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<a href="http://www1.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=prime+minister+narendra+modi&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Prime Minister Narendra Modi</a> re-shuffled his entire Cabinet and also kickstarted debates of all sorts on various issues. <a href="http://www1.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=modi+cabinet+reshuffle&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Modi’s Cabinet rejig</a>, which is the biggest one in recent years, was done keeping an eye on assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, which is slated next year in 2017. 
 
One of the major changes that the Cabinet saw was dropping <a href="http://www1.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=smriti+irani&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Smriti Irani</a> as Education Minister and moving her to textiles. 
 
Even though the move was quite anticipated in the party rungs, the demotion came as a surprise to many. 
 
Irani’s exit as education minister was prompted owing to various reasons and now it is to see how she performs in textiles. One should not forget that she still is a Cabinet minister. 
 
READ ALSO: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/These-are-the-possibilities-why-Smriti-Irani-was-removed-from-education-ministry/articleshow/53075294.cms">These are the possibilities why Smriti Irani was removed from education ministry</a> 
 
Talking about her performance as education minister, <a href="http://www1.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=twitter&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Twitter</a> is already giving its two-year report card of Irani. Twiiterati are mincing no words and are trolling Irani, calling her demotion as ‘one of the major reforms’ in the education sector. 
 
Read on to know how Twitter responded to her new role: 
 
 
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		<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nift?src=hash">#nift</a> students in morning prayers <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ByeByeSmriti?src=hash">#ByeByeSmriti</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmritiIrani?src=hash">#SmritiIrani</a> <a href="https://t.co/c8Wk4d0e8Y">pic.twitter.com/c8Wk4d0e8Y</a>
	— Gandalf the Fat (@Coolverine) <a href="https://twitter.com/Coolverine/status/750575613073850368">July 6, 2016</a></blockquote>
 
 
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		Enjoy making dress for school students..help HRD ministry indirectly.. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ByeByeSmriti?src=hash">#ByeByeSmriti</a>
	— Shubham Das (@Aakash24961) <a href="https://twitter.com/Aakash24961/status/750615854539235328">July 6, 2016</a></blockquote>
 
 
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		Modi ji offered Forest Ministry to <a href="https://twitter.com/smritiirani">@smritiirani</a> ji but she refused it immediately bcoz there r lots of 'DEER' in d forest..;) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ByeByeSmriti?src=hash">#ByeByeSmriti</a>
	— noshad (@noshad_raza) <a href="https://twitter.com/noshad_raza/status/750611132990287872">July 6, 2016</a></blockquote>
 
 
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		<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ByeByeSmriti?src=hash">#ByeByeSmriti</a> A pall of gloom has descended over Yale and mourning has been declared over demotion of its most distinguished Alumunus
	— RKHURIA (@rkhuria) <a href="https://twitter.com/rkhuria/status/750569085226913792">July 6, 2016</a></blockquote>
 
 
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		'Dear' <a href="https://twitter.com/smritiirani">@smritiirani</a> ji, 
		just one tip about the new ministry.. 
		'there is nothing about Tax &amp; Tiles in it' 
		<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ByeByeSmriti?src=hash">#ByeByeSmriti</a>
	— Vaibhav AAP (@Vaibhav_AAP) <a href="https://twitter.com/Vaibhav_AAP/status/750555614791729152">July 6, 2016</a></blockquote>
 
 
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		When journalists are not paid ones <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ByeByeSmriti?src=hash">#ByeByeSmriti</a> <a href="https://t.co/UYmzd0oQPL">pic.twitter.com/UYmzd0oQPL</a>
	— Abhay Dubey (@RoflAbhay) <a href="https://twitter.com/RoflAbhay/status/750552560239607808">July 6, 2016</a></blockquote>
 
