NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ ||| 09-01-2026 FRIDAY| VOL—V/2026/JANUARY OPINIONATED, FOR FREE CIRCULATION. * युक्ति युक्तं प्रगृह्णीयात् बालादपि विचक्षणः।* * रवेरविषयं वस्तु किं न दीपः प्रकाशयेत्॥।* TRANSLATION:A wise person should accept good advice or ideas from anyone, even a child, because just as a small lamp can illuminate things the sun cannot (like the dark corners), a small voice can offer valuable wisdom not always captured by others; INDIA: (GOI, SWARAJYA, VISHWAMITRA, HINDU POST, INDIA TODAY). Nitin Gadkari yesterday   announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a cashless medical treatment scheme for victims of road accidents soon. Mr. Gadkari said this while addressing a press conference after chairing the 43rd meeting of the Transport Ministers of all states and Union Territories and the Transport Development Council in New Delhi. Government aims to make India child marriage-free by 2030 under Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat campaign. Govt. is a...

  SOME DEALS—NO ACTION SAKIN—WEST BENGAL SARASIJ MAJUMDER CASE—1:BASANTI COTTON MILLS Basanti Cotton Mills was a cotton industry established in Panihati, West Bengal, on September 25, 1934. It has since gone through several corporate changes, and the original mill is now permanently closed. The company "Basanti Cotton Mills (1998) Private Limited" was later incorporated and dealt with weaving and manufacturing of man-made fibre and mixture fabrics, but its status is now listed as "Strike Off" (non-operational). History: The original Basanti Cotton Mill was organized by Sri Subodh Chandra Mitra and inaugurated by Rabindranath Tagore in 1934. The mill was named after the wife of Desh Bandhu Chittaranjan Das. A later entity, Basanti Cotton Mills (1998) Private Limited, was incorporated in 1998. This company's name was struck off by the Registrar of Companies in 2006, though it was briefly restored by court order in 2012. Its current status remains ...

  NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ||| 08-01-2026 THURSDAY|| VOL—V/2026/JANUARY OPINIONATED, FOR FREE CIRCULATION. सत्यं ब्रूयात् प्रियं ब्रूयात् , न ब्रूयात् सत्यम् अप्रियम् । प्रियं च नानृतम् ब्रूयात् , एष धर्मः सनातन: ॥ TRANSLATION:   “Speak the truth, and speak that which is pleasant. Do not speak an unpleasant truth, and do not speak a pleasant untruth. This is the age-old dharma.” INDIA: (GOI, SWARAJYA, VISHWAMITRA, HINDU POST, INDIA TODAY). New Bill to replace the Insecticides Act, 1968 and the Insecticides Rules, 1971.   This Bill aims to ensure supply of quality pesticides for farmers and to decriminalize petty offences, thereby promoting Ease of Living as well as Ease of Doing Business. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is poised for its inaugural launch of 2026 with the PSLV C-62 mission, scheduled for Monday, 12 January, at 10:17 am from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The Indian S...

  NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||07-01-2026 WEDNESDAY|| VOL—V/2026/JANUARY OPINIONATED, FOR FREE CIRCULATION. * कालः क्रीडति गच्छत्यायुर्नश्यत्युपैति यमः।* * तदपि न मुञ्चत्याशां मूढो जनः॥* TRANSLATION: Time keeps moving and playing its role; life keeps decreasing and death comes nearer, yet the ignorant person does not give up false hopes. INDIA: (GOI, SWARAJYA, VISHWAMITRA, HINDU POST, INDIA TODAY). Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched mega skilling programme to provide Artificial Intelligence (AI) knowledge to 10 lakh youth across the country within a year. Names of a total of two crore eighty-nine lakh voters have been excluded in the draft electoral roll for Uttar Pradesh released by the Election Commission   after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state.   Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa said. The Telangana state government on Tuesday handed over about 950 acres of land to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for th...