Violations of the Infant Milk Substitutes (IMS) Act, meant to protect breastfeeding from predatory marketing of baby food companies, have multiplied of late and activists blame this on government inaction on earlier violations.The violations are in the form of companies sponsoring seminars and conferences by doctors as well as doctors who promote baby food through…
Manish Tewari (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manish Tewari’s remark terming the recent regime changes in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal and unrest in Philippines a rejection of the politics of entitlement sparked a controversy, with BJP framing it as sign of Congress’s unease over LoP Rahul Gandhi’s politics.BJP’s Amit Malviya latched on to…
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav (ANI) NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday hit out at the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government’s directive to remove caste references from police records and public notices, saying it reflected the ruling party’s “fear” of PDA communities uniting against it.“From police stations to administrative offices, discrimination has taken…
NEW DELHI: Kerala has reported 80 cases and 21 deaths in the Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare but highly fatal brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri — popularly called the “brain-eating amoeba,” state health minister Veena George said on Tuesday. While talking to reporters, George said that the cause of encephalitis cases is still…
Stephane Dujarric (File – ANI) United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres is “very supportive” of reforming the UN security council (UNSC) to better reflect current global realities, with India emerging as a pivotal voice in the multilateral system, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told news agency ANI.Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing UN general assembly session…
NEW DELHI: A Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Prashant Kumar Mishra on Monday rejected the Tamil Nadu govt’s plea to install a bronze statue of former CM Karunanidhi in Tirunelveli district.“It is not permitted. Why are you using public funds for glorifying your former leaders,” the bench said during a brief hearing….
NEW DELHI: A security scare broke out at Delhi Airport on Sunday morning when a 13-year-old Afghan boy was discovered after sneaking into the landing gear of a Kam Air flight.The Kabul-Delhi aircraft had landed when airline staff spotted the boy near the plane.The boy hails from Kunduz in Afghanistan and had boarded the Kabul-Delhi…
NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh’s ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and MLA Nara Lokesh has alleged that over Rs 100 crore was stolen from the parakamani (donation box) of the Tirumala temple during the YSR Congress Party government led by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.Lokesh, who is also TDP’s general secretary, shared purported CCTV footage on…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Malviya on Monday questioned Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav’s silence over alleged ‘abuses’ hurled at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s late mother ‘again’ during recent rally.“More than 24 hours have passed, but Tejashwi Yadav has not slightest regret that RJD goons insulted the late mother of Prime Minister…
In 1983, Md Aftab Alam was hired as a regular college lecturer – on paper. Forty-two years later, he’s still waiting for his first salary. The appointment letter, issued by Sanjay Gandhi Mahila College in Gaya, promised pay and service conditions on a par with university faculty. What followed was four decades of unpaid teaching,…