 
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		Indian textile development after smriti joins in as textile Ministry <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ByeByeSmriti?src=hash">#</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ByeByeSmriti?src=hash">ByeByeSmriti</a><a href="https://twitter.com/priyankac19">@priyankac19</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/IYC">@IYC</a> <a href="https://t.co/sHjZysct9n">pic.twitter.com/sHjZysct9n</a>
	— ☕ Tea Freak ☕ (@BhopaliChai) <a href="https://twitter.com/BhopaliChai/status/750550890415853574">July 6, 2016</a></blockquote>
 
 
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		Dear aunty-national has been judged and hence shunted out to spinning ministry. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ByeByeSmriti?src=hash">#ByeByeSmriti</a>
	— Shariqul Bari (@ShariqulBari) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShariqulBari/status/750383236010938368">July 5, 2016</a></blockquote>
 
 
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		Woah! It turned out to be an aunty-climax...<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/byebyesmriti?src=hash">#byebyesmriti</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hrdreshuffle?src=hash">#hrdreshuffle</a>
	— Suhas Rao (@IamSuhasRao) <a href="https://twitter.com/IamSuhasRao/status/750371604316753921">July 5, 2016</a></blockquote>
 
 
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		<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ByeByeSmriti?src=hash">#ByeByeSmriti</a> From Textbooks to Textiles :)
	— amitabh nigam (@amitabhnigam) <a href="https://twitter.com/amitabhnigam/status/750620031076167680">July 6, 2016</a></blockquote>
 
 
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		She missed it shooo !! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ByeByeSmriti?src=hash">#ByeByeSmriti</a> <a href="https://t.co/aDaxq49dq6">pic.twitter.com/aDaxq49dq6</a>
	— Rohith kannan (@rohithkannan) <a href="https://twitter.com/rohithkannan/status/750574428082372608">July 6, 2016</a></blockquote>
 
 
 
 
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ByeByeSmriti: From Text to Textiles, Twitter is trolling Smriti Irani after she is dropped as education minister

HRD minister <keyword id="6612" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Smriti-Irani">Smriti Irani</keyword> has asked <keyword id="49737" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="IITs">IITs</keyword> to teach Sanskrit language so that study of science and technology can be facilitated as reflected in its literature. 
 
A panel was set up, chaired by former CEC N Gopalaswami, which has submitted its report in the Lok Sabha, saying that IITs may facilitate study of science and technology as reflected in Sanskrit literature along with inter-disciplinary study of Sanskrit and modern subjects, as per HRD Minister Smriti Irani. 
 
 
"Accordingly, IITs have been requested to teach Sanskrit language especially with reference to study of works which contain scientific knowledge," Irani said. 
 
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Future engineers to study Sanskrit, because Smriti Irani wants them to

<keyword id="6356755" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="IIT-Madras">IIT Madras</keyword> has been picked as India's best engineering college by Smriti Irani's Ministry of Human Resource and Development. 
 
The announcement was made on Monday under National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) – a first-of-its-kind indigenous ranking framework for higher education institutions. 
 
IIT Madras topped the list followed by IIT Mumbai and IIT Kharagpur. 
 <keyword id="60501" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="IIM-Bangalore">IIM Bangalore</keyword> was declared the best management institute followed by IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Calcutta as the first and second runner up respectively. 
 
The top 3 in Pharmacy were announced in this order: MCOPS (Manipal), UIPS (Chandigarh) and Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi as the top 3 in this segment. 
 Then came the top 3 in Universities Category where IISc Bangalore topped the list followed by Institute of Chemical Technology and <keyword id="6356383" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="JNU">JNU</keyword> ranked third. 
 The report by Smriti Irani's department - <keyword id="3309858" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="India-Rankings-2016">India Rankings 2016</keyword> - seeks to "empower students and parents" while creating healthy competition among educational institutes, the ministry said. 
 
The rankings -which cover government and private institutions -have been released ahead of the next academic year which starts in the summer for college students. 
 
(Image Credits: <a href="http://www.collegedekho.com/">CollegeDekho.com</a>)

The Indian govt says IIT Madras and IIM Bangalore are India's best colleges

The government has said that <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a> would be provided in all <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=central+universities">central universities</a> under the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT). 
 
