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Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action
1 day, 8 hours ago

Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action

Associated Press  

Opponents of abortion are increasingly focusing on restricting access to pills, which are the most common way to end a pregnancy in the U.S. This month, the Texas attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit against a New York doctor, saying she violated Texas law by prescribing abortion pills to a patient there via telemedicine. A survey conducted for the Society …

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Amit Shah releases BJP poll manifesto for Maharashtra; farmers, women in focus
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Amit Shah releases BJP poll manifesto for Maharashtra; farmers, women in focus

India Today  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled the BJP's manifesto for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 on Sunday, November 10. The event, held in Mumbai, saw the presence of senior party leaders, including Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar, and Union Minister Piyush Goyal. Senior BJP minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, who headed …

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Focus on public health: Former YSRC MLA to government
5 months, 1 week ago

Focus on public health: Former YSRC MLA to government

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Raising serious concern over the deteriorating health conditions in the State, YSRC leader and former MLA Monditoka Jaganmohan Rao criticised the TDP-led NDA government for its lack of action and focus on public health issues. Speaking to mediapersons on Tuesday, the former MLA said, “The health conditions in the State are rapidly declining and the number of diarrhoea cases …

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MIDS to be knowledge partner in State’s block development programme
5 months, 3 weeks ago

MIDS to be knowledge partner in State’s block development programme

The Hindu  

The Madras Institute of Development Studies has thanked the State government for making it the knowledge partner for focus block development programme. The State government had announced the launch of Focus Blocks Development Programme in its 2023-24 budget. The knowledge partner will actively support the State Planning Commission in formulating Block Development strategy papers. Institute director Suresh Babu said the …

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After poll result, focus on 4-horse race to top post
1 year ago

After poll result, focus on 4-horse race to top post

Hindustan Times  

From a Rajput family in Chhattisgarh’s Kawardha, 71-year-old Raman Singh is a three time chief minister who ruled over the state from 2003 to 2018. A former union minister, Singh took over after the BJP beat the Ajit Jogi led Congress in 2003, and quickly became known as “chawal vale baba”, strengthening the state’s public distribution system. Singh however has …

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Column: Gov. Gavin Newsom needs to focus on his day job
1 year, 1 month ago

Column: Gov. Gavin Newsom needs to focus on his day job

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom walks up a section of the Mutianyu Great Wall on the outskirts of Beijing in October. DiCamillo elaborated in his poll report, writing: “Newsom’s recent actions in taking a much more active role in national Democratic politics appear to be related to his recent decline…. One turnoff for me is the governor’s press office promoting Newsom group meetings …

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Rajasthan elections: BJP begins outreach with focus on women and religious leaders
1 year, 1 month ago

Rajasthan elections: BJP begins outreach with focus on women and religious leaders

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party is planning a massive outreach programme to take the central government’s welfare schemes to the common people, with a special focus on women and religious leaders, ahead of the November 25 assembly elections. In the 2018 assembly elections, the BJP won 73 seats out of the 200-member house According to BJP election management committee convener Narayan …

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Why are state governments complaining about denial of food grains under OMSS? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 5 months ago

Why are state governments complaining about denial of food grains under OMSS? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

Last month, the Union government stopped the sale of rice and wheat from the Central pool under the Open Market Sale Scheme. This has provoked sharp reactions from state governments led by Opposition parties, especially Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, who have accused the Centre of “playing politics” and of being “anti-poor”. State such as Tamil Nadu, which have a universal …

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For better policing, focus on quality of personnel
1 year, 8 months ago

For better policing, focus on quality of personnel

Hindustan Times  

At roughly two million police personnel for India’s 1.3 billion people, the police-population ratio in India is lower than in many developed countries, such as Australia and South Africa. In Andhra Pradesh — which counts 29,179 others in its police force, among the highest in the country — it has led to a skew in its gender diversity numbers. While …

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Sunil Gatade | Gujarat UCC focus to divert attention from Morbi?
2 years, 1 month ago

Sunil Gatade | Gujarat UCC focus to divert attention from Morbi?

