Draft action plan prepared for a safe holy dip for eight crore devotees in Godavari Pushkarams-2027

Draft action plan prepared for a safe holy dip for eight crore devotees in Godavari Pushkarams-2027

Minister for Culture and Tourism Kandula Durgesh (centre), MP D. Purandeswari (right) East Godavari District Collector P. Prasanthi at a meeting on Godavari Pushkarams-2027 in Rajamahendravaram City on Tuesday (October 29). | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM Minister for Culture and Tourism Kandula Durgesh here on Tuesday announced that a draft action plan was prepared … Read more

Advocacy groups challenge FSSAI’s draft notification on removing warning labels from iron-fortified food products

Advocacy groups challenge FSSAI’s draft notification on removing warning labels from iron-fortified food products

A file photo of normal and fortified rice. According to advocacy groups, all food products must carry warning labels so that vulnerable groups can avoid fortified foods. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) draft notification on an amendment to remove crucial warning labels on iron-fortified food products for individuals with thalassemia and … Read more

Draft policy bans breeding of cold climate dogs, places restrictions on ‘in-breeding’

Draft policy bans breeding of cold climate dogs, places restrictions on ‘in-breeding’

The draft Tamil Nadu Dog Breeding Policy has strictly prohibited the breeding of at least nine cold climate dog breeds, which it says cannot withstand the weather in the country. It has said that female dogs “shall not be mated after the age of eight”. Though it allows ‘out-breeding and line-breeding’, the policy restricts ‘in-breeding’. … Read more

Centre says ‘de-reservation’ of seats not allowed as UGC draft guidelines spark criticism

Centre says ‘de-reservation’ of seats not allowed as UGC draft guidelines spark criticism

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said there is no scope for ambiguity in reservations after the introduction of the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Act, 2019. File | Photo Credit: ANI A controversy erupted on January 28 over UGC’s draft guidelines proposing that any vacancy reserved for SC, ST and OBC candidates can … Read more

CAA final draft likely to be ready by March 30, 2024: Union Minister Ajay Mishra

CAA final draft likely to be ready by March 30, 2024: Union Minister Ajay Mishra

Ajay Kumar Mishra at an event of the Matua community in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas on Sunday. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra said that the final draft of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA is expected to be ready by March 30 next year. The BJP … Read more

UGC approves draft framework for curriculum for PG courses

UGC approves draft framework for curriculum for PG courses

The University Grants Commission (UGC) will soon bring out a curriculum for postgraduate courses. The draft framework for the curriculum was approved by the UGC earlier this month and the UGC plans to invite feedback from various stakeholders on it. The curriculum, in line with the National Education Policy (NEP), offers flexibility to students to … Read more

Election Commission begins public hearings in Guwahati on draft delimitation proposal for Assam

Election Commission begins public hearings in Guwahati on draft delimitation proposal for Assam

The Election Commission on Wednesday began public hearings in Guwahati on the draft delimitation proposal for Assam. The full Bench of the commission, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, will meet political parties, civil society organisations and other sections of society over three days till Friday. The draft delimitation proposal for Assam was published … Read more

Draft Bill vests powers entirely in Geological Survey of India, say experts

Draft Bill vests powers entirely in Geological Survey of India, say experts

A view of Geological Survey of India building. Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: K. Bhagya Prakash A draft Bill, aimed at protecting India’s geological heritage that includes fossils, sedimentary rocks, natural structures, has raised alarm in India’s geo-sciences and palaeontology community. The draft Geo-heritage Sites and Geo-relics (Preservation and Maintenance) Bill, … Read more

Draft design policy moots people- friendly initiatives to boost tourism

Draft design policy moots people- friendly initiatives to boost tourism

Tourism and Public Works Minister Shri P A Mohamed Riyas receiving the draft of the Design Policy from Director of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, Prof Praveen Nahar at the valedictory function of the three-day Design Policy workshop, jointly organised by the departments of Tourism and Public Works, in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. Kerala today came out with a draft … Read more