The Human Resource Development Minister<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=+Smriti+Irani"> Smriti Irani</a> has said that two <keyword id="6435699" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Central-Universities">central universities</keyword>, Allahabad University and North Eastern Hill University are already covered under Department of Electronics and Information Technology programme. 
 
For the other 38 universities, Project Approval Board of NMEICT has approved the proposal at the cost of Rs 335.85 Crores. 
 
Image credit: Indiatimes

Wi-Fi to be offered in all Central Universities

When the cabinet of PM Modi was shuffled a few days back, the biggest news came in the form of <keyword id="6612" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Smriti-Irani">Smriti Irani</keyword> being replaced by Prakash Javadekar. As soon as the news was announced, people began to speculate the reasons behind this change, one of which was the non-delivery or slow movement on the PMO’s to-do list for higher education. 
 
However, turns out, other than that, she also failed to deliver on the school education to-do list, which was also being closely monitored by the PMO. 
 
As against the five key issues that were undelivered on the higher education side, including the autonomy of IIMs and world-class institutes, school education had a 39 point to-do list, including a focus on improving learning levels, teacher training and vocationalisation. 
 
PM himself reviewed the implementation of actions taken on these issues in a meeting held on March 10. 
 
Even though the ministry was talking about addressing these aspects for over a year now, something concrete was yet to be done. However, some of the steps were taken within the stipulated timelines; however, a majority of steps were yet to be taken, which probably led to Irani’s exit from the ministry. 
 
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Failing to deliver a 39-point list for school education cost Smriti Irani her job

<keyword id="6360791" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Amethi">Amethi</keyword>, the Gandhian stronghold since 1947 has always dreamt of unparalleled growth-what with the Gandhi’s promising them the world, come every election season! It was first ruled upon by <keyword id="134281" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Sanjay-Gandhi">Sanjay Gandhi</keyword>, followed by former Prime Minister <keyword id="12596" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Rajiv-Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</keyword>, an MP from the city for 10 consecutive years. Post Rajiv’s demise, Amethi was ‘inherited’ by his widow, <keyword id="689" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Sonia-Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</keyword> and now has been passed onto the Congress heir apparent, <keyword id="5268" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Rahul-Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</keyword>. 
 
Seeing the obvious lack of growth and thereby the massive stated opportunity, during the elections in 2014, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and now Minister of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) Smriti Irani left no stone unturned to win the constituency for herself, ousting the Gandhi’s from their stronghold. Alas, that was not to be. Irani must have blamed her ‘rotten luck’ for her unexpected defeat and Rahul’s success, since a constituency, still counted as one of the country’s most deprived, surely needed a change in leadership. 
 
But then, nothing could be shoddier than the fact that even big names from the political class could not even get the town the very basic in facilities. In fact, the trump card played against it and left it as a victim. A victim of political brawls. 
 
Or if we just change a few words in what has been said so far, then maybe you will get a clearer picture of the debacle that Amethi is witnessing today and how much worse it could turn in the next few years, given the never-dying down tug-of-war. 
 It won’t be wrong to say that Amethi, right from the very beginning was a mere card which was used by the big political faces of the day. Inhabitants of Amethi thought that the political biggies would bring them the basic infrastructure they so desperately lacked. Instead, this place only made headlines for the pointless battles the political brass fought. The tide in fact turned for the worse in 1984, when ousted Gandhi bahu, Maneka fought a pitched battle against brother-in-law, Rajiv Gandhi, soon after her mother-in-law, his mother and the nation’s Prime Minister, <keyword id="6354478" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Indira-Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</keyword>’s assassination. Maneka fought tooth and nail, but lost to Rajiv by a massive margin, given the sympathy wave he was riding on soon after his mother’s untimely murder outside her own house, by one of her own bodyguards. 
 
