The new law providing 10 per cent reservation to economically weaker general category people in education and government jobs was "unwanted" and it could achieve "close to nothing" former Chief Economic Adviser to the Union finance ministry, Kaushik Basu, said here on Monday.


10%  per cent quota law unwanted, will achieve close to nothing: Kaushik Basu


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A team of scientists from National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) on Monday conducted an electrical resistivity tomography survey in Meghalaya's Ksan area where 15 miners are trapped inside a 370-ft flooded coal mine for one month now.


Geo-physicists conduct survey at coal mine accident site in Meghalaya


The NHRC on Monday asked the Odisha government to submit a report over a Class 8 student delivering a baby girl in a state-run tribal residential school in Kandhamal district.


NHRC seeks report over minor delivering baby in Odisha school


Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Monday announced that it would roll out digital features for Kumbh Mela visitors such as virtual reality, online streaming of events and better internet connectivity.


Airtel to provide digital experience to Kumbh Mela visitors


Union Minister of Earth Sciences and Environment Harsh Vardhan on Monday launched special weather services for people visiting Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj during Kumbh Mela between January and March.


Special weather services for Kumbh Mela


Hospital garbage bags containing 16 dead puppies and a dog with signs of severe torture were recovered near a medical college in Kolkata, police said on Monday.


Bodies of 16 puppies found in Kolkata hospital, video surfaces of 2 women beating them


Police in Goa have prosecuted around 7.74 lakh traffic violators in 2018, which amounts to more than half of the state's population of 1.5 million, according to statistics released by Director General of Police Muktesh Chander.


Traffic cops fined half of Goa's population in 2018


Security was tightened across West Bengal ahead of the Gangasagar Mela to mark the occasion of Makar Sankranti, when close to 16 lakh devotees come for a holy dip at the confluence of the Ganga and the Bay of Bengal, an official said on Monday.


Security heightened in Bengal for Gangasagar Mela


Union Minister K.J. Alphons on Monday expressed unhappiness over his home state Kerala's low ranking in the tourism sector.


Minister unhappy with Kerala's low ranking in tourism


The year has just begun, and its a good time to take a more diligent approach to your everyday hygiene.


Protect yourself from 'unforeseen' contaminants (Health Notes)


The wife of ousted Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn has urged immediate action against the "harsh treatment" meted out to him in a Japanese jail, where he has been detained for nearly two months for alleged financial misconduct.


Ghosn's wife urges action on his 'harsh' detention


The fourth edition of the Tata Steel Bhubaneswar Literary Meet concluded here on Sunday.


Tata Steel Bhubaneswar Literary Meet concludes


Tension ran high on Sunday after a minor student of a state-run tribal residential school in Odisha's Kandhamal district delivered a baby girl in her hostel, officials said.


Minor girl student gives birth to baby


Patients with mental health conditions who missed general practitioner (GP) appointments repeatedly are at higher risk for mortality than those with physical disorders, finds a new study.


Mental health patients missing GP appointments at higher risk of mortality


The Himachal Pradesh High Court has refused to stay the transfer of forest land to an Asian Development Bank-funded hydropower project in the state's Kinnaur district being executed by the state-run Himachal Pradesh Power Corp Ltd.


Himachal HC refuses to stay land transfer to hydro facility


The cultural fabric and ethos of India is being unmade with every passing day, says activist Harsh Mander, fearing that "hatred and bigotry" may become "the new normal".


India being unmade with every passing day: Activist Harsh Mander


Whether youre indoors or outdoors, winter will exacerbate asthma attacks. Winter is the most loved season, but it might be unpleasant for patients with lung diseases.


This winter control asthma with inhalation therapy (Health Notes)


Popular tourist destinations Shimla, Manali and Dalhousie received another spell of overnight snowfall on Sunday, which snapped internal road links in some areas of Himachal Pradesh but tourists made merry by hurling snowballs at one another.


Shimla, Manali turn white again; tourists make merry


The National Youth Parliament Festival, where youth from across the country will share their ideas on how to make India better, began on Saturday.


National Youth Parliament Festival begins


Booking.com, one of the world's leading digital travel platforms, on Saturday revealed that Kerala toped the list with five out of 10 most welcoming tourist destinations in India.


Kerala tops list with 5 out of 10 destinations in India


Exorbitant taxis and over-enthusiastic policemen, who are trigger-happy penalising outstation vehicles, need to be reined in to salvage Goa's image as a friendly and feasible tourist destination, a tourism body official said.

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