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Anurag Thakur, a Union minister, stated on Wednesday that the Cabinet has decided to grant a 1.5% annual interest subsidy on short-term loans for agriculture up to Rs. 3 lakh. According to Union Minister Anurag Thakur, the choice has been made to maintain enough credit flow in the agricultural sector. For the financial years, 2022-23 […]
In its recent decision, the Central government decided to license out the splendid 5-star hotel, ‘The Ashok’ – spreading across 11-acres, situated in the heart of India’s national capital through the operate-maintain-develop (OMD) mode for a time period of at least 60 years. According to the sources, the Centre will monetise its spare land of […]
Shahnawaz Hussain, a leader of the BJP, has appealed to the Supreme Court a Delhi High Court decision ordering the filing of a First Information Report (FIR) in a rape charge made against him (Syed Shahnawaz Hussain v. The State). On Thursday morning, the appeal was heard by a bench consisting of Chief Justice of […]
Aiming to enhance operational preparedness and boost India’s defence sector, Union Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, handed over the much-awaited Made-in-India defence systems- the F-INSAS (The Future Infantry Soldier as a System), the Nipun mines and the Landing Craft Assault (LCA) to the Indian Army. Army Chief General Manoj Pande and Lieutenant […]
On Monday, August 15, the Gujarat government released 11 convicts who had been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Bilkis Bano gangrape and murder case during the 2002 Gujarat communal riots. The convicts walked out of the Godhra sub-jail after the Gujarat government approved their application for remission. Following their conviction on January 21, 2008 by a […]
The increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths in Delhi has also resulted in a nearly two-fold increase in hospitals in just a fortnight. Officials claim that people with comorbidities are admitted. The Delhi government estimates that at least 90% of those hospitalized patients did not receive booster doses. Most of the admissions occurred on Tuesday […]
At long last, the BJP reset its central parliamentary board as well as the central election committee, indicating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intent to straighten out the creases in certain poll-bound states as well as do the balancing act in some others. The 11-member parliamentary board is the BJP’s apex-decision panel on political and organisational […]
India’s largest energy conglomerate, the National Thermal Power Corporation Private Limited (NTPC) called for a request for proposals (RFP) from banks and financial institutions to raise ₹5,000 crore through term loan by August 31, 2022. In its RFP, the company highlighted about the capital expenditure for all the undergoing projects- takeover projects, renewable energy projects, […]
As Kozhikode Sessions Court granted bail to the author and social activist Civic Chandran, the bench observed that the offence under Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code is not prima facie if the woman was wearing ‘sexually provocative clothes.’ The court also expressed disbelief that a 74-year-old could forcefully put the defacto complainant in […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has created chaos throughout the world. Two years already into it, the pandemic is still affecting people to a large extent. However, vaccines have been curated to handle the virus and they have emerged as a great tool to manage it. As we are on the topic of vaccines, it is important […]
Kejriwal made yet another pre-poll promise to Gujarat, in which he announced free and quality education for all government schools in the state along with auditing of private schools if Aam Aadmi Party was selected to power in the upcoming Assembly elections.He has stressed that improving the quality of education in state-run schools is the […]
Aiming to strengthen the cognitive growth and developmental attributes of a child’s first two crucial years, Union minister of State for Health, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar on Tuesday, August 17th, 2022, launched ‘Paalan 1000 National Campaign and Parenting App’ in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Pawar stressed, “We need to understand that the child’s survival cannot be addressed […]
A bus which was carrying 39 jawans fell into a river in Pahalgam district of Kashmir. 10 Casualties have been observed so far. Sources reveal that the accident occurred because of brake failure. The jawans were on their way to Pahalgam from Chandanwadi. All of the jawans were on duty for the Amarnath Yatra. Out […]
The Congress Party made organisational changes in their Jammu and Kashmir unit on Tuesday. It named Vikar Rasool Wani as its new president while appointing his mentor and veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad as Chairman of the Campaign Committee. It is speculated that the election process is in the hastened mode in the union territory. […]
“This is 2022 but I am experiencing the same fear, insecurity and hopelessness as I did in 2002. Suddenly nothing seems to have changed. It feels like 2002,” Bilkis Bano tells Vibes of India. A woman of much courage and patience, Bilkis says she has lost both of them. “I feel very maayoos. Hum haar […]
Since July 12, Sachin Pandit has been keeping an extremely busy schedule. Every day in Duryai – a village in Greater Noida – Pandit wakes up to a crowd thronging his home, cheering for him, garlanding him and trying to shake his hand. After all, he is a celebrity of sorts here. To what does […]
The international watchdog and governing body of world football, FIFA (the Federation International De Football Association) put on hold the hosting rights of women’s under-17 world cup in the wake of discord appearing in All India Football Federation (AIFF) due to the ‘third party’ intermediation. Taking into consideration the serious violation of FIFA statutes, the […]
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammad-Bin-Salman stressed building a well-defined NEOM’s zero-carbon city vertically aligned with layered houses, parks, schools, and offices within a specified zone stretching over 170 km (150 miles) to expand and strengthen its economy. While addressing his state media, the crown prince mentioned his plans on building this 170-km long smart city […]
Five days after forming the government, the Nitish Kumar-Tejashwi Yadav team in Bihar expanded its Cabinet today. As many as 31 ministers, including five Muslims and three women legislators, were inducted into the Cabinet. Nitish retained most of the JD(U) ministers from the previous government. Tejashwi managed to get an upper hand in berth allocation […]
Dr Mansukh Mandaviya has emphasised the need to utilize the Central funds in a timely manner so as to speed up the implementation of people-centric health services at the grassroots level and strengthen health infrastructure. Union health and family welfare minister underlined that the cooperative and collaborative federalism between the centre and the states would […]
