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SHOULD EVALUATE ONOE IN NATIONAL INTEREST

Amid the political heat surrounding the issue, the Modi government has tasked you with heading the JPC. Why do you think this concept is needed for India in the coming years?

Manipur govt announces to make 1,946 new police recruits peace messengers

THE Manipur govt will make an endeavour towards restoring peace in the ethnic violence-hit state by not disintegrating a team of 1,946 newly-inducted India Reserve Battalion personnel from Meitei, Kuki, Naga and other communities who were trained together in Assam.

Building young talent key for New India: Modi

Distributes over 71K appointment letters to new recruits in govt depts under Rozgar Mela

200 Vande Bharat sleeper trains in line

THE Indian Railways is preparing to launch 200 Vande Bharat sleeper trains following the success of its chair car trains, which have reportedly received positive feedbacks in the regions they are running through.

E-forensics platform to connect 117 labs: MHA

KEEPING in view the special importance given to forensic evidence after implementation of revamped criminal laws---Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bhartiya Sakshya Sanhita (BSS), the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has developed and operationalised an e-Forensics IT platform, which is connected with 117 forensic science laboratories across the country, officials said on Monday.

PMO steps in, asks health ministry to act against misleading adverts

THE Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has directed the Health Ministry to take \"appropriate action\" to amend the draft Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisement) Act, 1954, which aimed to take stringent action against misleading advertisements, including Ayush medicines.

Army's equine, canine unit falls short on training, animal transport use: CAG

THE Indian Army's Remount and Veterinary Corps (RVC) fell short of achieving half of its training objectives and failed to fully utilise its Animal Transport (AT) Units, revealed a recent audit conducted by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India on the defence services.

RELIGION IN THE TIME OF UNCERTAINTIES

A few months ago, Elon Musk said 'woke' was a virus and he would not rest till he destroyed it. Apart from other motivations, he said he 'lost' his young son to the left as the progressive establishment wholeheartedly assisted the boy's irrevocable transition to become a girl.

INFLUENCER OF THE YEAR: ALGORITHM

Algorithms affect most parts of our lives today. With quantum computing set to be unleashed, the future looks loaded in favour of the abilities of instructions coded in machines

Villagers want rly to reconsider fencing work

AS the railways department begins fencing works alongside the railway track from Mandabam camp for about 1.5 km, leaving residents to face accessibility issues, locals submitted a petition with DRM Madurai division demanding the railway department to reconsider the fencing works in the specific area.

Cong MP seeks Shah's resignation

CONDEMNING Union Home Minister Amit Shah's alleged objectionable remarks about BR Ambedkar, Sivaganga MP Karthi P Chidambaram said that the minister had meant that pronouncing the name of a Dalit (Ambedkar) would not help anyone attain heaven.

Kerala HC flays govt for dumping waste in TN

Secretary of the local self govt department directed to furnish report on agencies involved in collecting, disposing waste

Begin paver block laying work in Vembakottai

Nearly 20 AIADMK councilors from Vembakottai Panchayat Union petitioned Collector VP Jeyaseelan on Monday, to pass an order to begin paver block laying works in their wards.

Devi Awards: A platform to celebrate works of 17 women

IT was an all-women show without any pink bows. The 30th edition of the Devi Awards, instituted by The New Indian Express group, and the sixth in Delhi on December 23, showcased the work of 17 women in the arts, economics, public service, and governance.

One lorry carrying human excreta, 4 with food waste detained in Kumari

Police seized four vehicles loaded with food and fish wastes and a lorry loaded with human excreta from Kerala across Kanniyakumari on Monday.

NHRC takes up electrocution of EB workers case suo motu

THE National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the electrocution of two Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) workers while repairing power lines on Olaiyur Ring Road in KK Nagar, Tiruchy, on December 18.

Kerala finishes removal of waste dumped in Nellai border villages

A total of 30 truck-load of waste were taken back; TN local body officials disinfect the land

Kerala finishes removal of waste dumped in Nellai border villages

A total of 30 truck-load of waste were taken back; TN local body officials disinfect the land

3 students feared drowned in Cauvery

THREE school students were washed away in the Cauvery river at Ayyalamman Padithurai at Kudamurutti in Tiruchy on Monday.

Asset details of govt staff cannot be shielded from public: HC

SETTING aside an order of the State Information Commission denying information on the assets and liabilities of a government officer, the Madras High Court has held that such details cannot be shielded from public scrutiny.

VCK dy gen secy: Cadre want party to contest from 25 seats

VCK to chant Ambedkar's name 1K times in Chennai stir

Prima facie evidence of laundering exists against Sadiq, says spl CBI court

A special CBI court in Chennai rejected the bail petitions moved by alleged drug kingpin Jaffer Sadiq and his brother Mohammed Saleem, stating that there were sufficient documents available to show that they were prima facie guilty of charges levelled against them.

Disabled man claims monthly pension not received

CLAIMING that he has not received his monthly pension of ₹1,500 for the last seven months, a 50-year-old disabled person submitted a petition with the differently abled welfare office in Dindigul collectorate complex here on Monday.

Petition seeks action on illegal Madurai quarries

THE family members of a social activist Gnanasekaran, who was undergoing treatment at Government Rajaji Hospital after being assaulted by a person, submitted a petition to collector MS Sangeetha seeking action against people behind the incident, during the grievance day redressal meeting on Monday.

Villagers decry merger of panchayats with town panchayats, municipalities

RESIDENTS from several village panchayats across Ramanathapuram opposing the merger of village panchayats with town panchayat and municipalities, petitioned the district collector at the weekly grievances meeting here on Monday.

Same investigation officer should probe case and counter case: HC

Justice Anand Venkatesh makes observation while quashing lower court order in two cases

When a door closed, Annai Sathya home opened a window

The home took in around 100 children who lost their parents to the waves and gave them a new lease on life

Centre approves revised proposal for widening of Ranipet-Chittoor NH

THE Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) has set the ball rolling for the widening of the 28-km, two-lane stretch of National Highway 40 from Ranipet to the Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh border into a four-lane highway.

RGGGH docs save both hands of 40-year-old assaulted with knife

FOLLOWING a nine-hour complex surgical procedure, doctors at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) managed to save the hands of a 40-year-old woman who was assaulted with a knife during a family dispute.

TN won't scrap no-detention policy: Min

SCHOOL Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi on Monday stated that Tamil Nadu will not implement the recent amendment to the Right to Education (RTE) Rules, which removes the no-detention policy for students up to Class 8.