Amethi, soon turned into a ground for political buffoonery, with over 40 independent candidates standing against the then Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, in the 1989 elections. But, despite the bofors’ scandal taint, Rajiv registered a sounding victory, with a margin of over two lakh votes. The astounding defeat notwithstanding, the trend continued and Independent candidates (in more than usual numbers) fought elections from Amethi. 
 During the 2014 <keyword id="6355187" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Lok-Sabha">Lok Sabha</keyword> polls, BJP, very aggressively campaigned under the leadership of <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> with the slogan ‘congress-mukt Bharat’ (Congress-free India) and former model and TV actress <keyword id="371578" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Smriti-Zubin-Irani">Smriti Zubin Irani</keyword> was nominated as the BJP candidate from Amethi. Yet another competitor was the newly formed <keyword id="6354944" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Aam-Aadmi-Party">Aam Aadmi Party</keyword>’s (<keyword id="6356115" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="AAP">AAP</keyword>) poet-turned-member <keyword id="540848" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="kumar-vishwas">Kumar Vishwas</keyword>, who wanted to give Rahul a run for his money. However, despite the several failings of the Congress party in Amethi and more so that of the Gandhi-clan, the town voted back into power Rahul Gandhi. 
 
The oldest scuffle ground for BJP and Congress, Amethi, in 2014 came under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi and it experienced another tussle when their leader disappeared and reports published afterwards informed about his ‘vacation’. Rahul’s biggest opponent, BJP candidate from Amethi, Smriti Irani, without missing out on a chance reached out to the people of Amethi and distributed compensation cheques to the farmers who were dying of unseasonal rains. Not just this but Irani also played a card against Gandhi here and accused him of ‘holidaying’ when people of his constituency were in trouble. 
 With no choice left this time, Gandhi in his reply pointed the finger at the <keyword id="6360789" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Modi-Government">Modi government</keyword> for scrapping the Food Park plan that he claimed could have generated employment for hundreds in Amethi. 
 
All the fighting aside, the real concern now is if Amethi gained anything from all the mud-slinging over the decades. The answer to that is that Amethi today is known for all the wrong reasons. Far from being a developed township it could have been, given the political attention it has had over the years, it is today known as one of the country’s most impoverished regions, for the very same reasons. And if the fashion persists, it’ll only be a case of from the frying pan to the fire for the residents of Amethi. 
 
Image: indiatimes

Amethi: the victim of political brawls

Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword>, who was in Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Lucknow as a chief guest on convocation, was disrupted by protesters, who were eventually escorted out. 
 
Modi’s speech was disrupted when students started chanting anti-Modi slogans. 
 
“Narendra Modi Murdabad,” students raised. 
 
 
 
Meanwhile, Modi also broke his silence on the suicide of Dalit scholar in Hyderabad. 
 
“When I received this news that a young man Rohith committed suicide, I thought about the condition of his parents,” said Modi. 
 
Students are protesting Rohith’s suicide, demaning a probe into it. HRD Minister Smriti Irani said it was not a Dalit vs non-Dalit battle. 
 
Modi hinted that these issues should not be politicised. 
 
“There must have been reasons, politics is different. The truth that India lost her son,” said Modi. 
 
(Images: PIB, ANI)

PM Modi breaks silence on Dalit scholar suicide; slogan shouting students escorted out

Indian Prime Minister <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Narendra+Modi&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Narendra Modi</a> is one of the most <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=social+media&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">social-media</a> savvy world leaders to go around. He’s the most ‘Liked’ world leader on <keyword id="6354576" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Facebook">Facebook</keyword>, second only to US President <keyword id="15962" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Barack-Obama">Barack Obama</keyword> and his ‘@narendramodi’ Twitter handle has over 20.2 million followers with 5.3 tweets per day. 
 
About the time when the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Narendra+Modi&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Narendra Modi</a> government completes two years in power, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Facebook&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Facebook</a> has shared fresh data that says with 179 million interactions, around three posts every day and a mammoth size of 33 million, Prime Minister Modi leads by example when it comes to being <keyword id="6354632" type="COMPANY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Social-media">social media</keyword> savvy. 
 
