Two major sectors that have a dominant presence of Micro, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (MSMEs) and are expected to gain immensely from the India-U.K. Free Trade Agreement are textiles and engineering. Elimination of tariffs on textiles and garments from the earlier average level of 12% will remove the duty disadvantage that the Indian exporters faced […]
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Karnataka: Power play on for CM post, Shivakumar cancels Delhi visit, Cong says decision by Tuesday evening The suspense over the new Karnataka Chief Minister intensified on Monday as State Congress president D. K. Shivakumar cancelled his visit to the national capital citing health issues after he and Mr. Siddaramaiah, both frontrunners for the top […]
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Home Ministry prepares Model Prisons Act 2023 to replace British-era law The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has prepared the ‘Model Prisons Act 2023’ that will replace a British-era law to overhaul the prison administration that will focus on the reformation and rehabilitation of inmates, it said on May 12. Among the salient features of […]
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The Rudra meditation cave near Kedarnath. A little over a kilometre’s trek from Kedarnath, the Rudra meditation cave, about 3,500 metres above sea level, is booked out for April. It has a 75% booking for May and 65% for June, during the Char Dham Yatra in Uttarakhand, scheduled to start on April 22. | Photo […]
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File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described India and Australia as “strong partners” in progress and prosperity as he extended his best wishes to everyone associated with the 35th Australian Sikh Games being held in Brisbane. The games organised by Australian National Sikh Sports and […]
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Online platforms must take down PIB-flagged ‘fake news’ Social media platforms and other intermediaries on the Internet are now required to make sure that “fake news” articles about the Union government, deemed and declared as such by its Press Information Bureau (PIB), are taken down from their platforms when they are alerted to such posts. […]
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Ariz Khan alias Junaid, who had already been sentenced to capital punishment in the 2008 Batla House murder case, was one of the men discharged by the Delhi court. File | Photo Credit: PTI 3 men discharged in UAPA case by trial court in Delhi A Delhi court on Friday discharged three men who were arrested […]
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Union Minister Smriti Irani. File | Photo Credit: PTI The BJP on March 28 launched a fresh attack on Rahul Gandhi, saying the Congress leader’s refusal to apologise to the OBC community for his “indecent” comments is yet another “manifestation” of the Gandhi family’s political arrogance. BJP leader and Union Minister Smriti Irani alleged that […]
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File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi | