समाचार

It refers to video viral on electronic and social media wherein an MP and an MLA were openly seen engaged in scuffle with beating by shoes that too in presence of police and government officials at Sant Kabir Nagar in UP. Even though the ruling party is said to have taken a serious view on the matter by summoning both the involved noes immediately for enquiry and action, yet big question is why and how police-persons present at the meet failed to take immediate action as per provisions of law. UP police should immediately sue-motto register an FIR on the incident to punish the guilty law-makers. It is noteworthy that the scuffle started on faulty practice of putting names on the foundation-stone of some project. Practice of glorifying political leaders by putting their names on foundati...

It refers to a reputed brand Nova of milk vigorously advertising for sale of full-cream milk now at much reduced price of just rupees 45 per litre instead of earlier rupees 51 per litre. Patanjali is giving biscuit-pack worth rupees five free with one litre cow-milk priced at rupees 40 per litre against rupees 42 per litre by Mother Dairy. A new brand Namaste India made an alarming entry in marketing of packaged milk with very huge advertisement and sale-promotion expenses including providing free packs of milk on some initial quantity. Otherwise also heavy advertisement-expenses are being done for branded milk marketed by famous giants of co-operative sector like Mother Dairy and Amul. All this leads to doubt about extra-ordinary profit-margin on essential item of milk. There are also ...

It refers to media-reports about central government considering colour-coding of generic medicines like is done to distinguish vegetarian and non-vegetarian food-products for promoting sale of generic medicines which is considered to be cheaper than their corresponding branded medicines. Already steps like printing name of generic chemical on branded medicines in font-size double that of branded name, separate shelves for generic medicines in chemist-shops and making it compulsory for medical practitioners to print name of corresponding generic chemical in legible writing together with name of branded medicines have been taken by the government. But such steps other than printing of name of generic chemical on packs of branded medicines are not followed in practice. Moreover there is no...

Timings of news-bulleting and other programmes presented by News Services Division of All India Radio (Akashwani) were last revised more than five decades ago when Television-network had insignificant presence. Then timings were revised in a manner that Hindi bulletins may be broadcast just before English news-bulletins like shifting main Hindi bulletin from then 8.15 pm to now 8.45 pm. But such placement deprived Samayaki important time-place just after main Hindi bulletin like is there for Spotlight relayed at 9.15 pm just after main English bulletin. All India Radio should go for a total new time-schedule for all its news-bulletins and other programmes presented by News Services Division. Main evening Hindi news-bulletin should be advanced to 8 pm followed by Samayaki at 8.15 pm just a...

RTI Act should be saved by preventing it from misuse. RTI fees should be uniform for all states and competent authorities at rupees 50 that may include copying charges for first 20 copied pages for saving to both public-authorities and portioners on demanding and remitting copying charges, but eliminating non-serious RTI petitioners because of a negligible fee of just rupees ten. People in BPL category are already exempted from paying RTI fees. When government-fees for every public-service is increased manifold in last more than a decade, there is no sense in not revising RTI fees also that too by providing additional benefit of free 20 copied pages. To prevent RTI applications being filed under fake names, ID proof should be compulsorily enclosed with RTI application in tune with para ...