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The Taliban and the Islamic State are exposing Kabul‟s growing inability to keep the peace
4 attacks in 10 days that killed at least 158 people
Though the IS and theTaliban are opposed to each other in the complex conflict landscape, both share a goal
despite the government‟s claims of cracking down on militants, threats IS andTaliban have grownThree milestones in education
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Page-1-Allahabad High Court judge Shukla to be impeached
His orders in cases on private medical colleges had come under CJI‟s scanner
Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra onTuesday recommended the removal of Justice Shri Narayan Shukla, the eighth senior-most judge of the Allahabad High Court, following an adverse report about him by an in-house panel.
The panel had been set up by the CJI
When the impeachment motion is moved in Parliament, an investigation is conducted.
If the •findings of guilt are confirmed, the impeachment motion will be
put to vote for the removal of the judge by a majority
Page-1- Is IPL in the spirit of cricket, asks HC
„IPL has made us familiar with words like betting and fixing‟
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said it was time for organisers of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to see if the tournament was in the spirit of cricket.
Hearing a petition •led by former IPL chairman Lalit Modi — who has challenged a July 2015 order of the adjudicating authority of the
Enforcement Directorate (ED) refusing him the permission to cross-examine witnesses in a FEMA case — a Division Bench of Justice S.C Dharmadhikari and Justice Bharati Dangre observed,“It is high time the organisers realise what has been achieved by conducting the tournament since the past 10 years and whether that can be termed as a sport.”
Page-6- Rajasthan gives 1% quota to Most Backward Classes
Gujjars and four other nomadic communities to bene•t from move
Within the 50% ceiling mandated by the Supreme Court.
The State Cabinet had approved the decision last month and sent it
for the Governor’s consent
Page-7- ISRO chief on a mission to cut expenses on launches
Space agency plans to lower the costs of satellites by using miniaturised avionics and advanced electronics, says K. Sivan
We definitely would like a larger allocation. More satellites are required, and more launch
vehicles to launch them.
A game of chicken: how India’s poultry farms are spawning global superbugs
use of a last-hope antibiotic like colistin is leading to worldwide drug resistance
China as big a threat to the U.S. as Russia, says CIA chief
Mike Pompeo asserts that Moscow will try to influence this year’s mid-term polls
Euro zone growth at 10-year high in 2017
The euro zone economy expanded at its fastest rate in a decade in 2017,
19 countries sharing the euro