According to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Facebook&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Facebook</a>, Modi’s top post with about 1.6 million likes, 34,000 comments and 123,000 shares was the one that shows Modi's mother Hiraba's recent visit to his official Race Course Road residence in New Delhi. 
 
Second comes the one where he changed his profile picture to show support to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Digital+India&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Digital India</a> after meeting <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Mark+Zuckerberg&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Mark Zuckerberg</a>. The post has 1.7 million likes, over 37,000 comments and 39,307 shares. 
 
The last one shows the Prime Minister paying homage to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=APJ+Abdul+Kalam&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">APJ Abdul Kalam</a>. The post currently has 1.7 million likes, 29k comments and 72,362 shares. 
 
A look at the numbers show Modi’s other savvy ministers include Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani. Singh comes second with about 13 million interactions and a page size of about 4 million, and Irani comes third with around 6 million interactions and a page size of about 4 million. 
 
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Even Facebook admits that Narendra Modi possesses serious social media
talent

While on one hand ministers of Congress-led UPA are refusing to come down to Delhi, the Modi government is enjoying continuous support from the <a href="Hi!%20Kareena%20Kapoor%20Will%20Be%20Seen%20Alongside%20Ranveer%20Singh%20In%20‘Sadma’%20Remake%20Hrithik%20Roshan%20To%20Have%20A%20Baahubali%20Style%20Bull%20Fight%20Scene%20In%20Mohenjo%20Daro">Non-BJP ministers</a>. 
 
ET revealed some cabinet records and came up with the result that the non-BJP ministers are actively involved in decision-making processes of the government and regularly attend Cabinet meetings. 
 
For example, Civil aviation minister and AG Raju (from Telugu Desam Party) has attended the most number of meetings (80 out of 84), starting from May 2014 till February 2016. This is more than the number of meetings attended by BJP ministers TC Gehlot (minister of Social justice, who attended 78) and DV Sadananda Gowda (Law minister, who attended 76). 
 
Under the RTI act, ET accessed Cabinet meeting records from May 2014 till February 2016, where it found that three of the four ministers hailing from BJP's regional allies figure in the top 10 when it comes to their attendance. 
 
Food minister Ram Vilas Paswan (belonging to Lok Janshakti Party) is at number eight, Harsimrat Kaur Badal (Shiromani Akali Dal) is at number nine and heavy industries minister Anant Geete (<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Shiv-Sena-Presses-For-Another-Berth-In-Modi-Cabinet/articleshow/45066564.cms">Shiv Sena</a>) is at number 11. 
 
Talking of the worst attendees, we have Health Minister JP Nadda, Defence Minister <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/PM-Modis-Cabinet-Manohar-Parikkar-New-Defence-Minister-Suresh-Prabhu-Gets-Railways/articleshow/45094385.cms">Manohar Parrikar</a> and Rural Development Minister Birender Singh. 
 As far as <keyword id="2760168" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="women-ministers">women ministers</keyword> are concerned, the first seven months of the government saw women ministers outdoing their male counterparts. Apparently, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Budget-2015-report-card-Heres-how-Smriti-Irani-led-HRD-Ministry-fared/articleshow/51021165.cms">HRD minister Smriti Irani</a> and Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati did not miss a single Cabinet meeting. 
 
However, now that the government has been in power for 20 months, the women ministers have relaxed, and Irani has slipped down to the fourth position. 
 
<a href="https://sankarshanthakur.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/narendra_modi_hand_paintitng_photo_303904507.jpg">Image source </a>

Non-BJP ministers attend more Cabinet meetings than BJP members

Indian Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> might be going for a cabiner reshuffle next month after the Parliament session gets over on April 12. While there are some critical vacancies that need to be filled, there are also some fresh faces that need to be brought in to the cabinet. 
 Since <keyword id="6363133" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Manohar-Parrikar">Manohar Parrikar</keyword> has become <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/manohar-parrikar-wins-trust-vote-in-goa/articleshow/57667370.cms">Goa’s CM</a>, the defence ministry has been <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/finance-minister-arun-jaitley-gets-defence-ministry-after-manohar-parrikar-heads-to-goa/articleshow/57618660.cms">given to Finance Minister</a> <keyword id="42575" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Arun-Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</keyword>. Since both ministries come with "heavy workload," chances are that a new defence minister will soon be introduced. 
 
