Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Rahul's young brigade gets the short shrift in Monday's reshuffle as average age of new cabinet ministers crosses 73 years. Sis Ram Ola

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES

The monsoon rain unleashing havoc across North India and the latest Cabinet reshuffle are 2 lead stories in most papers.

 Reacting to the Cabinet reshuffle, the Mail today opines Young India's Grey leaders 'Rahul's young brigade gets the short shrift in Monday's reshuffle as average age of new cabinet ministers crosses 73 years'.

The Asian Age reports that in view of the tourist potential in Agra, the Akhilesh Yadav government has approved the construction of an international airport in Agra. The proposal already has the approval of the Central Government.

 "China logs on to fastest super Computer", says the Hindu. The paper writes that the development of this Chinese super computer, reported to be the fastest in the world will have far reaching ramifications in the cyber world and is sure to break the US monopoly in the in the field of Strategic technology.

 The Times of India writes that the prices of 652 formulations, including widely used medicines like painkillers, anti-infective, antibiotics, anticancer and cardiovascular drugs are slated to come down by up to 50 per cent by July end. The drug Pricing regulator, NPPA has issued a notification to this effect.

 CBSE has decided to stop publishing the popular sample papers for classes XI and XII from next year. The Times of India quotes the CBSE Chairmen Vineet Joshi as saying that students are increasingly getting selective in their studies and the sample papers seem to have been contributing to this.

And finally, 'Grandpa's rescue act saves 14 newborns from Safdarjung fire', writes the Hindustan Times. The Paper says that the 60 year old grandfather who works as daily wage laborer in Darbhnaga, Bihar and refused to be identified showed great alertness to prevent tragedy at Safdarjang hospital in the small hours of Monday morning.

 

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