Students who did PhD before 2009 can teach
New Delhi: Those students who had completed their PhD before 2009 through regular method will be eligible for teaching jobs without appearing for National Eligibility Test, Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani said on Monday. Irani said in lok Sabha that the previous UPA government had decided that those students who had completed their PhD before 2009 would not be eligible for any teaching jobs.
Speaker irked over unparliamentary words
New Delhi: Concerned over use of unparliamentary words by members, an exasperated Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Monday wondered whether she would have to take a class of the lawmakers on the issue. Mahajan made the observation during Zero Hour when BJP member Sanjay Jaiswal used an objectionable word while referring to the Medical Council of India.
RRZ plan: 19 states yet to respond
New Delhi: Nineteen states are yet to respond to the Centre’s plan to formulate a Draft River Regulation Zone (RRZ) which envisages setting up of a National River Conservation Zone Authority. Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said the government will proceed on the issue after receiving the response of states while asserting that protecting river ecology was its paramount duty.
Plans to launch 500 courses in 10 languages
New Delhi: The government on Monday said there are plans to introduce as many as 500 free courses in ten languages through open and distance learning mode this year. The government along with UGC are also examining the regulations pertaining to Open and Distance learning, HRD Minister Smriti Irani said during Question Hour in lok Sabha.
Sumitra VEXED OVER members’ absence
New Delhi: lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Monday expressed her frustration over the absence of some members in the House, saying it was a “very bad” trend. The Speaker’s comment came when the House took up a question relating to prices of petroleum products during Question Hour and
both questioners BJP’s Nalin Kumar Kateel (Karnataka) and CPI-M’s P K Sreemathi Teacher (Kerala) were absent.
SC seeks Centre’s reply on plea for CBI inquiry
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre and CBI on a petition seeking CBI inquiry against Indian offshore bank account holders named in the Panama papers. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh passed the orders on a PIl filed by advocate Ml Sharma. The petition even sought response from SEBI on why no action was taken against select companies despite advance information available of their illegal transactions.