25 February 2022
India News Updates:
| Indian Labour Conference has become a “talking show”: CITU Prez | 24.2.2022 | General News |
| After the central government indefinitely postponed the 47th Indian Labour Conference, CPI(M)- affiliated trade union CITU’s President K Hemalata has said that the event has become a “talk show” without any serious commitment of successive governments to it. Hemalata said the Congress-led governments “did not try to implement the conference’s recommendations during its tenure, but the BJP government went a step ahead and has stopped organising the yearly two-day event for the past two years, excluding the postponed event”. The 47th Indian Labour Conference was scheduled to be held on 26th and 27th of this month with main focus on four agendas - social security for all, Labour Law amendment, reforms and codification, employment generation with special focus on women and transition to formal employment. “The last meeting happened in 2015. Issues of minimum wages of Rs 18,000, equalising wages for both contract workers doing the same work as the permanent workers are all lying … | ||
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| Mine Safety Week concludes at WCL, prize distribution ceremony held | 24.2.2022 | Central Chronicle » Bhopal |
| Chronicle Reporter, Bhopal The Mine Safety Week concluded at Western Coalfields Limited’s (WCL’s) Umred area…. more | ||
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| Scams happen due to loopholes in the system: Bank officers’ body | 24.2.2022 | General News |
| The All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC) today alleged that most financial scams take place due to loopholes in the system. At a public meeting here on “Crisis in the Banking Sector”, the confederation, along with other associations and trade unions like the Centre for Financial Accountability, the National Alliance of People’s Movement and the New Trade Union Initiative, looked into recent financial scams and held talks on the “legal loot of the public money”. “Why the RBI, the finance ministry, the CVC and others in the government wake up only when a major scam surfaces? Why are we not analysing the failure of the system? What is the role of the government and its policies which cause system failures and scams? There have been Harshad Mehta scam, Ketan Parekh scam and the NPA scam due to misuse and loopholes in the system,” D T Franco, general secretary of AIBOC said. While discussing the topic, the panelists also dwelt on the issue of privatisation of banks, which they … | ||
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| Attack on police: three in judicial custody | 23.2.2022 | Hindu: Cities |
| Three headload workers, suspects in an assault on four policemen at the Kozhikode mofussil bus stand, were remanded in judicial custody on Friday. Asif Mohammed Koya, 38, Subair Ummer, 32, and A.P. | ||
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| Eighty, and mighty still | 23.2.2022 | Hindu: Chennai |
| This veteran civic activist is in no mood to hang up his boots | ||
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| Hind Mazdoor Sabha to discuss labour issues in two-day meet | 23.2.2022 | General News |
| Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), a leading trade union, will hold a two-day state-level meeting at Talegaon Dabhade in Pune district from tomorrow to discuss issues about the government’s labour policy, its office-bearers said here today. Over 500 people are likely to take part in event, HMS state general secretary Sanjay Wadavkar said. “The meeting will deliberate on all the releated issues and discuss in particular the present labour situation in the state and country and adopt resolutions to the effect,” he said. | ||
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| End of nine-year-long struggle by Comtrust staff | 23.2.2022 | Hindu: Health |
| President’s nod for the Bill proposing takeover of the iconic factory | ||
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| Tangedco signs wage agreement with trade unions | 23.2.2022 | Hindu: Chennai |
| State’s power utility’s financial burden to go up by ₹1,317 crore | ||
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| IIT Bombay fabricates wearable sensor for monitoring movement | 24.2.2022 | Hindu: S & T |
| When placed on the throat, the sensor could detect changes in pressure when different words were pronounced | ||
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| ODF is movement of respect for women: PM Modi | 24.2.2022 | General News |
