Cooking oil scandal may prompt China to tighten food safety policies, observers say

Cooking oil scandal may prompt China to tighten food safety policies, observers say

Observers say Beijing does not appear to be trying to cover up the scandal, even though it has emerged at a politically sensitive time ahead of the third plenum of the Communist Party’s Central Committee, which starts on Monday. There has been limited censorship around the report, which implicated a subsidiary of state-owned stockpiler Sinograin … Read more

Controversy surrounds privatisation of Sainik schools

Controversy surrounds privatisation of Sainik schools

NEW DELHI: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday, condemning the Centre’s move to “privatise” Sainik schools and demanding a complete reversal of the policy, as well as the cancellation of MoUs signed in this regard. According to Kharge, there are 33 Sainik schools in the country, all of which are … Read more