Here are the top stories on a Monday morning
Govt keen on smooth transition at RBI, panel may play key role
The government seems keen on a smooth changeover at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and may not rush to decide on central bank governor Raghuram Ra jan's replace ment, choosing to let the selection follow due process so that the appointment is not interpreted as undermining the incumbent who still has two and-a-half months in office.
(Reported by the Times of India)
Exit news likely to impact Rs, market
Raghuram Rajan's decision to quit as RBI governor is likely to lead to a weakening of the rupee, slight hardening of bond yields and a stock market slide. But the real impact could be felt in the “tough times ahead“, after years of zero interest regimes in the west, which could lead to imbalances in capital flows and elevated asset prices, analysts said.
(Reported by the Times of India)
Bullet train plan: Varanasi-Delhi in 2 hrs 40 mins
The second bullet train after the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor will run from Delhi to Varanasi, a distance of 782km, and could complete the journey in just two hours and 40 minutes, reports Mahendra Singh.
The project connecting the capital to the pilgrimage city, which is also PM Modi's Lok Sabha seat, has been fast-tracked ahead of the UP elections next year.
(Reported by the Times of India)
RTI plea: DU declines to give details of PM Modi’s degree
After Delhi University (DU) refused to divulge details of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s graduation degree in response to yet another RTI application, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took on BJP leaders Amit Shah and Arun Jaitley who had come out in defense of the PM.
Kejriwal said the move has further deepened the “mystery” surrounding the degree. “What? But why? Didn’t Amit shah n Jaitleyji say that degree was genuine and anyone cud take it from DU?” Kejriwal tweeted.
(Reported by The Indian Express)
VHP survey on ‘decreasing’ Hindu numbers in Uttar Pradesh
AMID THE controversy over the alleged exodus of Hindu families from Kairana, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has started a state-wide survey in UP to identify areas where population of Hindus has decreased in comparison to Muslims over the years.
In a three-day meet in Patna beginning June 23, around 225 VHP office-bearers from across the country would discuss Kairana and other areas, where the population of Hindus has allegedly gone down. They would also decide on an action plan to prevent further migration of Hindus from these areas.
(Reported by The Indian Express)
Right to education in for a revamp
A government committee drafting India’s new education policy has proposed a raft of amendments to the UPA-era Right to Education Act, calling for flexible area-specific guidelines to replace a nationwide framework.
The proposed changes include a dilution of norms for recognising private schools as the TSR Subramanian committee feels the present guidelines threaten the closure of institutions doing stellar work in poor neighbourhoods.
(Reported by Hindustan Times)
AIIMS directed to pay 1 lakh for botched-up eye treatment
A consumer forum directed All India Institute of Medical Sciences to pay 1 lakh to the parents of a girl child for alleged negligence in carrying out corneal transplantation.
South Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum bench presided by justice NK Goel asked the hospital to pay the money to the parents of Haryana resident Priyanka, noting that three corneal graftings in her left eye failed consecutively as they were done “without proper care and caution”.
(Reported by Hindustan Times)
No exodus but fear in Kairana, says fact-finding team of saints
A five-member team of Hindu seers contradicted the BJP’s claim of an exodus of Hindu families from western Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana on Sunday but reported an atmosphere of fear in the town because of criminals.
The team was formed by the state government after BJP parliamentarian Hukum Singh claimed over 350 Hindu families left the town, post alleged extortion threats from Muslim gangs.
(Reported by Hindustan Times)
J&K school issues apology over ban on Islamic dress
The management of Delhi Public School, Srinagar, on Saturday tendered an apology after allegations of a ban on wearing traditional Islamic dress, abaya, in the school triggered outrage in Kashmir valley.
The apology came a day after the J&K government censured the management of the school for the alleged ban, saying “this is not France”.
(Reported by Hindustan Times)
Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin killed in freak accident
Anton Yelchin, a 27-year-old actor best known for playing the character Chekov in two “Star Trek” movies, was killed early on Sunday when his car rolled and pinned him against a wall in his driveway, police said.
Russian-born Yelchin died shortly after 1 a.m. after he apparently stepped out of his car in the steep driveway of his Los Angeles home and it rolled backwards, said Jenny Houser, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department.
(Reported by The Indian Express)
Comments
0 comment