The country should improve support for rural migrant workers to find jobs or start businesses. It must also ensure that their wages are paid, Hu said during a meeting on Wednesday related to migrant workers. … [Read more...] about Chinese vice premier stresses timely migrant worker wage payments
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ED arrests Yes Bank co-founder Rana Kapoor in fresh money laundering case
The latest case pertains to the alleged loan fraud in the PMC Bank where the ED raided the premises of the Viva Group promoted by Maharashtra MLA and Bahujan Vikas Agadhi (BVA) party chief Hitendra Thakur in the Vasai-Virar areas of Palghar district and Mumbai last week. … [Read more...] about ED arrests Yes Bank co-founder Rana Kapoor in fresh money laundering case
FULL TEXT: President’s address on the eve of 72nd Republic Day
We would do well to keep reminding ourselves of our Constitutional mantras. I have said this before, but I will repeat that we should make it a part of our daily routine to meditate upon the life and thought of our Father of the Nation. We must make all efforts to wipe tears from every eye. Equality is the watchword for the great project of our Republic. Social equality warrants dignity for each one of us, villagers, women, weaker sections of our society, namely, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Divyang-jan and the elderly people. Economic equality entails equal opportunity for all and handholding for the downtrodden. Acts of helping fellow human beings expand our capacity for empathy. In our collective path ahead, Fraternity is our moral compass. Let us all continue on the path of ‘constitutional morality’ which Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar mentioned in his speech to the Constituent Assembly on November 4, 1948 while presenting the draft of the Constitution. He … [Read more...] about FULL TEXT: President’s address on the eve of 72nd Republic Day
Centre urged to approve raised budget for AIIMS
The announcement for setting up AIIMS at Mangalagiri in Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Madurai were made at the same time. While college admissions have begun at those AIIMS, the State government had taken no initiative to start admissions in the Madurai facility. “It was suggested that the State government begin admissions for this academic year by setting up a temporary hospital. However, the State government took no step towards it,” said the MP. … [Read more...] about Centre urged to approve raised budget for AIIMS
Indian-origin youth in Singapore detained for planning to attack Muslims at two mosques
A 16-year-old Singaporean boy, a Protestant Christian of Indian ethnicity, was detained last month under the Internal Security Act (ISA) after planning to use a machete to attack Muslims at two mosques in March, on the anniversary of New Zealand’s Christchurch attacks. … [Read more...] about Indian-origin youth in Singapore detained for planning to attack Muslims at two mosques
