Here are some important reports from the biggest newspapers of India:
'Mentally disturbed', sick people advised not to travel on Delhi Metro
The Delhi Metro has courted controversy by pasting a health advisory at stations, asking "mentally disturbed persons" and those infected with certain diseases not to travel on its trains. The advisory also mentions those infectious/contagious diseases.
It further said only leprosy patients with a certificate from a registered medical practitioner, stating that the disease is non-infective, were allowed to travel on the Delhi Metro, as reported in Hindustan Times.
Child marriage shame: 30% Hindu, Muslim women tie knot before turning 18
There is little difference between Hindu and Muslim families when it comes to marrying off their daughters at an early age, as per a news report in Hindustan Times.
One in three married women from either community tied the knot well before their 18th birthday, making them vulnerable to not just higher maternal mortality rates but also domestic violence. Official statistics on married Indian women released on Friday show 31.3% Hindu women and 30.6% Muslim women were 17 or younger at the time of their wedding. Many of them hadn't even turned 10.
The legal age for marriage is 18 for women and 21 for men. Any marriage below the stipulated age is considered child marriage under the law.
Less fuel might have caused air ambulance to crash-land
Lack of fuel and not engine failure may have forced the Beechcraft King Air C-90 plane to make an emergency landing in Najafgarh, initial investigations into the accident have revealed.
The aircraft, operating as an air ambulance, crash landed in Najafgarh around 10 kilometers short of Delhi's Indira Gnadhi International Airport on Tuesday. The aircraft was carrying a critically ill patient from Patna. Luckily, all seven passengers on board the aircraft survived the crash. Read full article on Hindustan Times.
Sugarcane farmer dues Rs 700-800 cr, says PM Modi but data says Rs 5,795 cr
At a show of strength in Saharanpur Thursday to mark two years of his government — and also virtually launch the BJP’s campaign for next year's Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections — Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the dues to sugarcane growers had reduced, under his government's watch, from Rs 14,000 crore to hardly Rs 700-800 crore.
Data from the Cane Commissioner's Office in Lucknow, however, tells a very different story. Records as of May 26 — the day Modi made his speech — show that cane dues of UP mills come to Rs 5,795 crore, which is almost eight times the "Rs 700-800 crore" amount mentioned by Modi, reports The Indian Express.
Jharkhand: IIT, BIT engineers among new secretarial assistants
Nearly half of the 92 people who received appointment letters for the post of secretarial assistants from Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Wednesday hold engineering degrees, according to sources. While one of them has an MTech degree from IIT-Kharagpur, others are graduates of institutes such as BIT (Mesra) and BIT (Sindri), among others, it is learnt, for details read The Indian Express.
New policy proposal: Can fail kids after Class V, let foreign universities in
A five-member committee headed by former cabinet secretary T S R Subramanian has recommended that the government reinstate detention of students beyond Class V and also set up an all-India cadre of educational services on the lines of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in its report on the new education policy submitted to HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Friday, as per reported in The Indian Express.
Open to idea of free internet, says Trai chief
Telecom Regulatory Authority (Trai) chief RS Sharma has said he is open to the idea of internet content being provided free of cost or at discounted rates, just like toll-free phone helplines, as the regulator looks at ways to increase internet access.
Sharma said the proposal, which is at a consultation stage, does not violate net neutrality and is not in variance with Trai's February order prohibiting differential tariffs, since the data access has to be open to subscribers of all mobile operators, as reported in The Times of India.
Won't desex condom packs, govt to tell SC
Steamy pictures on condom packs produced by private manufacturers will not be regulated by the government, censor board or any other agency, the Centre will soon inform the Supreme Court through an affidavit, as per a news report in The Times of India.
"Existing provisions in the Cinematograph Act, the Cable TV Act and rules, as well as Press Council of India guidelines, stipulate a combination of self-regulation and prior certification with respect to certain products associated with alcohol and tobacco. These are considered sufficient and the government does not have any plan to further regulate advertisements on contraceptives or condoms," the health ministry will tell the SC.
Government defining 'state-of-the-art' technology to draw defence FDI
India is drawing up guidelines to define "state-of-the-art" technology and facilitate the flow of foreign direct investment in the defence sector. The guidelines are crucial, given that the Foreign Investment Promotion Board is considering an application from French submarine maker DCNS, as reported in The Economic Times.
The government earlier this week rejected Apple Inc's plea seeking exemption from a 30% local sourcing norm for companies bringing cutting-edge technology and setting up stores in India. The iPhone maker's proposal was rejected in the absence of clear guidelines or a definition for "cutting-edge" technology, even though the FDI policy mentions the phrase.
Election Commission colluded with AIADMK, says Karunanidhi
In the run-up to the Assembly elections, DMK president M. Karunanidhi appeared confident that he would become Chief Minister for a sixth time. But the AIADMK scored a dramatic victory. Reflecting on the elections, in an exclusive interview with The Hindu, the nonagenarian warhorse accuses the Election Commission of "aligning" with the ruling party.
He charges the EC with not acting on the DMK's memorandums seeking elimination of duplicate voters in many constituencies. Nonetheless, he feels it would be a tightrope walk for the AIADMK to hold on to its legislators.
Read full interview in The Hindu.
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