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Supreme Court 'Shocked' That Some Retired HC Judges Get Only Rs 6-15K Monthly Pension, Flags Differential Treatment To Judges Elevated From Service
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court 'Shocked' That Some Retired HC Judges Get Only Rs 6-15K Monthly Pension, Flags Differential Treatment To Judges Elevated From Service

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today expressed shock in a case filed by a retired Allahabad High Court judge raising the issue of pension, when it was informed that some retired High Court judges across the country are getting pension amounts as low as Rs.6000-7000/- per month.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai, Prashant Kumar Mishra and KV Viswanathan was dealing with retired …

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ICAI CA November 2024 final exam postponed in some states due to general elections - check new schedule
1 month, 2 weeks ago

ICAI CA November 2024 final exam postponed in some states due to general elections - check new schedule

India TV News  

ICAI CA November 2024 final exam: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has postponed the Chartered Accountants Final course Exam for Group 2, paper 6, Integrated Business Solutions in some states due to general elections. The Chartered Accountants Final course exam for Group 2, Paper 6, Integrated Business Solutions, was originally scheduled for November 13. Will ICAI release separate …

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When will we know the US election result, and five things to watch for while we're waiting for a winner
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

When will we know the US election result, and five things to watch for while we're waiting for a winner

ABC  

After an incredibly tumultuous campaign marked by two assassination attempts, a presidential withdrawal and a last-minute switch of candidates, election day 2024 is finally here. If Harris wins in the birthplace of US democracy, and the other so-called "blue wall" states of Michigan and Wisconsin follow, she could be within reach of the 270 electoral college votes needed to enter …

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This 1 Tiny Error Could Invalidate Your Entire Mail-In Ballot
2 months ago

This 1 Tiny Error Could Invalidate Your Entire Mail-In Ballot

Huff Post  

Illustration: HuffPost; Photo: Getty Images Mismatched signatures were the most common reason a mail-in ballot got rejected in the 2020 general election. “We want it to be a smaller percentage of ballots.” Here’s Why Your Mail-In Ballot Signature Might Get Flagged For Review Each state and county jurisdiction may have a different way to verify your identify via signature, which …

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How swing states came to be critical in U.S. presidential elections
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How swing states came to be critical in U.S. presidential elections

NPR  

How swing states came to be critical in U.S. presidential elections toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images When Swarthmore, Pa., resident Scott Richardson first voted in a U.S. presidential election, it was for Democrat Jimmy Carter in 1976. toggle caption Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images “Swing states have increasingly become not just states that flip back and forth, but states, given …

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Bhu-Aadhaar: Revolutionizing Land Records Digitization
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Bhu-Aadhaar: Revolutionizing Land Records Digitization

The Hindu  

Bhu-Aadhaar aims to digitize land records, In the Union Budget 2024, the government planned to digitize the land records for rural and urban regions. There are five States in India that have separate land records for city and rural properties: They are Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh. The State of Andhra Pradesh has the best practice of …

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The latest on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s struggling presidential campaign
6 months ago

The latest on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s struggling presidential campaign

NPR  

The latest on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s struggling presidential campaign ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s independent presidential campaign has hit some road bumps. He won't be in this week's presidential debate between President Biden and former President Donald Trump, and his latest fundraising report shows some warning signs. Most of RFK's money is being spent on ballot access …

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Oppn bloc must work cohesively inside and outside House: Mallikarjun Kharge
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Oppn bloc must work cohesively inside and outside House: Mallikarjun Kharge

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The INDIA bloc, a group that has 236 lawmakers in the Lok Sabha, must function “cohesively and collectively both in Parliament and outside”, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said at the meeting of the extended Congress Working Committee on Saturday as he also emphasised that “people have reposed their faith back in us in substantial measures and we must …

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6 key facts about abortion laws and the 2024 election
7 months ago

6 key facts about abortion laws and the 2024 election

NPR  

6 key facts about abortion laws and the 2024 election Loading. In the nearly two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion access has been in an almost constant state of flux. Another way some states have expanded abortion access is by passing "shield laws." These are laws that say doctors and nurses in states where abortion …

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Watchdog: EPA’s lead pipe fix sent about $3 billion to states based on unverified data
7 months, 1 week ago

Watchdog: EPA’s lead pipe fix sent about $3 billion to states based on unverified data

Associated Press  

ST. LOUIS — The Environmental Protection Agency distributed about $3 billion to states last year to replace harmful lead pipes based on unverified data, according to an agency inspector general’s memo, likely meaning some states got too much money and others got too little. The agency said it disagrees with several aspects of the inspector general’s memo, saying its estimate …

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Some independent candidates start their own political parties to ease ballot access
8 months, 1 week ago

Some independent candidates start their own political parties to ease ballot access

NPR  

Some independent candidates start their own political parties to ease ballot access Enlarge this image toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images Running for president isn't easy when you aren't part of one of the major political parties. Sponsor Message As a result, presidential candidates like anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and progressive scholar Cornel West have decided …

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Bank Holidays April 2024: Banks to be closed for 5 days this week in some states. Details and state-wise list here
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Bank Holidays April 2024: Banks to be closed for 5 days this week in some states. Details and state-wise list here

