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1 Telangana CM formally launches two more guarantees

Asserting that the Congress Government is committed to implement the six guarantees it has promised to the people, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has said that his Government aims at setting up “Telangana Model” in the implementation of welfare schemes as benchmark for other States to follow.

The Government had started implementation of two guarantees, free bus travel for women and enhancement of coverage under Aarogyasri from Rs. 5 lakh to Rs. 10 lakh within 48 hours of Congress taking over the reins. The Chief Minister on Tuesday launched two more guarantees, refill of domestic LPG cylinders at ₹500 each and power supply up to 200 units a month free of cost for eligible families.

28-Feb-2024 News in Details
2 Assam Passes Bill To Combat Unfair Means In Public Examinations

The Assam Legislative Assembly has passed the Assam Public Examination (Measures for Prevention of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Bill, 2024, aimed at curbing the leakage of question papers and the use of unfair means during public examinations for recruitment purposes under the state government. The bill seeks to provide effective measures to prevent and address offences related to the unfair means used in recruitment examinations for various posts under the state government, including autonomous bodies, authorities, boards, or corporations.

The Assam Legislative Assembly has passed the Assam Public Examination (Measures for Prevention of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Bill, 2024, aimed at curbing the leakage of question papers and the use of unfair means during public examinations for recruitment purposes under the state government. The bill seeks to provide effective measures to prevent and address offences related to the unfair means used in recruitment examinations for various posts under the state government, including autonomous bodies, authorities, boards, or corporations.

28-Feb-2024 News in Details
3 NCP's Praful Patel resigns as Rajya Sabha MP before end of term

Praful Patel is currently with the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, and was elected to the Rajya Sabha in July 2022.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel on Tuesday resigned as the Rajya Sabha MP four years ahead of the completion of his term. The 67-year-old leader, once a trusted aide of Sharad Pawar, is currently with the Ajit Pawar faction that has been recognised by the Election Commission as the ‘real’ NCP.

Patel was elected to the Rajya Sabha for a fifth term in July 2022, a year before the party split due to Ajit Pawar and his supporters joining the ruling Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra.

28-Feb-2024 News in Details
4 Government Launches 'Mera Pehla Vote Desh Ke Liye' Campaign in Higher Educational Institutions

The government will organise 'Mera Pehla Vote Desh Ke Liye' in Higher Educational institutions across the country from tomorrow to ensure universal enlightened participation of youth in elections. The main objective of the initiative is to engage and encourage young voters to come out and vote and to convey the importance of voting for the larger good of the nation. The programme will be continued till 6th of March.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged the youth of the nation to make their voices heard. He highlighted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call to the country's youth and first-time voters to exercise their franchise in large numbers. Mr Pradhan informed that he had directed all Higher Educational institutions in the country to conduct comprehensive voter awareness activities at their campuses to galvanize Yuva Shakti. The initiative symbolizes the importance of Elections and the pride of voting in the largest democracy in the world.

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5 Ex-SC Judge Justice AM Khanwilkar Appointed As Lokpal Chairperson

The President of India has appointed former Supreme Court judge Justice AM Khanwilkar has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Lok Pal.

Justice Lingappa Swamy (former HP HC Chief Justice & Karnataka HC Judge), Justice Sanjay Yadav(former Allahabad HC CJ) and Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi(former Karnataka HC CJ & Allahabad HC judge, present Chairperson of the Law Commission of India) are the judicial members.

Former civil servants Sushil Chandra(ex-CEC), Pankaj Kumar and Ajay Tirkey are appointed as non-judicial members of Lokpal.

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6 Gujarat: Amit Shah inaugurates Swaminarayan Medical College in Gandhinagar

Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Swaminarayan Medical College in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Tuesday.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel was also present during the inauguration ceremony.

The Swaminarayan Medical College committee elated with the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah and CM Patel in the ceremony.

Meanwhile, Vice President of Swaminarayan University, Swami Bhaktvatsal said that the College has been constructed at a cost of Rs 150 crores.

28-Feb-2024 News in Details
7 Centre extends ban on J&K Jamaat-e-Islami for 5 years

The Centre on Tuesday declared Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu and Kashmir as an ‘unlawful association’ under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 for a further period of five years, citing its close links with militant outfits and its continuous support to extremism and separatism in the Union territory.

“Pursuing Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji’s policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and separatism, the government has extended the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu Kashmir for five years.

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8 National Science Day: How CV Raman changed the world by just looking at the sea

As the world grapples with the growing burden of cancers, researchers are exploring a new tool to better screen this deadly disease.

Raman spectroscopy allows for the analysis of molecular composition, which can be useful in distinguishing between normal and cancerous tissues. But do you know who gave the world this revolutionary tool? It was an Indian.

Dr CV Raman discovered the phenomenon of Raman scattering in 1928, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. This age-old discovery, today, plays a key role in identifying and analysing biological tissues.

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9 TN CM Stalin inaugurates Karunanidhi memorial in Chennai

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin inaugurated the memorial for former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Chennai's Marina Beach on Monday.

CM Stalin also inaugurated the renovated former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Annadurai's memorial, also located on Marina Beach.

An underground museum, 7D screens, touchscreen displays, selfie points, a library, highlights of the leader's life, and many other features are part of the new Karunanidhi Memorial.

Actor Rajinikanth was also present on the occasion.

27-Feb-2024 News in Details
10 PM Modi to virtually inaugurate world's first Vedic clock in Ujjain

The world's first Vedic clock, designed to showcase time according to the ancient Indian traditional Panchang, has been installed in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district and is set for unveiling on March 1.

Scheduled for virtual inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Vedic clock stands tall on an 85-foot tower within Ujjain's Jantar Mantar, adjacent to the Government Jiwaji Observatory, according to a report in The Times of India.

This unique clock will exhibit information related to Vedic Hindu Panchang, planetary positions, Muhurat, astrological calculations, and predictions, and also indicate Indian Standard Time (IST) and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Time calculation is based on the duration from one sunrise to the next.

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