughterhouses under EIA

Centre tells NGT no need to bring slaughterhouses under EIA

The Centre has told the National Green Tribunal that there is no requirement to include slaughterhouses and meat processing units within the scope of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006 as the existing guidelines and safeguards effectively regulate these entities from an environmental standpoint. Last year, animal rights activist Gauri Maulekhi approached the NGT, … Read more

Centre warns celebrities, media against promoting betting, gambling

Centre warns celebrities, media against promoting betting, gambling

The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), in an advisory issued here on Wednesday, has warned manufacturers, advertisers, publishers, intermediaries, social media platforms, endorsers, and broadcasters against advertisements promoting illegal activities such as betting and gambling. CCPA Chairman and Union Secretary of Consumer Affairs Rohit Kumar Singh said in the advisory that the Centre had noticed … Read more

Human-animal conflict takes centre stage in Idukki

Human-animal conflict takes centre stage in Idukki

Teachers of Little Flower Girls High School (LFGHS) in Munnar offering support to the hunger protest venue of Idukki MP Dean Kuriakose at Munnar | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT As the parliamentary election looms, the situation in Idukki remains tense with political and environmental concerns intersecting in the face of persistent human-elephant conflict in the … Read more

Sharmila asks Jagan to pass a resolution on Special Category Status in Assembly and send it to Centre, President

Sharmila asks Jagan to pass a resolution on Special Category Status in Assembly and send it to Centre, President

Andhra Pradesh Congress president Y.S. Sharmila. File photo: By Arrangement. APCC president Y.S. Sharmila has demanded that the government hold a discussion on the floor of the Assembly on “the betrayal of the people of Andhra Pradesh by the BJP Government at the Centre in last 10 years”, pass a resolution on the “Rights of … Read more

Kerala Assembly | Govt. to complete Sabarimala airport project in time-bound manner once clearances from Centre are through: CM

Kerala Assembly | Govt. to complete Sabarimala airport project in time-bound manner once clearances from Centre are through: CM

A view of the Cheruvally estate in Kottayam where the Kerala government has proposed to establish the Sabarimala airport. (file) | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Kerala government expects to complete the Sabarimala airport project in a time-bound manner once all clearances from the Centre are through. The Centre has already given site clearance and … Read more