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Supreme Court dismisses pleas for review of 2021 verdict quashing Maharashtra law on grant of quota to Marathas

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A five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan, since retired, had on May 5, 2021 delivered the verdict on petitions related to Maharashtra government's decision to grant quotas to the politically influential community. Observing that the Maratha quota violated the principle of right to equality, the top court had also refused to refer to a larger bench the plea seeking to revisit the 29 year old Mandal verdict putting a cap on reservation at 50 per cent. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/8Qjd5ND via IFTTT

US wants to be part of India's economic miracle: Official

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The US wants to be a part of India's economic growth and prosperity, according to Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu. The US supports India's goal to grow its economy in a sustainable and inclusive way and believes that a prosperous India will have the resources to address global problems. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/mkUIO8g via IFTTT

Covid News Live Updates: Delhi reports 1,603 fresh cases, Mumbai reports 234 new coronavirus cases

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No move to decriminalise first time drug offenders

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Officials said it has been observed from a study carried out in countries facing major drug challenges that decriminalising the law does not resolve the problem and instead an estimated 70% of population in these countries, mostly youths, were addicted to drugs. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/J6ZKDEy via IFTTT

Who can accredit IIT, and how: Government pitches report favouring crowdsourced data validation

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In the April 18 IIT council meeting, the education ministry proposed a solution by sharing ideas being drawn up by the Dr Radhakrishnan committee to 'strengthen the assessment and accreditation processes' and draw up a road map for the NAC, ET gathers. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/CvwXu6W via IFTTT

Not activating counter-cyclical capital buffer, says RBI

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​​The framework on the countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) was put in place by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in terms of guidelines in February 2015 wherein, it was advised that the CCyB would be activated as and when the circumstances warranted and that the decision would normally be pre-announced. from News-Economic Times https://ift.tt/w2fc1yb via IFTTT

RBI minutes: Pause in repo rate tactical not pivot as fight against inflation far from over, says Shaktikanta Das

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