Cabinet nod for natural gas cargo-swap deal with Japan
The Cabinet approved a cargo-swapping arrangement with Japan as part of a broader bilateral pact to create a gas exchange that could reduce India’s logistical costs for natural gas import.
Ganga won’t be clean before March 2019, says Minister
As per the original plan, cleaning the Ganga was inextricably linked to ensuring that ecological flows ””or a minimum quantity of water at various stretches”” were maintained.
‘Living Will’ can take effect only if a medical board certifies a person condition is irreversible: Supreme Court
Bench says it would lay down guidelines for drafting living wills and how it can be authenticated. It has reserved the case for judgment.
IMF lowers forecasts for India
India’s economic growth for 2017 and 2018 will be slower than earlier projected, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its latest World Economic Outlook.
Sex with minor wife is rape, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that a man will be punished for rape if he is found to be guilty of having sexual intercourse with his minor wife.
Passive euthanasia already a law, says govt.
Passive euthanasia, the act of withdrawing life support to a terminally-ill patient, is already the law of the land, the government told a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court.
Post-Doklam, the healing touch of yoga
China’s Minzu University is offering the country’s first master’s degree in Yoga, in what appears to be a clear signal that soft power is being deployed to reactivate China-India ties in the aftermath of the tense Doklam standoff.
WHO releases new guidelines to manage obesity in children
Assessment of eating habits and counselling to be part of intervention strategy.
HC commutes death term of 11 Godhra convicts to life
The Gujarat High Court has commuted the death sentence into life imprisonment to 11 convicted by the trial court in the Godhra train carnage.
East, NE States score high in curbing infant mortality
States from the east and northeastern part of the country have registered a significant drop in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR).