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Transgender identity certificate will be treated as valid documentation for PAN: Centre to SC
New Delhi, Aug 29: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that a ‘certificate of identity’ issued by the district magistrate under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 will be treated as valid documentation for applying for a PAN card. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and…
Read More »Govt bans 156 fixed dose combination drugs over health risk concerns
The ministry stated that the use of the said FDCs is likely to involve risk to human beings whereas safer alternatives to the said drug are available. Thursday, Aug 29: The government on Thursday banned 156 fixed dose combination (FDCs) medicines, which included antibiotics, painkillers and multivitamins, after a…
Read More »Seasoned Bureaucrat Govind Mohan to take charge as Union Home Secretary on Thursday
NEW DELHI, Aug 21: Senior IAS officer Govind Mohan on Thursday will take charge as the new Union Home Secretary from Ajay Kumar Bhalla, who completes his five year tenure at the sensitive post, official sources said.Mohan, a B.Tech from Banaras Hindu University and PG Diploma from IIM, Ahmedabad, was…
Read More »151 sitting MPs and MLAs face cases of crimes against women, 16 charged with rape: ADR
NEW DELHI, Aug 21: As many as 151 sitting MPs and MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women in their election affidavits, with West Bengal having the highest number of lawmakers facing such cases, according to a recent report by a poll rights body. For the report, the…
Read More »Amarnath Yatra successfully completed; record 5.12 lakh pilgrims visited: Amit Shah
NEW DELHI, Aug 21: The pilgrimage to holy shrine of Amarnath was successfully completed and a record number of more than 5.12 lakh pilgrims visited it, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday. The pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine, located at a height of 3,880 metres in the south…
Read More »HCI invites online application for Hajj 2025
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 13 : The aspirants who wish to undertake Hajj journey during 1446(H)—2025(CE) have been informed that the Hajj Committee of India (HCI) has invited online application forms with effect from 13 August, 2024. As per a notification, the aspirants are being informed that before filing the application form…
Read More »PM to chair NITI Aayog Governing Council meet on Saturday; focus on ‘Viksit Bharat @2047’
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair NITI Aayog’s 9th Governing Council meeting on July 27, which will focus on making India a developed nation by 2047, an official statement said on Friday.The council, the apex body of NITI Aayog, includes all state chief ministers, lieutenant governors of Union…
Read More »633 Indian students died abroad in last 5 yrs due to various reasons including natural causes
New Delhi: Six-hundred and thirty-three incidents of death of Indian students abroad were reported in the last five years due to various reasons including natural causes with Canada topping the list with 172 cases, the government said in Lok Sabha on Friday.Separately, a total 19 Indian students died abroad due…
Read More »Not practical to have fixed timelines for adjudication of cases before Constitution Benches: Govt
New Delhi: Over 2,000 cases have been heard and disposed of by various Supreme Court Constitution benches since 1950 and 50 are still pending, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.In a written reply, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said seven cases are pending before nine-judge Constitution benches, eight…
Read More »NTA declares final results of NEET-UG
New Delhi: The National Testing Agency on Friday announced the final results of the controversy-ridden medical entrance exam NEET-UG, officials said.The results were declared following directive from the Supreme Court after taking into account marks of a physics question, which the NTA had said has two correct answers.”The re-revised score…
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