‘Farmer’ to grace Children’s Day stamp
The Hindu
Winning painting by Akshay B. Pillai of Kollam
Twelve-year-old Akshay B. Pillai’s painting of an Indian farmer gazing out at his farmland will grace this year’s Children’s Day stamp brought out by the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare in connection with Children’s Day.
A resident of Kanjaveli in Kollam district, Akshay is a Class VII student of NSS Higher Secondary School, Prakkulam, Kollam.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.