UGC’s new equity regulations, replacing the 2012 framework, make anti-discrimination measures binding on HEIs. The move has triggered protests and a Supreme Court plea over definitions and inclusion, even as the Centre assures there will be no misuse.
On Republic Day, RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale urged people to uphold the Tricolour, Constitution and India’s eternal spiritual values, calling love, compassion, civic duty and service to society essential to protecting the Republic.
The JMM said former Jharkhand CM Shibu Soren should have been awarded the Bharat Ratna instead of the Padma Bhushan. While welcoming the honour, party leaders said the demand for India’s top civilian award will continue.
Seven eminent personalities from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, including surgeon Dr G V Rao, geneticist Kumarasamy Thangaraj and actors Murali Mohan and Rajendra Prasad, were conferred the Padma Shri, drawing praise from state leaders.
DMK chief and Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin paid tribute to Language Martyrs of the anti-Hindi agitation, asserting there is “no place for Hindi” in the state now or ever, and vowed to oppose Hindi imposition permanently.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said he has some issues with the party that he will raise internally, but stressed he has never defied its parliamentary stand and that national interest must come before party politics.
Hemant Soren said at World Economic Forum Davos that green energy and fresh investments will boost efforts toward a developed India by 2047 and a prosperous Jharkhand by 2050.
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