Row over borrowing limit: K. N. Balagopal says Kerala will approach SC

Row over borrowing limit: K. N. Balagopal says Kerala will approach SC

Kerala will approach the Supreme Court against the Central government’s decision to slash the State’s borrowing limit, Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal said here on Monday. The State government is discussing the matter with senior lawyers, Mr. Balagopal said at a meet-the-press programme organised by the Kesari Memorial Journalists’ Trust. There is no legal hurdle before … Read more

Opposition boycott of Parliament building inauguration | Jaishankar says there should be a limit to doing politics

Opposition boycott of Parliament building inauguration | Jaishankar says there should be a limit to doing politics

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. File External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on May 26 described as “unfortunate” the decision by 20 Opposition parties to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building and said there should be a limit to doing politics. Editorial | Lost opportunity: On the acrimony over the inauguration of the new … Read more

Feds seek to limit telehealth prescriptions for some drugs – ET HealthWorld

Feds seek to limit telehealth prescriptions for some drugs – ET HealthWorld

Washington: The Biden administration moved Friday to require patients see a doctor in person before getting attention deficit disorder medication or addictive painkillers, toughening access to the drugs against the backdrop of a deepening opioid crisis. The proposal could overhaul the way millions of Americans get some prescriptions after three years of relying on telehealth … Read more

Law does not prescribe time limit for reconstituting National Commission for Backward Classes, Centre tells HC

Law does not prescribe time limit for reconstituting National Commission for Backward Classes, Centre tells HC

The law, as it stands today, does not prescribe any time period for reconstitution of the National Commission for the Backward Classes after the expiry of the term of the previous commission. Therefore, it is not possible to spell out a definite time limit within which the commission would be reconstituted, the Centre has told … Read more

Religious names of parties limit appeal: Election Commission tells the Supreme Court

Religious names of parties limit appeal: Election Commission tells the Supreme Court

Election Commission of India. File | Photo Credit: PTI Political parties with names which have “religious connotations” limit their electoral appeal to “one particular group” and this is not beneficial for the electoral prospect of the party, the Election Commission (EC) has told the Supreme Court. The top poll body’s view came in its affidavit … Read more