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The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India have pulled up the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for ineptness in data management. The statutory authority UIDAI, established in 2016 to issue a unique identification number to all Indians Aadhaar to all residents of India has issued 131.68 crore Aadhaar numbers as of October 31, […]
An ardent devotee of the Anoopam Mission, a Swaminarayan sect based at Mogri in the Anand district of Gujarat, Dr Manoj Soni has led an extraordinary life. The Mumbai-born Gujarati academic chosen by the Government headed by Narendra Modi to head the prestigious UPSC has come up in life selling incense sticks and semi-finished cloths […]
In a welcome move targeted at rich farmers getting undue tax relaxations, the finance ministry, in a response to questions from the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, has said that tax authorities will scrutinise more strictly the details of agricultural income where it exceeds a threshold of Rs. 10 lakh a year. Farm income in India […]
Adding to the fun of travelling during the ongoing summer break in schools across India, Western Railways has decided to temporarily attach a Vistadome coach to the Mumbai Central-Gandhinagar Shatabdi Express from April 11. The Vistadome coach, with large glass windows and glass roof, will enhance passengers’ travelling experience. The Shatabdi Express is Western Railway’s […]
With another major step toward achieving “Aatmanirbhar Bharat”, the Ministry of Defense has released its third positive list of indigenization. In New Delhi today, April 07,2022, Rajnath Singh will release the third list of major equipment/platforms scheduled for indigenisation by December 2025. The third list builds on the first list of 101 items and the […]
The United States embassy in India plans to change the visa application system for Indian students applying to American universities in the summer of 2022. Thousands of students from India apply for US visas annually as they plan to study in US universities. Donald L Heflin, minister counsellor for consular affairs at the US embassy […]
While nothing can take away from the fervour of the IPL matches, the one thing that does catch the eye is the rather unusual colour schemes the teams have chosen to go with. Social media is awash with praise and criticism alike on the pinks, golds, aqua and green. Here’s a quick list of the […]
External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar said that while Russia is a very important partner, India is against the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. He was speaking in the Lok Sabha regarding the crisis in Ukraine and it’s implications. The external Affairs Minister informed that the Prime Minister has spoken to the Presidents of Russia […]
A major improvement will soon open up new avenues for the recruitment of youth into the military. The government is preparing to implement the ‘Agneepath Bharti Pravesh Yojana’, which is its final stage of implementation. The security forces – Army, Air Force and Navy have given presentations to senior government officials who have endorsed the […]
Members of the Gujarat Animal Welfare Board and the Jain community have written a letter to the civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, seeking a ban on serving non-vegetarian meals to passengers on domestic flights. The letter was triggered by an incident on a Tokyo-Delhi flight of Air India when a vegetarian passenger who didn’t even […]
Five Indian Seafarers, including one from Gujarat held in the custody of Chinese authorities since last 20 months and the Indian authorities fail to stand by them, lamented a Twitter user Caption Sanjay Prasher. Apparently, the seafarers are languishing in Chinese jails without any court hearing. Citing the MV STAR 96 case, the tweet made […]
Pushpa Munjial, a 78-year-old woman from Dehradun, Uttarakhand, has transferred all of her assets –pegged at Rs 50 lakh – in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s name, reasoning that him and his beliefs as “essential” to the country. In a will filed at a Dehradun court, Munjial, a widow, transferred the ownership of all of her […]
Forty-one-year-old Faisal Patel, son of top Congress strategist Ahmed Patel who succumbed to Covid-19 in November 2020, on Tuesday asserted through a Tweet that he had run out of patience with Congress and was keeping his options open. “Tired of waiting around. No encouragement from the top brass. Keeping my options open,” Faisal wrote in a terse Twitter message on Tuesday. Though he didn’t name […]
The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine and sanctions on Russia by the Western countries may have an unexpected fallout on the fertiliser prices and subsidies by the government. Worldwide fuel costs have raised by up to 40% due to the war between Russia and Ukraine. On the other hand, key suppliers of Potash in […]
IndiGo, currently India’s largest private airline carrier, has suspended a number of its pilots who were planning to organise a strike to protest against pay cuts at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Salaries of IndiGo pilots were cut by almost 30 per cent after domestic flight operations were suspended during the pandemic. On April […]
The humble mobile repair shop owner in Punjab who convincingly defeated the sitting Chief Minister in the recently held electoral battle on the Bhadaur seat in Punjab, Labh Singh Ugoke had an occasion to walk down memory lane on a pleasant note. The 35-year-old Giant Killer AAP MLA on reserved SC seat Bhadur was invited […]
The fourth day of Chaitra Navratri which falls on April 5th this year is dedicated to the veneration of the cosmic mother in it’s representation as goddess Kushmanda Maa. Kushmanda word derives it’s name from Ku meaning a little, Ushma meaning warmth and anda meaning cosmic egg. This form of Durga, is depicted with eight […]
An IndiGo flight from Ahmedabad with 54 people on board had to make an emergency landing in Maharashtra’s Nagpur on Monday. The Ahmedabad to Lucknow flight (6E 7074) took off from Ahmedabad at around 7.45 am on Monday morning. It was around 8.33 am that the pilot sought permission to make an emergency landing, citing […]
Several Central Government secretaries have expressed their views to the Prime Minister about the possible disastrous effects of populist schemes announced by some states, already in deep financial trouble, on the economy of the state and by extension of the nation. The secretaries were responding on cue given by the Prime Minister during a meeting […]
The Directorate of Estates (DoE), which comes under the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, has slapped an eviction notice on the Congress leadership to vacate the accommodation in Chanakyapuri in the Lutyen’s Bungalow Zone. The C-11/109 was once a powerful address in central Delhi as it was occupied by George, secretary of Sonia Gandhi. Although […]
