VK News Today https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html ‘I don’t have to mark my attendance every Friday’: Ashok Selvan opens up at ‘Anbil Avan’ title teaser Leo Moon conjunct Venus & Ketu today: Find your zodiac sign’s lucky color & number to boost financial clarity Buffalo Bills’ co-owner Kim Pegula makes rare emotional appearance at new stadium after cardiac arrest and brain injury Supreme Court has stepped up efforts to bring greater uniformity to cancer reporting NEW DELHI: With the National Cancer Registry Programme covering only a fraction of India’s population and rural cancer surveillance remaining particularly limited, the Supreme Court has stepped up efforts to bring greater uniformity to cancer reporting. The court on Tuesday asked the 19 States and Union Territories that have not yet notified cancer as a notifiable disease to consider doing so, a move that could make reporting of newly detected cases to public health authorities mandatory.Such notification could help plug gaps in cancer surveillance by giving health authorities a more complete picture of the country’s cancer burden, including where cases are rising and which populations are most affected. The data could in turn help shape policies on prevention, early detection, treatment capacity and allocation of healthcare resources.A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant passed the order on a plea filed by a retired AIIMS doctor after his lawyer Gaurav Bansal told the court that NCRP covers only 10% of population and rural coverage is less than 1%.The push assumes greater significance against the backdrop of the WHO’s latest Global Status Report on Cancer, which estimates that 92% of people globally will be affected by cancer either directly or through a close family member. The report also projects annual cancer cases to rise to nearly 35 million by 2050.The Supreme Court was informed that 17 of India’s 36 States and UTs have already notified cancer, following recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare. The remaining 19 have now been asked to consider similar action.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesDr Pragya Shukla, Head of Clinical Oncology at Delhi State Cancer Institute, said standardised, disease-specific and timely data was essential to track India’s changing cancer burden, identify regional and demographic trends, and assess the impact of prevention and treatment programmes. Such a system, she said, would complement existing cancer registries, help identify high-burden areas, improve planning for treatment infrastructure and medicines, and strengthen evidence-based cancer control. Govil added that reliable data would be critical for planning prevention, early detection and resource allocation.The Indian Cancer Society welcomed the intervention, saying national notification could help build a comprehensive cancer surveillance system. “The Supreme Court’s intervention is a significant development, and we welcome its direction to the remaining States and Union Territories to move towards cancer notification,” said Jyotsna Govil, Chairperson, Indian Cancer Society, Delhi. However, she stressed that notification alone would not suffice and called for a uniform national framework with common definitions, reporting standards and data protocols to ensure comparable and interoperable data across states.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorAnuja JaiswalAnuja Jaiswal is a Senior Assistant Editor at The Times of India, with an impressive 18-year career in narrative journalism. She specializes in health and heritage reporting, expertly simplifying complex health information to make it engaging and understandable for readers. Her deep dives into heritage topics are well-researched, resulting in captivating narratives that resonate with her audience. Over the years, she has worked in Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh and West UP, gaining diverse on-ground experience that shapes her storytelling.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosThreat Letter Targets Kashmiri Pandits In Kashmir, Employees Asked To Stay Alert Amid Security FearChilling Crash Video: Atiq Ahmed’s Son’s Creta Flips After Losing Control On Highway | WatchUdhayanidhi Backs CM Vijay’s Tamil Nadu Delimitation Stand, Demands No Cut In State’s LS SeatsFCRA Bill Sent To 31-Member JPC Amid Opposition Protests, Akhilesh-Rijiju Clash Over MinoritiesRijiju slams opposition over parliament chaos, says ‘running away from debate’Explained: Why Amritpal Singh’s Party Fielded Son of Indira Gandhi’s Assassin In Punjab Elections?Prashant Kishor Promises Jobs For 10,000 Bankipur Youths After Ending BJP’s 30-Year Hold | WatchIndia’s Map Move Rattles China: What Naming 27 Places In Arunachal Means?Air India Phuket-Delhi Pilot’s Confirmatory Dope Test Reportedly Positive For Marijuana, Sources SayTamil Nadu Assembly Passes Anti-NEET Resolution As DMK, AIADMK And PMK Back Abolition Demand123Photostories7 protein and fiber-rich Oats & Egg combinations for a complete breakfastBirds that eat snakes: Nature’s unlikely serpent huntersKyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2: From Smriti Irani to Amar Upadhyay, here’s how much the cast earns per episodeBeyond Payasam: Traditional South Indian sweets that deserve a tryPreity Zinta goes full royalcore in an Rs 42,500 fuchsia farshi salwar set for ‘Batwara 1947’ promotionsTaking multiple supplements every day? 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Media groups sue over Truth Social’s paid access In 2025, Virginia spent $8 million rebuilding 1.09 miles of Ragged Island shoreline; the project created 2.6 acres of new marsh and 2.2 acres of oyster reef while cutting hundreds of tons of sediment entering Chesapeake Bay FSSAI warns influencers of legal action over unverified food claims NEW DELHI: From “boosts immunity” to “rich in nutrients”, food claims endorsed by celebrities and social media influencers are now under the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) scanner. In a significant move aimed at curbing misleading promotions, the regulator has warned influencers and celebrities that endorsing unverified food claims could invite legal action, even as it cracked down on manufacturers selling unsafe food products.The advisory comes at a time when food brands are increasingly relying on digital creators and celebrities to market health drinks, protein supplements, snacks and packaged foods to millions of consumers online. FSSAI has asked influencers to verify that every claim made by a brand is truthful, scientifically substantiated and compliant with food safety regulations before lending their name or credibility.The regulator said endorsements are more than advertisements because consumers often trust the people promoting them. It cautioned influencers against amplifying claims such as “boosts immunity” or “rich in nutrients” unless they are backed by evidence and permitted under food laws. Misleading food advertisements and endorsements, it said, can attract action under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and the Food Safety and Standards (Advertising and Claims) Regulations, 2018.Alongside the advisory, FSSAI prohibited the manufacture, sale and distribution of food products made by M/s Shree Shyam Foods, M/s Bharat Food Products and M/s KDP Food Industry after government laboratories found their ghee and mustard oil products unsafe for consumption.