Must Read News Articles – May 7th, 2019

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Sabarimala revamp plans still remain in paper

Sabarimala Master Plan projects are yet to be implemented and the pilgrims are unlikely to get more amenities at Sabarimala and in the foothills of Pampa during the upcoming pilgrim season

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Justice Bobde panel gives CJI a clean chit

The Justice S.A. Bobde in-house committee has found “no substance” in the sexual harassment allegations levelled by a former Supreme Court staff member against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi

SC dismisses plea on traffic restriction in J&K

The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea challenging the Jammu and Kashmir government’s order restricting civilian traffic for a day in a week on a stretch of the National Highway from Udhampur to Baramulla for the movement of security forces.

Sushma, Qureshi to attend SCO meet

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Foreign Ministers in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, later in May.

Discom debt to return to pre­UDAY levels

Aggregate external debt of State-owned electricity distribution companies (discoms) is set to increase to pre-Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) levels of ₹2.6 lakh crore by the end of this fiscal, according to Crisil’s analysis of discoms in 15 States

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NGT seeks report on ‘illegal’ road in tiger reserve

The National Green Tribunal has constituted a committee to provide it a factual report on alleged illegal construction of a road for use by commercial vehicles in the ecologically sensitive Rajaji Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand.

Nests of grizzled giant squirrel spotted in Tamil Nadu

For the first time, researchers have sighted nests of the grizzled giant squirrel, an endangered species listed under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 at Pakkamalai Reserve Forests near Gingee in the Eastern Ghats.

1 million species at risk of extinction: UN

According to the UN’s Global Assessment, up to one million of Earth’s estimated eight million plant, insect and animal species are at risk of extinction

Scientists carry out genetic study on people of Lakshadweep Islands

Genetic studies done on the people of the Lakshadweep by a team at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), for the first time have shown that a majority of human ancestry in Lakshadweep is largely derived from South Asia with minor influences from East and West Eurasia.