Jaitley holding both ministries is ironical also because he himself will be taking a call on the financial demands that he will raise as the defence minister. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/state-election-results-will-ease-bjps-reforms-says-moodys/articleshow/57648365.cms">State election results will ease BJP’s reforms, says Moody's</a> 
 
Modi government, which was formed in June 2014, is going to complete three years and may now feel the need to induct fresh faces. The last time there was a change in the cabinet was in July last year. When HRD minister <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Smriti-Iranis-exit-from-HRD-ministry/articleshow/53265717.cms">Smriti Irani</a> was shifted to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/politics/ByeByeSmriti-From-Text-to-Textiles-Twitter-is-trolling-Smriti-Irani-after-she-is-dropped-as-education-minister/articleshow/53079444.cms">textiles</a> and law minister Sadananda Gowda took charge of statistics. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Smart-Cities-SiemensCEO-HDFC-chief-meet-Union-Minister-M-Venkaiah-Naidu/articleshow/48873627.cms">Venkaiah Naidu</a> also took charge of information and broadcasting portfolio and M J Akbar became the minister of state for external affairs. 
 
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Modi cabinet might get a reshuffle after April 12

Up until now, the annual fees of <keyword id="6354859" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="IIT">IIT</keyword>s were Rs 90,000, but this academic session would see the fees surging thrice to Rs 3 lakh a year, because of a recommendation of the Standing Committee of the IIT Council (SCIC). The final decision is yet to be taken by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Budget-2015-report-card-Heres-how-Smriti-Irani-led-HRD-Ministry-fared/articleshow/51021165.cms">Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani</a>, who is also the chairperson of the IIT Council. 
 
The last time <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/IIT-Kharagpur-shows-how-to-innovate-bags-maximum-laurels-at-innovation-awards/articleshow/51409735.cms">IITs</a> saw an increase in their fee was in 2013, when from Rs 50000, it had gone to Rs 90,000 a year. 
 
Not only this, the recommendations from IIT SCIC also include a National Aptitude Test in 2017 so that students can be screened before the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/IIT-B-students-paid-Faceboook-tribute-to-Indian-Army-for-National-Defence-Day/articleshow/51412116.cms">IIT-B students paid Faceboook tribute to Indian Army for National Defence Day</a> 
 
However, it’s not like the fee hike would be the sole problem of students and their families, as a comprehensive student loan system is also proposed to come into effect. 
 
IIT SCIC has recommended this hike on the basis of a report of the Committee of IIT Directors that was set up in October 2015. This committee has suggested this hike so that the entire cost of salary and maintenance for promising projects, research infrastructure and space maximization on campus can be covered. 
 
