Assam
19-year-old Assam girl, in shorts, made to wrap curtain to sit for an exam
A 19-year-old girl, who appeared in the entrance test for admission into the Assam Agricultural University (AAU) in Jorhat, was kept waiting outside for wearing a pair of shorts. As her father scrambled to get a pair of trousers for her to change into, an invigilator made her wrap a curtain around her waist like a skirt and then permitted her to write the exam.
Source - Zee News
Delhi
Backdoor entry in colleges should stop, lakhs of students work hard to get admission: Delhi HC
Lakhs of students in the country work hard and toil to secure admissions in educational institutions on the basis of merit and it is high time that backdoor entries there, including medical colleges, should stop, the Delhi High Court has said.
Source - Hindustan Times
Goa
Goa allows foreigners to get COVID-19 jab
The Goa government on (September 1) said that foreigners staying in the state can now take the COVID-19 jab after showing their passport.
As per PTI report, Goa Vaccination Nodal Officer Dr Anup Netravalkar said those foreigners who took the jab outside Goa, can get the second jab in the coastal state.
Source - Times of India
Gujarat
Ahmedabad bans unvaccinated adults from using civic facilities like public transport, gyms
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in Gujarat on Friday (September 17) issued an order making COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for entering public transport or civic buildings, a senior official said.
The decision will come into effect from September 20.
Source - Zee News
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh govt announces doorstep delivery of rations in 89 tribal blocks from Nov 1
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that the state government will start doorstep delivery of rations in 89 tribal blocks from November 1, the foundation day of Madhya Pradesh.
Source - Mint
Punjab
Charanjit Singh Channi to be next CM of Punjab
The All India Congress Committee cleared the name of Dalit leader Charanjit Singh Channi as the new Chief Minister of Punjab—a development that comes after a day of hectic political activity that saw pulls and pressures from several claimants.
Channi said he will take oath as Punjab Chief Minister at 11 am on Monday.
Source - Mint
Rajasthan
Rajasthan govt amends Marriage Act, allows registration of child marriages
Rajasthan government on Friday passed a new law which the opposition has claimed will legitimise child marriages. CM Ashok Gehlot's government passed the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2021 by voice vote to amend a 2009 Act, with the opposition staging a walkout from the assembly.
Source - Live Law
Tamil Nadu
Maternity leave hiked to 12 months from 9 months
Days after an announcement was made in the assembly to increase the maternity leave for government employees from nine months to 12 months, the Tamil Nadu government has sent a letter confirming the hike in maternity leave period to all department heads and secretaries.
Source - Times of India
Telangana
Kitex group signs MoU with Telangana govt for Rs 2,400 Cr investment
Kerala-based garments major Kitex group and the Telangana government signed an MoU on Saturday for setting up two integrated fibre-to-apparel manufacturing clusters in the southern state. The Kitex group, which earlier announced plans to invest Rs 1,000 crore in an apparel park in Warangal, will now invest Rs 2,400 crore in Telangana.
Source - The News Minute
Uttar Pradesh
UP Cabinet clears kharif rice MSP of Rs 1,960/qn
The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the paddy procurement policy for the Kharif season by fixing the support price for common paddy at Rs 1,940 per quintal and Rs 1,960 per quintal for Grade A crop.
Source - Live News India
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand issues SOP for Char Dham Yatra
A day after Uttarakhand High Court lifted its stay on Char Dham Yatra, the state government on Friday issued the standard operating procedure (SOP) for the yatra, making it mandatory for pilgrims to either have a certificate of both doses of the COVID vaccine or a negative COVID test report to obtain the e-pass for the yatra.
Source - Hindustan Times
Kerela
Pilot's non-adherence to standard operating procedure probable cause: AAIB report on Kozhikode plane crash
The pilot's non-adherence to the standard operating procedure is the probable cause of the Air India Express plane crash at the Kozhikode airport last year but the role of the systemic failures as a contributory factor cannot be overlooked in the accident, according to the AAIB probe report.
Source - Times of India
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