There are no registered breeders or authorised pet shops to sell African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) – one of the most easily procurable animals in the country. While the bird is extensively available in pet markets, Forest departments in different States said no breeder has registered with them. The departments had responded to applications filed … Read more
Former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik with his close aide and bureaucrat-turned-politician V.K. Pandian in Bhubaneswar. File photo | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout Whirlwind tours of various districts in 2023 by V.K. Pandian, a close aide of former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, caused quite a stir for which Mr. Patnaik had to defend these visits on the … Read more
The State Bank of India (SBI) has refused to disclose under the Right to Information (RTI) Act the details of the electoral bonds furnished to the Election Commission (EC) of India, claiming that it is personal information held in a fiduciary capacity, even though the records are in the public domain on the poll panel’s … Read more
Train No. 16585 Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal Bengaluru-Murdeshwar Express switches towards the single-line track towards Mangaluru Central Railway Station from the Mangaluru Junction-Shoranur double line at Jeppu Kudpady in Mangaluru on December 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANIL KUMAR SASTRY Notwithstanding demands from railway patrons, including the Pashchima Karavali Railway Abhivriddhi Samithi to double the … 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
Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Russian private mercenary group Wagner. | Photo Credit: Reuters With moon now in India’s orbit, focus shifts to Pragyan rover With Vikram, the lander module of Chandrayaan-3, successfully landing on the surface of moon on Wednesday, the focus has now moved to the rover in its belly, Pragyan. Years of … Read more
Recently, violence had erupted in parts of West Bengal over Ram Navami Processions. Several vehicles were torched in Howrah district. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI At least 65 cases were registered over communal violence in various parts of West Bengal in just 18 months between January 2021 and June 2022. While 30 cases were registered … Read more
New Delhi: The Securities and Exchange Board of India has now moved the Bombay High Court challenging an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) asking the capital market regulator to provide information on the National Stock Exchange sought by an individual. At the crux of the issue is a Right to Information (RTI) application … Read more
The Union government has discontinued Aarogya Setu’s data access and sharing protocol, as it seeks to convert the contact tracing app into a ‘national health app’. Privacy activists, however, have raised concerns over the security of the personal data which has been collected since April 2020, even as new users download the app every day. … Read more
Union minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday assured that every stakeholder’s interest will be taken into consideration while framing the e-commerce policy which would be robust and in the interest of every Indian. Goyal, who heads commerce and industry as well as consumer affairs ministries, also said that he welcomes all the feedback on the draft … Read more