RS members can use all 22 scheduled languages

Rajya Sabha members can speak in any of the 22 scheduled languages from the monsoon session of Parliament beginning on July 18, with the Secretariat arranging simultaneous interpretation for five more languages: Dogri, Kashmiri, Konkani, Santhali and Sindhi.

‘Eat Right Movement’

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) unveiled ‘The Eat Right Movement’, built on two broad pillars of ‘Eat Healthy’ and ‘Eat Safe’.

Set up anti­-trafficking units: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal government to set up an anti-human traffiking unit headed by a specially trained officer, preferably a woman, in every district of the State.
· The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal government to set up an anti-human traffiking unit headed by a specially trained officer, preferably a woman, in every district of the State.

IISc, IIT-D chosen for special grants

Six higher education institutions including the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, the Indian Institutes of Technology at Mumbai and Delhi, and the proposed Jio Institute of the Reliance Foundation, have been named Institutions of Eminence (IoE) by the Centre.

‘Chemists must display generic medicines’

Soon chemists across the country will have to prominently display generic medicines ”” medicines that are off-patent, locally manufactured and much cheaper than the original formulations they’re based on in a dedicated rack in their shops.