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesThe regulator also penalised Dharwad Mishra Pedha and Food Processing Industry in Karnataka after its Motichoor laddoos were found to contain Tartrazine at 2,670.5 mg/kg, more than 26 times the permissible limit of 100 mg/kg. Shree Chemfood Pvt Ltd of Gujarat was similarly penalised after samples of iodised salt were found to be substandard and misbranded.FSSAI has also urged consumers to report misleading food advertisements and celebrity endorsements through its Food Safety Connect platform.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorAnuja JaiswalAnuja Jaiswal is a Senior Assistant Editor at The Times of India, with an impressive 18-year career in narrative journalism. She specializes in health and heritage reporting, expertly simplifying complex health information to make it engaging and understandable for readers. Her deep dives into heritage topics are well-researched, resulting in captivating narratives that resonate with her audience. 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NEW DELHI: The Joint Action Forum on Minorities that had led a delegation of representatives of Churches to meet Home Minister Amit Shah last week described the decision of the govt to refer the FCRA Amendment Bill 2026 to a Joint Parliamentary Committee as a “positive step” that presents an “important opportunity for a comprehensive, clause-by-clause review of its provisions and their implications”.A host of Church bodies last week met and urged home minister Amit Shah to either withdraw the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill or send it to a joint parliamentary committee for scrutiny.In their representation to HM, the delegation representing Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox Churches from across India organised under Joint Action Forum on Minorities with DMK MP P Wilson as its chairperson, had sought that the Bill is withdrawn in entirety or in alternate be referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee together with a review of the working of the Principal FCRA Act 2010 itself”.On Wednesday, Wilson in a statement on X thanked DMK President MK Stalin and all opposition parties in the Lok Sabha for their unified demand to withdraw the FCRA Amendment Bill 2026, even though it was decided by a majority voice vote to refer it to the Joint Parliamentary Committee.“Although the govt has not agreed to withdraw the FCRA Bill 2026 entirely, the Union Government’s decision to refer the Bill to the Joint Parliamentary Committee is a positive step,” he added.“This is a sensitive issue where a balance must be struck between the govt’s authority over financial control and the rights of minority institutions to receive charitable contributions. This funding supports schools, colleges, hospitals, and other public service institutions. The government will be unable to fund these activities if contributions cease,” he added.Wilson said that the referral of the Bill to the JPC presents an important opportunity for a comprehensive, clause-by-clause review of its provisions and their implications. “We hope and expect that the Committee will listen to all stakeholders and carefully consider the constitutional, legal, and practical concerns raised by religious, educational, healthcare, charitable, and civil society institutions,” he said.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesThe National Council of Churches in India, General Secretary, Asir Ebenezer welcomed the Bill and said that they look forward to engaging with “the JPC as they prepare the report for the Winter session”. NCCI was part of the delegation that met the HM as part of the Joint Action Forum on Minorities.“On behalf of the historic and nationally networked Protestant and Orthodox Churches in India representing the religious and mission aspirations of 19 million Christians we thank the Home Minister and the govt for heeding to the request of the Christian community,” he added.Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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She quit her 9-to-5, stopped waiting for salary alerts, and started asking a question many young professionals struggle with: What gives life meaning? ‘Reacher’ season 4: All you need to know about Alan Ritchson’s latest thriller series Elon Musk to Spacex employees at townhall: You will effectively be the parents of AI, it will inherit your … Ferry overturns in Zimbabwe lake killing at least 44 The consortium named Allied Orbits Private Limited is led by Pixxel Space India and includes Dhruva Space, PierSight Space and Satsure Analytics India NEW DELHI: Space regulator IN-SPACe has approved and signed under the PPP model an agreement with a private consortium for the country’s first indigenous, fully commercial earth observation constellation, with a view to enhancing the country’s space-based observation capabilities and building a self-reliant earth observation (EO) ecosystem in the country, minister for department of space Jitendra Singh informed Lok Sabha on Wednesday in response to a Parliament question.The consortium named Allied Orbits Private Limited is led by Pixxel Space India and includes Dhruva Space, PierSight Space and Satsure Analytics India. It will invest more than Rs 1,200 crore for setting up the constellation, which is to be developed and operationalised by 2029.