| The open defecation free (ODF) is a movement of respect for motherhood and women, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.Addressing a public rally here, the Prime Minister congratulated Daman on becoming ODF.”I congratulate the people and local administration for making Daman open defecation free. This is a big step. In a way, ODF is a movement of respect for motherhood and women,” Prime Minister Modi said.He urged the people of Daman to give importance to cleanliness.”I urge the people of Daman to continue giving topmost importance to cleanliness. The opportunities in tourism increase when there is cleanliness, and tourism creates jobs,” Prime Minister Modi said.He expressed happiness over mass movements in Daman towards cleanliness, such as use of e-rickshaws, CNG and LED bulbs.Earlier, the Prime Minister inaugurated projects worth Rs 1,000 crore.He said, “This public meeting in Daman is historic- not only in terms of the number of people who have joined us but also in terms | ||
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| Jana Sangh to BJP: ‘Communalism remains cornerstone of party’s ideology’ | 24.2.2022 | Latest News |
| It remains a square peg of sectarianism in the round hole of India’s pluralism | ||
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| ‘I like Rahul Gandhi, but he is not my leader’: Hardik Patel favours Priyanka Gandhi’s entry in politics | 24.2.2022 | Latest News Politics on Firstpost |
| Gujarat’s Patidar quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel on Friday said he did not consider Congress president Rahul Gandhi "my leader" and favoured the entry of Priyanka Gandhi into active politics. | ||
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| Jana Sangh to BJP: Battling India’s pluralism (Column: Political Circus) | 24.2.2022 | General News |
| Narendra Modi’s views of the historical events at the time of partition are as problematic as his understanding of what happened in the subsequent periods. Inaugurating the new, plush, 170,000 sq. feet, vaastu-compliant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in New Delhi, he said that the party in its earlier avatar as the Jana Sangh was at the forefront of all the leading mass movements in the country. | ||
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| The champions of clean air | 23.2.2022 | Hindu: S & T |
| Clean air is turning into a rare commodity as India’s towns and cities become the dumping ground for a variety of pollutants. In this seemingly bleak scenario, the author profiles five Indians whose courageous battle for cleaner air offers a ray of hope to fellow citizens | ||
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| ‘Rahul Gandhi Is Not My Leader’, Says Hardik Patel | 23.2.2022 | NDTV News - Top-stories |
| Hardik Patel, the 24-year-old face of the Patidar campaign in Gujarat, said he did not consider Congress president Rahul Gandhi “my leader”, adding that he favoured the entry of Mr Gandhi’s sister… | ||
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| Priyanka Gandhi finds unlikely fan in Hardik Patel | 23.2.2022 | Rediff: News |
| “I like Rahul Gandhi at a personal level, but I do not consider him as a leader because he is not my leader,” Patel also said at an event. | ||
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| Rahul Gandhi Not My Leader, Would Like Priyanka Gandhi in Active Politics: Hardik Patel | 23.2.2022 | Top Politics News- News18.com |
 Gujarat’s Patidar quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel on Friday said he did not consider Congress president Rahul Gandhi “my leader” and favoured the entry of Priyanka Gandhi into active politics. |
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| Don’t consider Rahul Gandhi my leader: Hardik Patel | 23.2.2022 | General News |
| Gujarat’s Patidar quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel today said he did not consider Congress president Rahul Gandhi “my leader” and favoured the entry of Priyanka Gandhi into active politics. The Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader also announced that he would not contest next year’s Lok Sabha election, despite attaining the eligibility age of 25 years. “I like Rahul Gandhi at a personal level, but I do not consider him as a leader because he is not my leader,” Patel said at an event here. Patel, who has been agitating for reservation for the Patidar community of Gujarat, had worked closely with the Congress during the Assembly polls held in the state in December last year. During an interactive session organised by a television channel, Patel went on to add that Rahul Gandhi’s sister Priyanka Gandhi should join active politics. He claimed that if the Congress had supported his movement with “full capacity”, the BJP’s tally in the Gujarat Assembly polls would have been 60 . | ||
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| In West UP, Where Dalit Movements Are on the Rise, RSS Plans Mega Meet to ‘Instil National Pride’ | 23.2.2022 | The Wire |
| RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will address the congregation of about 3.1 lakh swayamsevaks this Sunday in Meerut on 650-acre land owned by the UP Housing Development Board.
