EC empowered to conduct SIR; we will fix flaws if needed: SC | India News

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday emphatically said the Election Commission is statutorily and constitutionally empowered to conduct the pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and that it would not stall the process, while assuring that it would order corrective measures, if any irregularities were brought to its notice.CJI Surya Kant and Justice…

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Top neuroscientist suggests 3 drinks that people with type 2 diabetes risk should avoid

The reasons for avoiding these drinks go far beyond just blood sugar management and the prevention of diabetes. Robert Love-emphasizes the very important idea that insulin resistance promotes Alzheimer’s disease: chronic high blood sugar promotes brain inflammation and builds up the toxic proteins of dementia. This link has brought-forth the notion of Alzheimer’s as “type…

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Science & tech minister announces setting up of 4 quantum fabrication hubs worth Rs 720cr in 3 IITs, IISc

CAPTION: At IIT-Bombay, space, science and technology minister Jitendra Singh dedicates to the nation the liquid helium facility, which will decrease the reliance on foreign sources of helium and reduce costs of cryogenic experiments to a tenth of the present value and contribute significantly to the growing research portfolio of superconductivity, quantum computing and sensing,…

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IMF’s big move: India’s forex framework reclassified; move comes amid rupee weakness

India’s exchange rate framework came under renewed global scrutiny on Wednesday after the International Monetary Fund reclassified the country’s “de facto” regime as a “crawl-like arrangement”, two years after designating it “stabilised”. The change follows an IMF review conducted earlier this year and could shape how global investors read India’s approach to managing the rupee…

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Trump administration taken to court for dismantling Department of Education ‘brick by brick’

US Department of EducationImage credit: AP Photo Educators, school districts, unions, and disability-rights advocates have taken the Trump administration to court, accusing it of illegally dismantling the US Department of Education and transferring tens of billions in critical program funding to other federal agencies, according to a report by The New York Times (NYT). This…

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