NEW DELHI: Keeping in view the growing ambit of the market including both offline and online platforms, the Department of Consumer Affairs is considering an amendment in the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 to establish uniformity for packaged commodities. The revised provision will provide that these Rules shall apply to all packaged commodities sold […]
LUCKNOW: Six districts of Uttar Pradesh are in the grip of floods, where rivers are flowing above the danger mark. More than 12,000 people have been evacuated to safe places in the flood affected areas in the past 10 days. Around 12 companies NDRF, 9 companies SDRF, 23 companies PAC and 1 company SSB have […]
NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission has powers to constitute benches and frame regulations, the Supreme Court has said while observing that the autonomy of CIC is of paramount importance for its effective functioning. A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma last Wednesday said the autonomy and independence of administrative bodies […]
NEW DELHI: INDIA bloc parties won 10 assembly seats, while the BJP clinched two and an Independent one, as votes were counted on Saturday for the by-elections held earlier this week on 13 seats in seven states. The bypolls were held on Wednesday in four seats in West Bengal, three in Himachal Pradesh, two in […]
CALCUTTA: The Trinamul Congress continued its winning streak from the recent Lok Sabha elections by sweeping the West Bengal assembly bypolls on Saturday, wresting Raiganj, Bagda, and Ranaghat Dakshin seats from the BJP and securing a record victory margin in Maniktala. Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidates Krishna Kalyani, Madhuparna Thakur and Mukut Mani Adhikari won the […]
LUCKNOW: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice DY Chandrachud has emphasized the need to teach law in regional languages. The CJI said: “I often discuss with educationists across the country how law can be taught in simple language. If we cannot explain the principles of law to the general public in simple terms, then there […]
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal on Saturday accused the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre of acting in a criminal and unconstitutional manner and invading privacy of the political opponents. In a post on X, Venugopal, who is the Congress General Secretary in-charge of Organisation wrote, “Thank you PM Modi ji for sending […]
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Saturday. “Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has been discharged,” an official of the AIIMS said. Singh, who took over as Defence Minister last month for the second consecutive term in the third tenure of the Narendra Modi-led […]
NEW DELHI: The Current Science Association is inviting applications for the Science Writing Fellowship. The selected candidates will have the opportunity to work for a duration of one year in the editorial office of the Current Science journal. Interested applicants must send the applications including their detailed Curriculum vitae (CV) at The Executive Secretary, Current […]