Hindustan Times  

Bank Holidays in April 2024: Banks will see back-to-back holidays this week and in some states, the holidays stretch into the next week as well owing to Monday and Tuesday being holidays. Bank Holidays in April 2024: For those visiting banks, it is advised to check with their nearest bank branches to confirm local and state holiday leaves. Full list …

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to get on the ballot in all 50 states. It won't be easy
9 months, 1 week ago

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to get on the ballot in all 50 states. It won't be easy

NPR  

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to get on the ballot in all 50 states. Millions of dollars for signature gathering Amaryllis Kennedy, the campaign's director and the candidate's daughter in-law, told NPR that despite the support polls say he has, "he cannot win unless he is on the ballot." Tony Lyons — the super PAC's co-founder and president of Skyhorse …

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School shootings prompt more states to fund digital maps for first responders
9 months, 2 weeks ago

School shootings prompt more states to fund digital maps for first responders

Associated Press  

When a motion detector went off overnight at Kromrey Middle School, a police dispatcher called up a digital map of the building, pinpointed the detector, clicked on a live feed from the nearest camera and relayed the intruder’s location to responding police. The New Jersey-based company’s CEO Mike Rodgers recently told lawmakers in Maryland how he used gridded digital maps …

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Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands

Associated Press  

— A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison. Intricate, invisible webs, just like this one, link some of the world’s largest food companies and most popular brands to jobs performed by U.S. prisoners nationwide, according to a sweeping two-year AP …

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Congress hopes to find ‘middle path’ in Bengal as fissures widen in INDIA bloc
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress hopes to find ‘middle path’ in Bengal as fissures widen in INDIA bloc

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Amid growing discontent in the opposition INDIA bloc and increasing pressure on the Congress, the party on Saturday said it was the responsibility of all constituents to strengthen the alliance, and announced that the party was hopeful that INDIA will fight as an alliance in West Bengal. In some states, the allies are in a “very good fix” …

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Ayodhya Ram Mandir pran prathistha: Hindustan Times' complete coverage
11 months ago

Ayodhya Ram Mandir pran prathistha: Hindustan Times' complete coverage

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday presided over the 'pran pratishtha' ceremony of the idol of Ram Lalla inside the sanctorum of the newly constructed Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat, Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel and chief minister Yogi Adityanath joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi during ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony of Ram Lalla idol inside the …

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How building laws lock India’s factory land
11 months ago

How building laws lock India’s factory land

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Many Indian manufacturers often have to operate under tarpaulins, illegally. Micro and small factories in Odisha, Bihar, and Delhi lose 100% of land on the ground floor after complying with the four standards. Ground Coverage Apart from setbacks and parking, Indian factories lose land to ground coverage regulations that limit the usable ground floor space. Factories in Indian …

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The Electoral College is a ‘bad’ and ‘undemocratic’ system. So why do we still use it?
11 months, 2 weeks ago

The Electoral College is a ‘bad’ and ‘undemocratic’ system. So why do we still use it?

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Roosevelt says the founders didn’t see the partisan tilt of the Electoral College …

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How the AP counts the vote and declares winners in US elections
54 years, 11 months ago

How the AP counts the vote and declares winners in US elections

Associated Press  

Instead of relying on crowd-sourcing or vulnerable technology, our 50-state network of local reporters have first-hand knowledge of their territories and trusted relationships with county clerks and other local officials. Enter the results The vote count reporters call in results to a vote entry clerk, who keys in the results to AP’s election system. Vote count reporters and vote entry …

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No GST dues pending, some States have not submitted AG's report: Nirmala Sitharaman
1 year ago

No GST dues pending, some States have not submitted AG's report: Nirmala Sitharaman

The Hindu  

The Centre on December 12 said no GST dues of any State are pending before it and that some state governments have not submitted AG's authenticated certificate for release of their share of funds. The narrative that GST dues are pending from the Centre is not correct and is a "misnomer" as States have not submitted AG's report, Union Finance …

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The Single Mother | Women Uninterrupted podcast - Season 4, Episode 2
1 year, 2 months ago

The Single Mother | Women Uninterrupted podcast - Season 4, Episode 2

The Hindu  

Women Uninterrupted is an inter-generational podcast bringing you difficult, different and uninterrupted conversations about being a woman. Deepa: I would say till before I got divorced, I guess, being a traditional - you know, even though I’m living here in America - I’ve sort of had that sort of traditional view of things, you know: I will do my work, …

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In some states, more than half of the local election officials have left since 2020
1 year, 2 months ago

In some states, more than half of the local election officials have left since 2020

NPR  

In some states, more than half of the local election officials have left since 2020 Enlarge this image toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images Josh Daniels got into running elections by accident. Sponsor Message In total, more than 160 chief local election officials — nearly 40% of the region's officials — have left their positions in the 11 …

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Some states reject federal money to find and replace dangerous lead pipes
1 year, 4 months ago

Some states reject federal money to find and replace dangerous lead pipes

Associated Press  

ST. LOUIS — As the Biden administration makes billions of dollars available to remove millions of dangerous lead pipes that can contaminate drinking water and damage brain development in children, some states are turning down funds. Maine, which banned lead pipes far earlier than most states, said other funds would be used for inventories and they didn’t have lead replacement …

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