The report of Union Cabinet approving a bill to restore key provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, struck down by the Supreme Court earlier has been covered by all the newspapers prominenetly today. “Government’s signals to Dalits: Back to old SC/ST law” – writes the Hindustan Times.
BJP all set to take the battle over the National Registrar of Citizens to the turf of Trinamool Congress Supremo Mamta Banerjee on August 11th, reports the Asian Age after she warns of a bloodbath and civil war over the NRC issue.
On the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee deciding to hike the Repo rate, the Pioneer notes, “RBI hikes rate to contain inflation; EMI set to soar”.
Hindustan Times writes about a Delhi born math genius, Akshay Venkatesh, who finished school at the age of 13 and received a PhD at 20, getting the Mathematicians Nobel Prize this year, called the ‘Fields Medal’.
Another story covered in the Statesman reports, “65 percent Delhi government schools headless”. An RTI information says out of 918 posts of principals in Delhi government schools, 595 are lying vacant.
Whatsapp makes a business case by launching its first revenue – garner in India for enterprises to interact directly with customers, making a debut with Make My Trip.