The post In West UP, Where Dalit Movements Are on the Rise, RSS Plans Mega Meet to ‘Instil National Pride’appeared first on The Wire. |
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| Tejashwi Yadav accuses Nitish Kumar govt of hatching ‘serious conspiracy’ to derail his Samvidhan Bachao Nyay Yatra | 23.2.2022 | Latest News Politics on Firstpost |
| RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday accused Bihar’s Nitish Kumar government of hatching a "serious conspiracy" to derail his statewide ‘Samvidhan Bachao Nyay Yatra’ | ||
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| Rs 60,000 cr affordable housing project in pipeline: Minister Hardeep Puri | 23.2.2022 | General News |
| Admitting that India’s urban infrastructure was under “extreme strain”, Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri has said the government was committed to bringing holistic transformation in the country’s infrastructure development, including providing 12 million houses in urban areas by 2022. | ||
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| Asian shares rebound as U.S. rate fears ebb | 23.2.2022 | General News |
| SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares rebounded on Friday as comments from a Federal Reserve official eased worries that the central bank might raise rates more aggressively this year, while the safe-haven yen held on to its gains amid heightened volatility across markets. | ||
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| Nitish Kumar Government Conspiring to Poison My Food, Says RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav | 23.2.2022 | Top India News- News18.com |
 Tejashwi Yadav said his phone is being tapped and attempts are being made to lace his food with poisonous and narcotic substances. Spies have been deployed to keep a watch on his movements. |
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| Fast will continue: K. Sudhakaran | 24.2.2022 | Hindu: Rx |
| Says he will not allow police to arrest him | ||
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| Kannur Congress worker murder: 3 more in custody | 24.2.2022 | General News |
| Even as the Congress party continues to demand a CBI probe into the brutal murder of a Youth Congress worker that took place almost a fortnight back, the police on Saturday said they have taken into custody three more persons in connection with the case. | ||
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| Traffic blocked for hours seeking arrests | 23.2.2022 | Hindu: National |
| Vehicular traffic in the busy Mannarkkad-Coimbatore highway was disrupted for several hours on Friday when protesters blocked the road demanding arrest of all those responsible for beating tribal | ||
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| Orissa HC lawyers to continue ceasework | 23.2.2022 | General News |
| Agitating lawyers of the Orissa High Court today decided to continue their ceasework until adequate number of judges are appointed in the high court, a bar association official said. The ongoing relay hunger strike by the lawyers will also go on, High Court Bar Association secretary Satyabrata Mohanty said after a general body meeting. “The general body of the Bar Association will again meet on Monday afternoon to chalk out its next course of action,” Mohanty said. The lawyers are on ceasework since February 12 and have launched a relay hunger strike from February 19, demanding appointment of judges in the high court. Against a sanctioned strength of 27 — 20 permanent and seven additional — judges, the HC currently has only 16 judges. A team of senior lawyers met two of the senior most judges of the High Court and apprised them of the concerns of the lawyers. | ||
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| Shuhaib murder: witnesses identify arrested | 23.2.2022 | Hindu: Diet & Nutrition |
| Witnesses include slain YC leaders friends who too were injured in the attack | ||
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| Support pouring in for workers on indefinite hunger strike | 23.2.2022 | Hindu: National |
| Workers of a factory at Narasapur Industrial Area have launched an indefinite hunger strike condemning the alleged anti-worker actions of the management.
The CITU-led union of Exide factory |
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| CPM leaders, cyberbullies hound wife of slain dissident leader; force her to plead for security at party headquarters | 23.2.2022 | Latest News Politics on Firstpost |
| The government calls peace meetings after every killing, and political parties vow it would be the last. There were many such meetings in Kannur during the 21 months of CPM rule. | ||
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| Asian shares rebound as U.S. rate fears ebb | 23.2.2022 | General News |
| SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares rebounded on Friday as comments from a Federal Reserve official eased worries that the central bank might raise rates more aggressively this year, while the safe-haven yen held on to its gains amid heightened volatility across markets. | ||
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| Asian shares rebound as U.S. rate fears ebb | 23.2.2022 | Reuters: Money News |
| SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares rebounded on Friday as comments from a Federal Reserve official eased worries that the central bank might raise rates more aggressively this year, while the safe-haven yen held on to its gains amid heightened volatility across … | ||
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| ‘Andhra Pradesh police passing the buck in Varma case’ | 23.2.2022 | Hindu: Medicine & Research |
