An action panel supporting Adivaram native K.K. Harshina has termed as unfortunate the statement of the Kerala Government Medical College Teachers’ Association (KGMCTA) opposing legal action against the doctors and nursing staff on duty during an alleged botched C-Section surgery performed on her at the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode in 2017. A release on … Read more
The Hema Commission report to address issues of sexual harassment and gender inequality in the Malayalam film industry has recommended key provisions to prohibit illegal and offending acts against women in the sector. The provisions to be included in the proposed Kerala Cine Employers and Employees (Regulation) Act 2020 have emerged from the Right to … Read more
Women belonging to the ‘Meira Paibis’ (a group representing Meitei Society) hold torches as they stage a demonstration demanding restoration of peace in violence-hit Manipur. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court will pass orders on Friday to facilitate the proper functioning of Justice Mittal panel set up to oversee relief for victims of … Read more
Managements of private engineering colleges in the State on Friday reiterated their demand for the implementation of recommendations of the national fee committee constituted by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and headed by Justice Srikrishna. Speaking to The Hindu, Choppa Gangi Reddy, president of Andhra Pradesh Private Engineering Colleges Managements’ Association, pointed … Read more
Prof Coleman worked for 20 years as a Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, at Bowling Green State University, in Ohio. Her research appeared in a brief submitted to the US Supreme Court as part of successful efforts to overturn the historic Roe v Wade judgment, which guaranteed a constitutional right to an abortion … Read more
Security personnel conducted Joint Combing Operations in sensitive areas in both the Hills and Valley Sectors of Manipur in the wake of the rising violence in the State. | Photo Credit: ANI GUWAHATI The Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF) on June 11 slammed the Centre for including Manipur Chief Minister, Nongthombam Biren Singh in a … Read more
The Ernakulam Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed Kerala State Financial Enterprises (KSFE) to allow a customer to close his housing loan on payment of the balance amount due. The Commission also directed KSFE to pay a compensation of ₹10,000 to the customer for refusing to let him close the loan and demanding foreclosure charges. The … Read more
New Delhi: Elon Musk‘s brain-implant venture has filled an animal-research oversight board with company insiders who may stand to benefit financially as the firm reaches development goals, according to company documents and interviews with six current and former employees. Such oversight boards are required by federal law for organizations experimenting on certain types of animals. … Read more
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) senior principal scientist, Sanjit Kanjilal, has been appointed member of Trans Fat Elimination Technical Advisory Group (TFATAG) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) for a period of three years (2023-2026). Consumption of industrially produced trans-fatty acids is associated with coronary heart disease and related mortality, with the WHO in 2018 setting the target of limiting trans-fatty acids … Read more
Without the study of Mughal history, the history of India will remain incomplete and an academic void will be created, say members Members of the Andhra Pradesh History Congress (APHC) have expressed serious concern over the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)‘s decision to erase certain chapters on the Mughal Empire from Class … Read more