[ad_1] Analysis of unit-level data from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES 2022-23) has revealed a dramatic decline in the incidence of poverty since 2011-12. As important as this may be, I wish to go beyond the discussion of poverty and focus on households’ vulnerability to adverse shocks, particularly for the bottom 50 per cent […]
AIMPLB member: ‘Constitution gives all religions right to manage their affairs. How can you keep someone from another religion in Waqf bodies?’ | Political Pulse News
[ad_1] The Narendra Modi-led NDA government is likely to table a Bill meant to amend the Waqf Act, 1995 in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. The Bill is aimed at making some sweeping changes to this law, giving the government significant control in regulating the Waqf affairs including the functioning of the Waqf Boards across […]
Assembly Bypoll: Yogi hits the ground running, takes stock of Katehari seat | Lucknow News
[ad_1] TWO DAYS after he chaired a meeting with senior BJP leaders, including both Deputy CMs and the BJP’s state president, to discuss the party’s strategy for the coming Assembly bypolls, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who reached Ambedkar Nagar from Ayodhya on Wednesday, convened another meeting of BJP office-bearers and public representatives. During the meeting, Adityanath […]
Lion found dead in open well at Botad, carcass sent for autopsy | Ahmedabad News
[ad_1] A sub-adult lioness allegedly drowned after falling in an open well on an agricultural field in Botad district’s Itariya village on Wednesday. This is the first death of lion reported in Botad after the district started recording regular movement of big cats around two years ago. The incident came to light Wednesday morning when […]
TMC demands Bharat Ratna or RS seat for Vinesh Phogat: ‘This is the least we can do’ | Kolkata News
[ad_1] The TMC on Wednesday demanded Bharat Ratna or a President-nominated Rajya Sabha seat for ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who was disqualified from the Olympics, acknowledging the extraordinary mettle she has demonstrated. In a shocking reversal of fortunes, Phogat was disqualified from the Olympics after being found overweight by 100 grams ahead of her women’s […]
Ayodhya Rape Case: Girl’s family gives consent to abortion; cops may go for DNA test | Lucknow News
[ad_1] The family of a 12-year-old girl raped allegedly by a local Samajwadi Party (SP) member and his employee in Ayodhya has given consent to terminate her pregnancy. The girl is 12 weeks pregnant and is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Lucknow. Police, meanwhile, are planning to conduct a DNA test “to strengthen […]
Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s imprisoned ex-Prime Minister Khan rally to demand his release
[ad_1] Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister rallied Monday in the country’s volatile northwest to mark the first anniversary of his arrest and demand his immediate release, officials said. The protest is part of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or PTI opposition party’s campaign aimed at pressuring the current government of Prime Minister […]
Madhya Pradesh to release water from Indirasagar to Sardar Sarovar today | Ahmedabad News
[ad_1] Amid incessant rainfall, the Indirasagar Dam (ISP) authorities in Madhya Pradesh has alerted that they would start releasing 9,252 cumec (3.32 lakh cusec) of water on Tuesday by opening eight gates of the largest reservoir of the country. According to officials, the water released from Indirasagar will arrive in the Sardar Sarovar Dam a […]
Kerala nursing student ‘dies by suicide’ in Bengaluru | Bangalore News
[ad_1] A second-year nursing student allegedly died by suicide at her hostel in Bengaluru on Sunday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Athulya G, a native of Kerala. She was a student at the Vidyodaya College of Nursing in Bengaluru’s Chikkabanavara. While the police have registered a case of unnatural death, they are also […]
From favouring Gurmeet Ram Rahim to influencing Akal Takht to appointing Saini as DGP, Sukhbir seeks ‘unconditional forgiveness’ over SAD rebels’ allegations | Chandigarh News
[ad_1] From favouring Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim to influencing the Akal Takht to appoint Sumedh Saini as Punjab DGP, Shiromani Akali Dal Badal president Sukhbir Singh Badal has accepted allegations levelled against him by rebel Akali Dal leaders and sought “unconditional forgiveness” from the Sikh community’s supreme temporal seat. The Sri Akal […]