Friday, July 19, 2013

The UPA government has decided to honour the commitment made in 2009 to carve out a separate state of Telengana from Andhra Pradesh

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES

According to Hindustan Times, the autopsy reports of children who died after eating a mid-day meal in Bihar confirmed they died of insecticide poisoning.

The Tribune writes that the Centre has decided to constitute a permanent committee under the chairmanship of Human Resource Development Minister to review the implementation of the Mid-Day meal programme and ensure quality, safety and hygiene standards.

"Mid-day horror grips India" reports the Pioneer. The paper adds eight students of a north west Delhi school fell ill after allegedly being given folic acid and iron supplements under a newly launched scheme.

The hopes of lakhs of medical aspirants were shattered as the Supreme Court quashed the notification for holding a single common entrance test for admission to medical and dental colleges across India. Mail Today covers it under the headline "Medical Muddle".

According to the Hindu, the UPA government has decided to honour the commitment made in 2009 to carve out a separate state of Telengana from Andhra Pradesh

On the eve of assuming office as the Chief Justice of India, Justice Sathasivam took the government head-on over its criticism of the collegium system of appointing judges and questioned the government's own contribution to the system, writes the Indian Express.

Scientists have developed a knife called iknife based on electro surgery that can convey to surgeons in three seconds whether the tissue they are operating on is cancerous or not, writes the Times of India.

The paper also carries a report that Mughal-e-azam directed by K Asif has been named the greatest Bollywood film of all time by a poll celebrating 100 years of indian cinema. The film beat SHOLAY which stood at the 2nd place.

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