SANSKRIT TO BE THIRD lANGUAGE IN KV: CENTRE
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court that Sanskrit will be the third language in Classes VI to VIII in Kendriya Vidyalayas.
RS QUESTION HOUR DISRUPTED AGAIN
New Delhi: For the third consecutive day, Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha was disrupted on Thursday as the Congress protested against renaming a section of the Hyderabad airport. The agitated members repeatedly trooped into the well of the house and raised slogans.
lS FOR MORE CASTES UNDER SC CATEGORY
New Delhi: A Bill to include more castes under Scheduled Castes category in four States and exclude one from it in Sikkim was passed in lok Sabha on Thursday amid demand by some parties that Christian and Muslims dalits too should be given SC benefits, which government rejected.
GOVT TO INVEST 2% GDP IN SCIENCE & TECH
New Delhi: India’s investment in science and technology lags far behind that of China, South Korea and the US and the Government aims to invest two per cent of its GDP on research and development under the 12th Plan against only 0.88 per cent in 2011-12. Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan informed Rajya Sabha the US and South Korea had invested 2.76 per cent and 4.04 per cent of their GDP, respectively on research and development (R&D) in 2011-12.
MUllAPERIYAR DAM ISSUE ROCK lS
New Delhi: The Mullaperiyar Dam issue again generated heat in the lok Sabha. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, NK Premchandran (RSP) said that concern was voiced at an all-party meeting in Thiruvananthapuram over the findings of the monitoring panel appointed by the Supreme Court on the issue of safety of the dam. As soon as Premchandran raised the issue, AIADMK leader P Venugopal and his colleagues started opposing the Kerala member.
NO FIXED TIME FOR lOKPAl APPOINTMENTS
New Delhi: Government made it clear that no “specific time frame” can be fixed for making appointments in the anti-corruption body, lokpal, due to petitions pending in the Supreme Court and various High Courts challenging various provisions of the lokpal Act.
INDIA-lANKA DISCUSS SINO SUBMARINE VISITS
New Delhi: India has taken up with Sri lanka the issue of recent visits of a Chinese submarine to Colombo, the Government informed the Rajya Sabha saying it closely monitors foreign military presence in the neighbourhood.
CAN AVOID INDO-SINO ROW WITH ‘DElINEATED lAC’
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, in a written reply, informed the Rajya Sabha that situations at the border between India and China could have been avoided if we had a commonly delineated line of Actual Control (lAC) and a common perception about it.
PlAINTS RISING BY INDIAN WORKERS IN GUlF
New Delhi: Complaints from Indian workers in some Gulf countries have shown an upward trend with the highest number those in Qatar in the last one year. 13,610 grievances have been registered till date this year as against 12,720 recorded last year with the maximum of 2,991 coming from Qatar and another 2973 from Saudi Arabia.
GOVT CONCERNED ABOUT WEST ASIA
New Delhi: The Government voiced its concerns over the “deteriorating” security situation in West Asia but insisted that despite challenges in the regional security situation there has been no negative impact on India’s trade and energy stakes. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh said the Government has been maintaining high level contacts with all the leaders in West Asi.
AP lS DISCUSSES A PlETHORA OF ISSUES
New Delhi: Issues like honour killings, plight of tea garden workers and “drastic” labour law reforms to electoral representation to people of villages in Andhra Pradesh lok Sabha.