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The long-standing demand to increase the term of Mayor is provided in the new bill. The term of office of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor is increased from one year to a period of five years, from the date of his/her election and shall continue in office till his successor is elected. According to the bill, Bengaluru will have two mayors in five years, each getting a 30-month tenure. Division into 15 zones Bengaluru will be divided into zones up to 15 and each one will have a committee. Each zone will have a committee that will be responsible for execution of works. Earlier, there were zonal commi...

Explained: What do we know about the mystery illness in Andhra’s Eluru? Eluru 'mystery' illness: Over 70 per cent of Eluru town, in Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district, has been affected by a mysterious illness. What can be the cause? What are the symptoms? Here's what we know so far. Written by Sreenivas Janyala , Edited by Explained Desk | Hyderabad | Updated: December 15, 2020 2:57:07 pm Young patients are seen in hospital beds at an Eluru hospitalon December 9, 2020. (ANI/Reuters TV/via Reuters) Over 550 people in Eluru town o...

IPO Investment: Bull run in markets has led to companies lining up for initial public offerings. But there are many factors to consider before investing in them, and experts advise retail investors to be cautious.

How is it produced so widely if it is illegal? Malana is a remote village which remained isolated from other habitations in the area for centuries and developed its own distinct culture. The nearest road is still four kilometres down the hill, and it was built in 2007 to facilitate a hydropower project. Before the road, residents had to trek a distance of 26 km over 12 to 15 hours to reach the market in the adjacent valley, according to village pradhan Bhagi Ram. A few decades ago, however, Malana emerged on the global map with the emergence of the counterculture movement in western countries...

To be sure, government policy has moved that way since the early 2000s aided by a remarkable consensus shared across political parties, state governments and the Centre. Different central governments drafted model Acts in 2003, 2007 and 2017, each of which successively enlarged the scope of private markets and reduced the monopoly of the regulated mandi. In 2013, similar recommendations were made by a committee of 10 state agriculture ministers constituted by the ministry of agriculture. These included state ministers from Haryana and Punjab. (Express Illustration: C R Sasikumar) But with th...