The decision was taken to motivate farmers to take up planting of rosewood trees on their patta lands. | Photo Credit: File photo Tamil Nadu will no longer have specific legislation to regulate rosewood exploitation, as the State government has decided not to renew the Tamil Nadu Rosewood Trees (Conservation) Act, 1994, allowing the legislation to … Read more
(image for representation) A fresh decision by the Railways to extend short-distance trains arriving in Kannur in Kerala towards Palakkad instead of Kasaragod has sparked widespread protests across north Malabar, with rail users saying long-pending passenger demands are being ignored. The Shoranur-Kannur Special ToD Express, a key service that passengers have been requesting to be … Read more
The sugar tax applied to fizzy drinks is set to be extended to milkshakes and other milk-based drinks under new government plans. The government is consulting on proposals to end the exemption from the tax for dairy-based drinks, as well as non-dairy substitutes such as oats or rice. Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in her autumn … Read more
The Chakkaraparambu-Seaport-Airport road is expected to ease traffic near the accident-prone Chakkaraparambu Jn. and on roads linking the bypass to Kakkanad and Thripunithura. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Even as efforts are under way to fast-track land acquisition for the 3.70-km M.G. Road-Pullepady-Thammanam-NH Bypass corridor, a 15-year-old proposal to extend the four-lane corridor eastward from … Read more
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya emphasized the importance of constitutional values in his Republic Day message. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Senior political leaders, including Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak of the ruling BJP, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati, extended their … Read more
By Julia Payne BRUSSELS, – EU lawmakers have gone part of the way to meeting pharmaceutical industry concerns about the exclusivity period for new medicines after reaching a compromise on the biggest overhaul of EU pharmaceutical rules in 20 years, a parliament proposal showed. A European parliamentary committee is set to vote on its position … Read more
Labour Minister and district in-charge Santosh Lad and Member of Legislative Assembly N.H. Konaraddi during a visit to rain-affected villages in Navalgund taluk of Dharwad district on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT In the wake of excess rainfall in some parts of Dharwad district on the one hand and rain deficit leading to sowing … Read more
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The Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), which bring together politico-religious groups from the Union Territory of Ladakh, on Tuesday extended their support to the 10-day protest fast by Sonam Wangchuk, an award-winning educationist, for the granting of Sixth Schedule status to the region. | Photo Credit: S.R. Raghunathan The Leh Apex … Read more
March 18, 2022 A group of commercial airline pilots filed a lawsuit against the CDC in an attempt to strike down the federal transportation mask mandate, according to FOX Business. The 10 pilots, who work for American Airlines, JetBlue Airways and Southwest Airlines, said the CDC’s mask mandate is an “illegal and unconstitutional exercise of … Read more