CM CHAIRS ECONOMIC REVIVAL MEET

NEW DELHI: On Thursday, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal chaired a video conference with representatives of 28 industrial associations to discuss the revival of Delhi’s economy and ways to generate more jobs, said a senior government official. The participants included Confederation of Indian Industry, Badli Industrial Estate Association, Narela Industrial Complex Welfare Association, Okhla Chamber of Industries, Apex Chamber of Commerce and Bawana Manufacturers Welfare Association. An official said a large part of the discussion was about Rozgar Bazar – a job portal launched by the Delhi government earlier this week.

DU must provide scribes to visually impaired students: Delhi HC

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Thursday pulled up Delhi University (DU) for its lack of preparedness in providing scribes to visually impaired students and said it is the responsibility of the varsity to provide scribes to such students. The court also observed that of the 1.82 lakh final-year students, who registered on the university portal for the first phase of the mock test that started on July 27, only 22,372 completed the entire exam process. DU is holding online exams in the open-book format (OBE) for final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students as a one-time measure amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Plea in HC against appointing chairman of minorities’ commission

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the response of the Centre, the lieutenant governor and the Delhi government on a plea seeking that no one be appointed to the post of

Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) chairman which became vacant recently. A bench comprising chief justice DN Patel and justice Prateek Jalan issued the notice on the plea, which states that since the constitutional validity of the DMC Act has been challenged in the high court, no one should be appointed to head the commission till the matter is decided.