Michael BuchananSocial affairs correspondent Samaritans Samaritans volunteer James Watkins says concerns over proposed branch closures are “falling on deaf ears” Hundreds of Samaritans volunteers say they will leave the suicide prevention charity if plans to close more than 100 branches are supported at a meeting this weekend. Some opponents of the changes fear an exodus … Read more
Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Karnataka Government has proposed to fix buffer zones for water bodies based on the size of the water bodies, including tanks, lakes and nalas. It has clarified that the new reduced buffer zone fixation is not to help real estate development but to … Read more
Bharath Beej Swaraj Manch and the Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh, two organisations of farmers, have written to the Union Agriculture Ministry against the proposed amendments. File. As the ‘Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group’ to enhance the Multilateral System (MLS) under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the ‘Plant Treaty’) meets in … Read more
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Michelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News Getty Images MPs have voted in favour of proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The bill will now face many more months of debate and scrutiny by MPs and peers, who could choose to amend it, with the approval of both Houses of Parliament needed … Read more
BBC Nik Ward, who suffers from MND, worries legalising assisted dying could lead to people feeling pressure to end their lives The question of whether terminally-ill people should have the right to end their lives is dividing MPs as they consider a proposed law to legalise assisted dying. If passed, the landmark bill would offer … Read more
Devotees walking during the Kanwar Yatra at Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh in July this year. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Around 17,600 trees have been cut in Ghaziabad, Meerut, and Muzaffarnagar districts of Uttar Pradesh to make way for a new Kanwar Yatra route, a four-member panel constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) … Read more
Vishwa Hindi Parishad president Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad. President of Vishwa Hindi Parishad Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad on August 11 (Sunday) hailed the State government’s decision to sanction ₹50 crore for establishment of Telugu University in Rajamahendravaram. He appealed to the government to name the institution after former Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh Nandamuri Taraka Rama … Read more
Supporters of Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh stage a protest demanding his transfer from Assam’a Dibrugarh Jail to Punjab Jail, in Amritsar, Sunday, March 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The mother of Amritpal Singh was arrested here on Sunday, a day before a march is to be taken out to demand that the … Read more
Members of the Bar Association in Walajah town near Ranipet have stayed away from court proceedings on Friday. Litigants, who are mostly farmers and small traders, were badly affected as members of the Bar Association in Walajah town near Ranipet stayed away from court proceedings of the District Munsif cum Magistrate Court in the town … Read more