Arunachal may lift anti-conversion law
Arunachal Pradesh may lift a 40-year-old anti-conversion law to uphold secularism.
Mizoram Assembly opposes Bill
The Mizoram Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016
Block advertisements 48 hours before polls, FB told
The Election Commission has asked Facebook to examine blocking of political advertisements 48 hours before elections, a request the social media giant is examining.
Centre may scrap UGC, proposes new regulator
Setting for major reforms in higher education the Centre has placed in the public domain a draft Bill for a Higher Education Commission of India aimed at replacing the University Grants Commission for eliciting suggestions from educationists.
34 years on, compensation for Blue Star detainees
The detainees who were arrested and kept in a Jodhpur prison following the Army operation to flush out militants from the Golden Temple in 1984 will finally get some relief with Punjab.
TN Assembly passes resolution against Dam Safety bill, wants consensus
The Tamil Nadu Assembly today adopted a “unanimous” resolution urging the Centre to “keep in abeyance” all efforts towards enacting the Dam Safety Bill 2018
Supreme Court notifies new roster for judges
Two days after the retirement of Justice J. Chelameswar, the Supreme Court notified a new roster for the allocation of cases to judges which will come into effect from July 2 when the top court reopens after summer vacation.
India’s first river interlinking project caught in U.P.-M.P. tussle
Disagreements over water-sharing and difficulty in acquiring non-forest land impede the Rs.18,000-crore Ken- Betwa river interlink project.
National Digital Library of India
National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a project of the Ministry of Human Resource
Development under the aegis of National Mission on Education through Information and
Communication Technology (NMEICT).
Database on unorganised workers gets under way
Ten years after passing a law that envisaged a portable smart ID card for unorganised workers, the Centre has started work to create a national database and Aadhaar-seeded identification number system to facilitate welfare delivery to 40 crore workers in the sector.