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<ul><li>The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, <keyword id="2604636" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="2019">2019</keyword>. </li><li>Those who commits aggravated penetrative <keyword id="46530" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="sexual-assault">sexual assault</keyword> will be liable of at least 20 years of rigourous imprisonment. </li><li>The bill will grant legal protection to nearly one-third of children in India (430 million), regardless of the gender. </li><li>It makes child pornograpgy a punishable offence.</li></ul>India is all set to crack down on child abusers, and make stringent laws to net and punish these offenders. As per Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019, those who commit aggravated penetrative sexual assault will be liable of at least 20 years of rigourous imprisonment. The law also makes a provision for <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/death-for-child-abusers-as-pocso-bill-gets-lok-sabha-nod/articleshow/70490089.cms">death sentence</a> to such offenders. Gender neutral approach Smriti Irani, Women and Child Development Minister who moved the bill sought a gender-neutral approach on offences against children. The aim is to protect its 430 million children, regardless of the gender. The new law will also crack down on <keyword id="24545" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Child-pornography">child pornography</keyword>, refers to it as “visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct involving a child." This includes photography, video, digital or computer generated images. Now, those convicted relating to child pornography will receive a five-year jail term. For those who repeat the offence, the punishment can stretch to seven years, with fine. Irani noted that defining child pornography is the need of the hour, considering the ill-activities from the past. For instance, an online platform showcasing child pornography attracted nearly 5,000 followers. Unanimous support The bill calls for the parents to have transparency with their children. “In a majority of the cases either the children don’t tell their parents what has happened to them or the parents ask the children to remain silent about it," Mint <a href="https://www.livemint.com/politics/policy/lok-sabha-clears-bill-to-give-death-for-sexual-assault-on-children-1564680708757.html">reported</a> citing Danish Ali of Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP). The amendments in the bill received a nod from the members of the Parliament. In fact, the Parliament witnessed members cutting across party lines in support of the bill. “I thank everyone for unanimously supporting this bill. I want to say that I share their angst that justice should be done and I also share their concern with regard to implementation. The way MPs rose above party lines is exemplary," Irani told the House. It has already been cleared in the upper house on 29 July, and is awaiting President’s nod. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/bill-to-make-india-arbitration-hub-get-parliamentary-nod/articleshow/70491513.cms">Bill to make India arbitration hub get Parliamentary nod</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/wage-code-bill-2019-can-benefit-50-crore-indian-employees-all-you-need-to-know/articleshow/70460156.cms">Wage Code Bill can help 500 million Indians. Here’s all you need to know about it</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/indian-government-passes-unlawful-activitiesprovisions-amendment-bill-2019-uapa-to-counter-terrorism/articleshow/70373357.cms">Indian government passes anti-terrorism bill; opposition calls it ‘dangerous’</a>

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Mortal remains of late former Indian President <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=APJ+Abdul+Kalam">APJ Abdul Kalam</a> arrived at Palam Airport in New Delhi from Guwahati on Tuesday. 
 Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice-President Hamid Ansari, <keyword id="6354814" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="prime-minister-Narendra-Modi">Prime Minister Narendra Modi</keyword>, along with Three Service Chiefs paid homage to Kalam. 
 
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were also present. 
 
 
 
Public can pay homage to the late President from 3pm onwards at 10 Rajaji Marg in New Delhi. 
 
 
 
The last rites will take place at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. 
 
People from all walks of life took to social media and paid homage to the apolitical President. Kalam led the scientific team that developed missiles able to carry India's nuclear warheads. 
 
He became a national hero after helping oversee nuclear tests in 1998 that solidified India's status as a nuclear weapons state. India's first atomic test was in 1974. 
 
Meanwhile, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=smriti+irani">Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani</a> announced Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan to be renamed as APJ Abdul Kalam Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan. 
 
Telangana Government has announced holiday, whereas the Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to work one hour extra to pay tribute to the late President. 
 
Kalam died on Monday (July 27) from a cardiac arrest at the age of 83. 
 
Kalam, popularly known as 'Missile Man', was delivering a lecture in Shillong when he collapsed and was rushed to Bethany Hospital. 
 
Kalam’s last tweet was: 
 
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
	
		Going to Shillong.. to take course on Livable Planet earth at iim. With <a href="https://twitter.com/srijanpalsingh">@srijanpalsingh</a> and Sharma.
	— In memoryof Dr.Kalam (@APJAbdulKalam) <a href="https://twitter.com/APJAbdulKalam/status/625546195205648384">July 27, 2015</a></blockquote>
 
We at Business Insider have created this unique platform for anyone who wants to pay homage to this the beloved Former President, APJ Abdul Kalam- the great leader, teacher, scientist and amongst many other things a visionary par excellence, even as he embarks upon his last journey. Just click on the link to pay your respects: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/social/48249034.cms">http://www.businessinsider.in/social/48249034.cms</a> 
 
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