| Roundtable demands arrest of film director | ||
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| Jana Sangh to BJP: ‘Communalism remains cornerstone of party’s ideology’ | 24.2.2022 | Latest News |
| It remains a square peg of sectarianism in the round hole of India’s pluralism | ||
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| ‘I like Rahul Gandhi, but he is not my leader’: Hardik Patel favours Priyanka Gandhi’s entry in politics | 24.2.2022 | Latest News Politics on Firstpost |
| Gujarat’s Patidar quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel on Friday said he did not consider Congress president Rahul Gandhi "my leader" and favoured the entry of Priyanka Gandhi into active politics. | ||
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| Jana Sangh to BJP: Battling India’s pluralism (Column: Political Circus) | 24.2.2022 | General News |
| Narendra Modi’s views of the historical events at the time of partition are as problematic as his understanding of what happened in the subsequent periods. Inaugurating the new, plush, 170,000 sq. feet, vaastu-compliant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in New Delhi, he said that the party in its earlier avatar as the Jana Sangh was at the forefront of all the leading mass movements in the country. | ||
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| Priyanka Gandhi finds unlikely fan in Hardik Patel | 23.2.2022 | Rediff: News |
| “I like Rahul Gandhi at a personal level, but I do not consider him as a leader because he is not my leader,” Patel also said at an event. | ||
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| Rahul Gandhi Not My Leader, Would Like Priyanka Gandhi in Active Politics: Hardik Patel | 23.2.2022 | Top Politics News- News18.com |
| Gujarat’s Patidar quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel on Friday said he did not consider Congress president Rahul Gandhi “my leader” and favoured the entry of Priyanka Gandhi into active politics. |
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| Don’t consider Rahul Gandhi my leader: Hardik Patel | 23.2.2022 | General News |
| Gujarat’s Patidar quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel today said he did not consider Congress president Rahul Gandhi “my leader” and favoured the entry of Priyanka Gandhi into active politics. The Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader also announced that he would not contest next year’s Lok Sabha election, despite attaining the eligibility age of 25 years. “I like Rahul Gandhi at a personal level, but I do not consider him as a leader because he is not my leader,” Patel said at an event here. Patel, who has been agitating for reservation for the Patidar community of Gujarat, had worked closely with the Congress during the Assembly polls held in the state in December last year. During an interactive session organised by a television channel, Patel went on to add that Rahul Gandhi’s sister Priyanka Gandhi should join active politics. He claimed that if the Congress had supported his movement with “full capacity”, the BJP’s tally in the Gujarat Assembly polls would have been 60 . | ||
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| In West UP, Where Dalit Movements Are on the Rise, RSS Plans Mega Meet to ‘Instil National Pride’ | 23.2.2022 | The Wire |
| RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will address the congregation of about 3.1 lakh swayamsevaks this Sunday in Meerut on 650-acre land owned by the UP Housing Development Board.
The post In West UP, Where Dalit Movements Are on the Rise, RSS Plans Mega Meet to ‘Instil National Pride’appeared first on The Wire. |
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| ODF is movement of respect for women: PM Modi | 24.2.2022 | General News |
| The open defecation free (ODF) is a movement of respect for motherhood and women, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.Addressing a public rally here, the Prime Minister congratulated Daman on becoming ODF.”I congratulate the people and local administration for making Daman open defecation free. This is a big step. In a way, ODF is a movement of respect for motherhood and women,” Prime Minister Modi said.He urged the people of Daman to give importance to cleanliness.”I urge the people of Daman to continue giving topmost importance to cleanliness. The opportunities in tourism increase when there is cleanliness, and tourism creates jobs,” Prime Minister Modi said.He expressed happiness over mass movements in Daman towards cleanliness, such as use of e-rickshaws, CNG and LED bulbs.Earlier, the Prime Minister inaugurated projects worth Rs 1,000 crore.He said, “This public meeting in Daman is historic- not only in terms of the number of people who have joined us but also in terms | ||
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| Rahul Gandhi Not My Leader, Would Like Priyanka Gandhi in Active Politics: Hardik Patel | 23.2.2022 | Top Politics News- News18.com |
| Gujarat’s Patidar quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel on Friday said he did not consider Congress president Rahul Gandhi “my leader” and favoured the entry of Priyanka Gandhi into active politics. |
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| Nitish govt tapping my phones, conspiring to poison my food: Tejashwi | 23.2.2022 | Business Standard: News Now |
| Obstacles are being laid in the way of my getting a room at Circuit Houses. My phone is being tapped and attempts are being made to lace my food with poisonous and narcotic substances, he said | ||
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