Morning Digest | Graziers confront Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh; Centre starts survey to assess women participation in workforce, and more

Morning Digest | Graziers confront Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh; Centre starts survey to assess women participation in workforce, and more

Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani and Union Minister Bhupender Yadav release a booklet during the ‘Women in the Workforce for Viksit Bharat’ event, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ANI Centre starts survey to assess women participation in workforce The Union Ministries of Labour & Employment and Women & Child Development … Read more

PMK, AMMK call for caste survey in Tamil Nadu 

PMK, AMMK call for caste survey in Tamil Nadu 

Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) and Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam (AMMK) demanded that the state government should come forward to carry out caste-based survey in Tamil Nadu. In a statement, PMK Founder S Ramadoss pointed out that Bihar conducted a caste-based census and the reservation has been enhanced to 75% from 60%. Based on the survey … Read more

Over 65% spike in requests for student counselling in the last year: Survey

Over 65% spike in requests for student counselling in the last year: Survey

A rising number of student suicides has highlighted the need to introduce robust mental health initiatives time and again. There are deeper psychologically concerning issues that students deal with daily that, in the lack of a desired support system, overwhelm them with a sense of helplessness. A staggering 35,950 students lost their lives to suicide … Read more

TV, internet, radio, OTT consumption rises for 22% of families despite a 1% dip from previous month: Axis My India Survey

TV, internet, radio, OTT consumption rises for 22% of families despite a 1% dip from previous month: Axis My India Survey

There has been a significant increase in content consumption, per a new survey by Axis My India. Besides, a majority of respondents to the survey indicated that household spending had increased. Overall, Axis My India’s latest India Consumer Sentiment Index (CSI) paints an optimistic picture of consumer spending trends at the dawn of the New … Read more

Is another prohibition survey needed in Bihar? | Explained

Is another prohibition survey needed in Bihar? | Explained

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during Nashamukti Diwas (de-addiction day) at CM Secretariat in Patna on November 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI The story so far: On November 26, at a function to mark Nashamukti Diwas or ‘de-addiction day’, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced that there would be a fresh “house-to-house” survey to assess … Read more

Land survey begins for proposed tiger safari park in Kozhikode

Land survey begins for proposed tiger safari park in Kozhikode

Land survey for setting up the proposed tiger safari park has commenced at Muthukad in Chakkittappara panchayat as part of efforts to complete the project at the earliest. The survey will be completed in 15 days with the support of various government departments. At a recent meeting chaired by Forest Minister A.K. Saseendran, Divisional Forest … Read more

A.P. caste survey: Socioeconomic conditions of all communities should also be gathered, say representatives

A.P. caste survey: Socioeconomic conditions of all communities should also be gathered, say representatives

Telugu Desam Party BC Sadhikara Committee convener Boina Govindarajulu. File | Photo Credit: Arrangement Representatives of communities such as Backward Classes (BC), Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) asked the Andhra Pradesh government to conduct a comprehensive caste survey by gathering information on socioeconomic conditions of these people since caste data alone would not … Read more

Survey begins to recover excess land owned by Kerala MLA P.V. Anvar

Survey begins to recover excess land owned by Kerala MLA P.V. Anvar

P.V. Anvar, MLA | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Revenue department in Kerala has started survey measures to recover the excess land possessed by P.V. Anvar, MLA, at Kakkadampoyil in Kozhikode district. The action comes in the wake of a recent order by the Thamarassery Taluk Land Use Board. According to Revenue department sources, the … Read more

Gyanvyapi mosque: Court rejects plea seeking ASI survey inside wazukhana

Gyanvyapi mosque: Court rejects plea seeking ASI survey inside wazukhana

Allahabad High Court allowed the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi. | Photo Credit: ANI A district court in Varanasi on Saturday rejected a plea that sought a direction to the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) to undertake a survey of the wazukhana (ablution pond) area, … Read more