SC to hear petition by 355 Army officers
A Special Bench monitoring the CBI investigation into the alleged extrajudicial killings in Manipur will hear a petition filed by 355 Army officers in the Supreme Court, alleging “persecution” by agencies such as the CBI for doing their duty in the insurgency-hit areas of Jammu and Kashmir and the north-eastern States.
NDRF aid only for severe calamities
The Union government has declared the Kerala floods a “calamity of severe nature”.
Credit registry: RBI Act may need tweak
RBI Deputy Governor proposed the enactment of a special law to enable the proposed public credit registry (PCR) in order to resolve the deep data asymmetry in the financial system and prevent the bad loan accumulation.
India building new fighter jet
The Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), India’s next indigenous fighter, is expected to make its first flight by 2032. Development work on the jet is under way.
Drones to space Internet, IISc incubates start-ups
Better known for his former role as the programme director and chief designer of India’s indigenous light combat aircraft (LCA), 75-year-old Kota Harinarayana is the founder-chairman of General Aeronautics, an Indian Institute of Science (IISc) incubated start-up.
Ganga stretches in Bengal unfit for bathing’
A recent map published by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has revealed that water in nearly a dozen major stretches of the Ganga in West Bengal is so polluted that it is even unfit for bathing.
Rythu Bima providing instant succour to families
Rythu Bima group life insurance scheme introduced by the Telangana government for all the landholding (pattadar) farmers in the age group of 18-59 years from August 14 is proving to be an instant succour to their families in case of death of the enrolled farmer, irrespective of the cause ”” either natural or otherwise.
Telangana yet to act on ‘illegal’ occupants of forest land
Rejected claims of forest rights are set to become the next bone of contention between the claimants and the Forest Department.
Half of farm households indebted: NABARD
According to a recent survey by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), more than half the agricultural households in the country have outstanding debt.
U.S. tech giants plan to fight India’s data localisation plans
U.S. technology giants plan to intensify lobbying efforts against stringent Indian data localisation requirements, which they say will undermine their growth ambitions in India.