Morning Digest | Government forms panel to look into MGNREGA’s efficacy; States ask Centre to curb its cess habit, and more

[ad_1] Representational image of labourers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) working at a site in Ajmer. | Photo Credit: PTI Government forms panel to look into MGNREGA’s efficacy The Central government has constituted a committee to review the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme, especially to […]

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Kherson | The city of fire and fury 

[ad_1] Ukrainian forces, who lost the southern provincial capital in the early days of the war, took it back in a prolonged, bloodied counter-offensive Ukrainian forces, who lost the southern provincial capital in the early days of the war, took it back in a prolonged, bloodied counter-offensive On September 30, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin […]

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Morning Digest | Kerala moves to remove Governor as Chancellor of universities; level of groundwater extraction lowest in 18 years, finds study, and more

[ad_1] Kerala moves to remove Governor as Chancellor of universities The State Cabinet on Wednesday resolved to request Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan to promulgate an ordinance removing him as the sole chancellor of State universities. Former Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, Ministers from previous Gujarat administration opt out of Assembly election Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, […]

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Russia’s Federation Council ratifies annexation of four Ukrainian regions

[ad_1] Reuters MOSCOW: October 04, 2022 14:06 IST Updated: October 04, 2022 14:50 IST Reuters MOSCOW: October 04, 2022 14:06 IST Updated: October 04, 2022 14:50 IST Russia’s Federation Council unanimously ratified legislation to annex the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine, following a similar vote in the State Duma, Russia’s lower house, […]

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‘Wait and See’: Jaishankar on India’s position on Russian referendums in occupied Ukrainian territory

[ad_1] External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was non-committal on where India stood with regard to so-called ‘referendums’ Russia has organised in four occupied regions in Ukraine. When asked whether the so called referenda aid the cause of peace and conform to the U.N. Charter principles that India stood by as per his ddress to the […]

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