Morning Digest | Centre releases ₹1.16 lakh crore to States to boost spending; Last-minute flights likely to get cheaper, and more

Morning Digest | Centre releases ₹1.16 lakh crore to States to boost spending; Last-minute flights likely to get cheaper, and more

Centre releases ₹1.16 lakh crore to States to boost spending The Centre on Wednesday released over ₹1.16 lakh crore to States, equivalent to two monthly instalments of tax devolution, to help front-load State governments’ capital spending abilities in this financial year. Centre says buying flag is voluntary The Union Culture Ministry had asked States to […]

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Morning Digest | Jagdeep Dhankhar elected 14th Vice-President of India, Sri Lanka asks Chinese ship to stay away, and more

Morning Digest | Jagdeep Dhankhar elected 14th Vice-President of India, Sri Lanka asks Chinese ship to stay away, and more

Jagdeep Dhankhar elected 14th Vice-President of India National Democratic Alliance candidate and former West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will be the 14  th Vice-President of the country. He secured 528 votes out of the 710 valid votes in the 16  th Vice-Presidential election held in Parliament on Saturday. The Opposition candidate and Congress leader, Margaret Alva, got 182 votes. […]

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