The Air Corporation Employees Union (ACEU), a union representing about 10,000 employees of Air India (domestic), has called for a strike on May 31. A strike notice was served on the airline by the union, Air India confirmed. ACEU leader J.B. Kadyan said that the strike was being called on account of “delay in payment of salaries, shortfall of cabin crew, and ceding of ground-handling duties at Hyderabad and Bengaluru airports to the Air India-SATS joint venture.”

The Supreme Court in an important ruling on the scope of anti-dowry law and related provisions in the IPC, has held that unless a clear demand for dowry was proved, no person could be convicted for the dowry death.

India’s food granary is following a suicide trajectory. One farmer is committing suicide everyday in the Punjab with the worst-affected districts in eastern parts of the state.
Fear of the Naxalites gaining ground in Punjab and revival of militancy is forcing the government to downplay the continuing spate of farm suicides in the food bowl of India.

The ministry of forests and environment (MoEF) finds itself in the throes of a fresh controversy. The only e-waste company Attero Recycling, to which MoEF has allotted a licence, has been caught reselling the waste rather than re-cycling it.

With an aim to literate 70 million people over the next few years, Union human resource development minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday asked the Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) to formulate an action plan for participating in literacy programme “Saakshar Bharat”.

The government has decided to enhance security at the 51 major airports in the country to thwart any possible terror attack. The Union home ministry on Wednesday directed the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) to ensure installation of CCTV cameras in vital locations at all airports, deployment of adequate security staff and raising of perimeter wall. The home ministry has also directed the BCAS to install enough watch towers at all 51 major airports.

The girls outshone boys once again in Classes 10 and 12 boards exams conducted by Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE). The result of Central Board of Secondary Education for Class 12 for Ajmer, Panchkula and Chennai was also announced on Wednesday.

Aamir Khan starrer 3 Idiots is scaling new heights — the film had a special screening at the UN followed by a discussion on the film’s message concerning the education system.

The Congress has yet to decide whether a meeting of the working committee be called to discuss the Naxal issues whose activities have spread over in about half a dozen states targeting the state power.

The BJP on Wednesday said it was lack of support within the government and internal contradictions that led home minister Mr P. Chidambaram to change his earlier stand on the Naxal issue.