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Jaishankar defends his Rajya Sabha election, SC to hear case in Jan
After a brief hearing in the matter on Monday, a bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde adjourned the case for a detailed hearing in the third week of January 2021. The apex court had earlier observed that it would like to settle the issue of the Election Commission's power on the issuance of separate notifications for holding by-polls for regular and casual elections to fill vacancies to the Upper House.
'Not saying Navy does not need its air wing': CDS on aircraft carrier vs submarine debate
“Submarines and aircraft carriers both have separate place in naval warfare and in domination of the seas. Maintaining that Navy needs an air wing”, he said."Yes, it needs an Air wing. But how to manage it and how to ensure the security and sanctity of our sea lines of communication we are thinking about," he added.
SC seeks Centre, Syrian Church's response on forced confession charge
The plea was filed by Mathew. T. Mathachan, Shaji P.J. and Jose C.V., through advocate Sanand Ramakrishnan. After a brief hearing in the matter, a bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices A. S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian issued a notice on the plea.
Farmers protest may impact economic recovery: CII
Due to the situation, around two-third consignment in transit are taking 50 percent extra time to reach destination in states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi-NCR. In addition, the transport vehicles are forced to travel up to 50 per cent longer to reach Delhi from the warehouses in Haryana, Uttarakhand and Punjab. The industry confederation said that this may push logistics cost by upto 8 to 10 per cent.
Govt releases detailed guidelines for mass vaccination drive
The Health Ministry had recently marked thirty crores Indian population for phase one of the large-scale immunisation of the Covid-19 vaccine. It includes one crore healthcare workers, two crore frontline workers, and 27 crores general population falling in priority groups set by the expert group.
Niti Aayog unveils 'Vision 2035' for public health surveillance
Among many of its goals are to make India's public health surveillance system more responsive and predictive to enhance preparedness for action at all level. The Citizen-friendly public health surveillance system will ensure individual privacy and confidentiality, enabled with a client feedback mechanism, believes the vision document.
Farm laws brought in to benefit some capitalists, says Kejriwal
Kejriwal and AAP volunteers across the country held a day-long hunger strike on Monday in support of the farmers protesting against the three farm laws. He said that these laws say only if prices of farm products doubles within a year then only the government can launch raids against the hoarders.
Himachal extends night curfew in four districts
It also gave its approval to grant ex post facto permission to operationalise makeshift hospitals at Shimla, Nalagarh, Tanda and Nerchowk in the public interest. The Cabinet presided over by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, also gave its consent to shift the office of Deputy Inspector General (Intelligence and Security) from Shimla to Dharamshala in the public interest.
Notice to Bobby Deol, Prakash Jha in plea against web series 'Ashram'
Issuing the notice, the Jodhpur District and Sessions Court scheduled the next hearing on January 11. Advocate Khush Khandelwal said he had moved the court against Jha's web series in which Bobby Deol is portrayed as a godman and Hindu gurus have been shown as rapists and drug traffickers. This web series has hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus, he claimed.
Statue of former union minister Arun Jaitley to be installed at the Ferozeshah Kotla grounds
Jaitley was president of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) for 14 years, from 1999 to 2013, before he opted out of cricket administration due to the 2014 general elections that were coming up at the time. Presently, DDCA is headed by his son Rohan, 31, who was elected president unopposed on October 17.
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