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesThe consortium will design, build, own and operate the 12-satellite constellation, which will have panchromatic, multispectral, hyperspectral and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) capabilities, supported by indigenous ground infrastructure. All satellites are to be manufactured domestically and launched on Indian launch vehicles, with mission control based in the country.The programme includes designing, fabrication, integration and the testing of EO satellites, including five ultra-high resolution optical satellites with 4 bands, 3 multispectral satellites with 8 bands, 2 hyperspectral optical satellites with 250 bands and 2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites in X-band, by the Indian industry. The EO programme will use Indian launch vehicles (either private or Isro facilities) for placing the satellites into orbit. The programme also allows collaboration with academic and research institutions for capacity building and application development, the minister said.Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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It is like giving the key to the robber and not to the owner of the house,” it said.The judge said there appeared to be “some chinks in the armour, some loopholes” in the Meta policy on safeguarding the copyright material.Rights Manager enables pre-approved users to identify content uploaded on Facebook and Instagram and stake ownership as it permits them to monitor, block or act against such content.“Rights Manager is a video, audio and image-matching tool that we developed for rights holders of all sizes — from individual creators to media publishers, sports leagues, music labels and others — to identify and manage their content on Facebook and Instagram, including live videos,” the platform told the court.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesMeta submitted before HC that the copyright strikes against the plaintiff stood reversed and whatever content was removed has also been restored. It said the plaintiff’s accounts had never been suspended and remained accessible.HC then issued summons in the suit and posted the matter for hearing on Sept 24 along with a connected petition filed by another content creator.The second plea has alleged that the creator’s Instagram account was suspended following a copyright strike that was subsequently found to be false. The connected proceedings will also examine issues concerning the authority of social media platforms to suspend user profiles based on copyright infringement claims.Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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A case in point is the decades-long struggle of the widow of ‘Shaurya Chakra’ awardee Mohan Singh, who had to wait for 26 years to get her rightful Special Family Pension — that too only after the Supreme Court’s intervention.Singh, an overseer with General Reserves Engineering Force, was in charge of construction of a key border road. On July 10, 2000, when a boulder from a hilltop rolled down with debris, he helped move workers from the site but could not get out of its way himself and was killed. The Centre posthumously conferred on him in 2001 the ‘Shaurya Chakra’ — the third-highest peacetime gallantry award.However, his widow received relief under Workmen’s Compensation Act and not the Special Family Pension under the CCS (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, to which she was entitled. It was rejected on the ground that since payment under Workmen’s Compensation Act had been made, no liberalised pensionary award was due to the deceased’s kin, as per CCS (Pension) rules.She moved Punjab and Haryana HC, which held she was entitled to extraordinary pension but restricted payment of arrears from date of the filing of petition, denying relief from the date of death of her husband. When the matter reached the SC, a bench of Justices K V Viswanathan and Arun Palli said the Centre had erred and should have categorised her case under the correct category ‘C’ of CCS Pension Rules and extended the benefit soon after Singh’s demise.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelines “These are not matters where the family or the widow should be expected to go to the court to obtain relief,” SC said.AG R Venkataramani said Rs 14.28 lakh had been paid to the widow and pension will be processed as per HC order. Arrears, calculated at Rs 4.12 lakh, had also been released. SC said a consolidated amount of Rs 10 lakh be paid to her for the period between Singh’s death and HC order.Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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NEW DELHI: A national-level sportswoman, employed as a safaiwala (group D employee) in railways since 2003, has been awaiting promotion to group C level for last two decades despite the railway ministry’s policy to grant out-of-turn first promotion to medal-winning employees, a criterion she had fulfilled by winning two medals in national events.A decade after winning medals but not getting promotion as per the policy, Rajni Rani moved Punjab and Haryana HC in 2016 with a writ petition, which got dismissed on technical grounds. Her appeal against the HC order has been pending in SC since Nov 2016.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesIt was last heard on Jan 9, 2017, when a bench of Justices J Chelameswar and A M Sapre admitted her petition and asked the Union govt to file a response in eight weeks. On May 15, 2018, registrar Kapil Mehta had recorded that statement of case had not been filed by any of the parties despite expiry of the time granted. He had asked for the case to be listed before the court as per rules. However, her petition continued to gather dust till her counsel Wednesday requested a bench headed by CJI Surya Kant for an early hearing. A visibly unhappy CJI directed the registry to list the petition for hearing on Aug 21.Rajni said she was due for promotion in 2005 after winning medals but was denied the benefit of first promotion on the ground that one of the four events she had participated in did not qualify as a national event. She said the rules prescribed participation in only two events. Rajni said she had won a bronze medal at 52nd Northern Railway Athletic Meet in Feb 2005, gold medal at 44th Senior National Inter-State competition in July 2004 and represented railways in open National in Mumbai in Sept 2004, securing fourth position.Rajni was denied a promotion in 2013 despite a directive by Central Administrative Tribunal to railways in Sept 2012 to consider her case. When she challenged the decision, both CAT and HC dismissed her petitions.Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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