Parliament has passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 with the Rajya Sabha approving it yesterday. The Lok Sabha had passed the bill in March last year. The Bill provides for an outer limit of 24 weeks for medical termination of pregnancy. The limit is in sync with […]
The Finance Minister said that all banks will not be privatised and assured that wherever it happens, every interest of the employees and staff will be protected. Ms. Sitharaman emphasised that even those banks which are likely to be privatised, the institutions too will continue to function after privatisation and […]
The Union Cabinet has approved a bill to set up Development Finance Institution (DFI) with an initial capital infusion of 20 thousand crore rupees. The bill will be tabled in Parliament during the current Budget Session. DFI is expected to raise long-term funds for infrastructure development projects in the country. […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India has taken care of domestic as well as global requirement of medicines and other essentials during Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at the India-Finland Virtual Summit, Mr Modi said India sent medicines and other essentials to more than 150 countries last year. He […]
In Cricket, India will look forward to continue its winning spree as they face England in the third T20 match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad tomorrow. Powered by a fearless half-century on debut by Ishan Kishan India made a roaring comeback in the second T20 yesterday and defeated England by […]
As China is slowly opening its borders for international travel conditionally, it asked WHO approved vaccines to make application to competent Chinese authorities if they want to be considered for inclusion in China’s plans for visa facilitation. China has relaxed visa norms for some countries on the condition of inoculations […]
Lok Sabha has taken up discussion on demands for grants of the Ministry of Railways for 2021-2022. Initiating the discussion, BJP MP Ram Kripal Yadav lauded the efforts of Railways during the lockdown period to provide relief to migrant workers. He said, spending on capacity building of rail infrastructure has […]
The government today said that there is no proposal right now to bring crude petroleum, petrol, diesel, aviation turbine fuel, natural gas under the Goods and Service Tax. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the GST council has not made any recommendation […]
A Delhi court has awarded a death penalty to convict Ariz Khan, who was allegedly associated with Indian Mujahideen, for the murder of inspector Mohan Chand Sharma in the 2008 Batla House encounter case. Calling the matter as “rarest of rare case”, the Additional Sessions Judge Sandeep Yadav said there was […]
Campaigning is gaining momentum in Assam and West Bengal for the first phase of assembly polls. Speaking at a town hall event – Agragami Assam in Guwahati this evening, senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, only BJP can protect culture and language of the state. He […]
The Government today said that it has approved financial assistance of 5 lakh rupees each in respect of death cases of journalists due to Covid-19. In a written reply to an unstarred question in RAJYA SABHA, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister, Prakash Javadekar said that his ministry has carried out […]
India has administered nearly three crore vaccination doses in the country so far. Union Health Ministry said that more than one lakh 40 thousand people have been inoculated with Covid-19 doses in the last 24 hours. The country’s COVID-19 recovery rate reached 96.68 per cent with the total recovery of […]
In Cricket, India beat England by seven wickets in the second T-20 International match to level five match series 1-1 at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad last night. Ishan Kishan’s 32-ball 56 on debut and his 94-run partnership for the second wicket with skipper Virat Kohli helped India thrash […]
India has administered nearly three crore vaccination doses in the country so far. Union Health Ministry said that more than one lakh 40 thousand people have been inoculated with Covid-19 doses in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, the country’s COVID-19 recovery rate reached 96.68 per cent with the total recovery […]
Jammu and Kashmir government has approved a proposal to provide interest-free loan up to 2 lakh rupees to the urban homeless economically weaker section beneficiaries under Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC) component of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U). J&K Administrative Council, which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Manoj […]
In Assam, scrutiny of nominations will take place today for the assembly elections. A total of 408 candidates have filed their nominations for the 2nd phase. The last date for withdrawal of candidature is 17th of this month. Polling for this phase will be held on April 1. Elections to […]
More than ten lakh 32 thousand students have registered for Prime Minister’s interactive academic programme Pariksha Pe Charcha. Over two lakh 60 thousand teachers and more than 92 thousand parents have also registered for the programme. Pariksha Pe Charcha is part of the larger movement – Exam Warriors – led […]
Both Houses of Parliament will resume proceedings today after a break of four days. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will make statements in both houses of Parliament today on the recent developments pertaining to the welfare of Indians abroad, Non-Resident Indians and Persons of Indian Origin in the COVID situation. […]
The Sahitya Akademi has announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards and selected 20 creators, including senior Congress leader Sri M.Veerappa Moily and Hindi poet Ms. Anamika, for the Academy Award […]
In Myanmar, at least 12 people were killed in firing by the security forces as the protests against the military government continued for the 42nd day yesterday. According to media reports, 5 people were killed and several others injured when police opened fire on a sit-in protest in Mandalay. One […]
Director General of Civil Aviation, DGCA has asked airlines to deboard passengers who do not wear their masks properly despite repeated warnings. The aviation regulator said, there must be strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols by air travellers. DGCA said it has been noticed that some travelers undertaking air journey do […]
Jammu and Kashmir Police has released a list of nine wanted terrorists and terrorist associates who are active in and around Srinagar. The police have announced the reward for anyone providing information about them. The Kashmir Zone Police released the names and photographs of terrorists through its official Twitter handle yesterday. […]
India has inched closer to touch the significant milestone of administering 3 crore COVID-19 Vaccine doses. With over 15 lakh 19 thousand doses administered yesterday, the cumulative vaccination figure has surpassed the mark of 2 crore 97 lakh doses. India is one of the fastest countries in the world to […]
