Delhi police stage protest after attacks on their colleagues
Thousands of Delhi police personnel on 4th Nov laid siege to the force’s headquarters for 11 hours and staged a virtual revolt, sparked by two attacks on colleagues. They called off the stir following multiple appeals, including from their chief.
India not to join RCEP
India has decided to not join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement over India’s concerns not being addressed in the deal.
SC questions Delhi’s odd-even scheme
The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the “logic” behind the Delhi government’s odd-even scheme, saying what is the point of banning cars with certain registered numbers to reduce pollution when “third-rate” auto rickshaws and taxis ply the roads.
Bengal’s cities yield new species of tree frog
It took six herpetologists working across States and countries to determine that a tree frog found commonly in urban habitats of West Bengal was a brand new species.
SC asks Punjab, Haryana & U.P to end stubble burning immediately
In a bid to save Delhi from air pollution, the Supreme Court on Monday said it would hold the entire State administrative and police mechanisms of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh ”” from the Chief Secretary to the local policeman ”” responsible if even one instance of stubble burning occurred in the future.
Plea in SC cites rise in boat accidents
The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Centre on the increasing number of boat accidents occurring in the inland water routes across the country.
NavIC set to be commercialised by Antrix
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and its older commercial arm Antrix Corporation Ltd. are poised to commercialise India’s regional navigation satellite system, NavIC.
Mining of Uranium in Andhra’s Nallamala Forest opposed
Members of the Revolutionary Writers’ Association (Virasam) and the Patriotic Democratic Movement (PDM) have said that the government should immediately drop the plan to mine uranium in the Nallamala forest area. At a meeting, Virasam executive body member P. Varalakshmi and environmental analyst Tummala Srikumar spoke about the proposed mining of uranium by the Central government.
Delhi chokes as air pollution levels hit a three-year high
Pollution levels in Delhi peaked to a three-year high on Sunday, prompting hundreds of distraught people to take to social media to say they wanted to leave the city because of poor air quality.
NRC exercise only to update 1951 list: CJI
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said on Sunday that the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) process, meant to identify illegal migrants residing in the border State, was “neither a new or novel idea” but only an attempt to update the 1951 list.