Deccan Chronicle  

It does not seem surprising at all. Just before the announcement of the polls scheduled on December 1 and 5, the Gujarat government headed by chief minister Bhupendra Patel decided to set up a committee to examine the possible implementation of the Uniform Civil Code. On the Uniform Civil Code issue too, Kejriwal seeks to take the wind out of …

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Biden’s Focus on Marijuana Is Part of the Problem
54 years, 11 months ago

Biden’s Focus on Marijuana Is Part of the Problem

Slate  

This story was produced in partnership with the Garrison Project, an independent, nonpartisan organization addressing the crisis of mass incarceration and policing. He pledged to pardon everyone convicted in federal or Washington, DC courts of simple marijuana possession; encouraged governors to do the same for those convicted in state courts; and he promised he would ask his Secretary of Health …

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TRS focus on welfare of KCR family: Bandi
2 years, 4 months ago

TRS focus on welfare of KCR family: Bandi

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday described the TRS as an “ek Niranjan party”, and declared that only byelections will bring development to any constituency in the state. Addressing a meeting at Ammanabrolu in Nakrekal constituency on his Praja Sangrama Yatra late in the evening, Sanjay said, “If a byelection comes to Nakrekal, then this constituency will …

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Tulsa shooting puts focus on waiting periods for gun buyers
2 years, 6 months ago

Tulsa shooting puts focus on waiting periods for gun buyers

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — When he was sentenced for killing three teenagers and gravely wounding another at a house party north of Seattle, Allen Ivanov said he was sorry and that he couldn’t explain why he did it. “If those had been in place, it would have made a difference,” said Paul Kramer, who led a successful 2018 effort to impose a …

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PM Modi shifts focus to Gujarat
2 years, 9 months ago

PM Modi shifts focus to Gujarat

Hindustan Times  

Fresh from a historic victory in Uttar Pradesh, and less than 24 hours after the elections in the state signalled that not only his popularity but also that his party’s rainbow Hindu social coalition was intact, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was back on the campaign trail on Friday. PREMIUM Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad, March 11, 2022 The PM’s …

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UP elections: Focus on Ayodhya, Kashi govt schemes, Shah tells BJP office bearers
2 years, 11 months ago

UP elections: Focus on Ayodhya, Kashi govt schemes, Shah tells BJP office bearers

Hindustan Times  

With just a few months left for the crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Union home minister Amit Shah has directed Bharatiya Janata Party office-bearers in Kashi and Gorakhpur regions to keep their election campaign centred around Ayodhya and Varanasi, and on the government’s development schemes, party functionaries familiar with the matter said. **EDS: IMAGE PROVIDED BY BJP** Hardoi: Union Home …

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NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman to Visit Odisha; CM Naveen Patnaik Likely to Raise Special Focus State Status
3 years ago

NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman to Visit Odisha; CM Naveen Patnaik Likely to Raise Special Focus State Status

News 18  

NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar will be on a three-day visit to Odisha from December 15 to December 18. The long-pending demand for “Special Focus State status” to Odisha and central grant for the development of aspirational districts, funds for the development of rural infrastructure are among the issues that are likely to feature in the meeting. Keeping in disaster …

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Dutch crown princess celebrates 18th birthday
3 years ago

Dutch crown princess celebrates 18th birthday

NL Times  

Princess Amalia turned 18 on Tuesday. It is also questionable whether Amalia will be able to see her grandmother, Princess Beatrix. It was previously announced that the Royal Dutch Bell Playing Association made a special composition for the birthday girl. Then the heir to the throne will be introduced to the Council of State, the independent advisor to the government …

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Lockdown in Maharashtra? Focus on breaking Covid chain, new guidelines for Kumbh Mela returnees shortly
3 years, 8 months ago

Lockdown in Maharashtra? Focus on breaking Covid chain, new guidelines for Kumbh Mela returnees shortly

India TV News  

Amid talk of an extended lockdown in Maharashtra, state minister Aslam Shaikh has said the government will come up with fresh restrictions to curb the coronavirus spread on Tuesday itself. Speaking to reporters, the Mumbai guardian minister also said the state government will also have to decide guidelines regarding people returning from Kumbh Mela in Haridwar as COVID-19 appropriate behaviour …

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Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic
4 years ago

Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Night began to fall in Rio de Janeiro’s Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientists switched on their flashlights to traipse along a narrow trail of mud through dense rainforest. The November nighttime outing was part of a project at Brazil’s state-run Fiocruz Institute to collect and study viruses present in wild animals — including …

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It's all play for Pavithra now
4 years, 5 months ago

It's all play for Pavithra now

The Hindu  

When she won the Kerala state women's badminton title at Ettumanoor two years ago, one felt that she was someone special. “I've quit regular school and joined open school now, I don't have to attend classes.I'm fully into badminton now,” said Pavithra in a chat with Sportstar here on Friday. “I want to be the senior national singles champion in …

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