SC to hear states’ plea over mbbs/bds test
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear a fresh plea of a few States, including Jammu & Kashmir and some private medical colleges, that they be allowed to conduct their pre-scheduled test for admissions in MBBS and BDS courses. “let these applications be heard tomorrow (Tuesday) by the bench concerned,” a three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur said on Monday when a battery of senior lawyers, including KK Venugopal and Gopal Subramaniam mentioned fresh applications for hearing.
rlys to plant 5l tress in punjab, haryana
New Delhi: Railways has joined hands with the Forest Departments of Punjab and Haryana for plantation of five lakh trees in the two States as part of the ‘Green India Mission’. After Punjab and Haryana, Railways will sign similar agreements
will other States to carry out
the green mission. Terming the initiative as a “significant” one, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said a joint forest management comprising of Environment Ministry, the two State Governments and Railwayswill be responsible for tree plantation and maintenance atrail land.
‘20 institutes will be made world-class’
New Delhi: The Government plans to set up a regulatory structure to make 10 public and ten private educational institutions as world-class teaching and research institutions, the lok Sabha was told on Sunday. “There is a proposal to establish a regulatory architecture to enable ten public and ten private institutions to emerge as world-class teaching and research institutions,” HRD Minister Smriti Irani said during Question Hour.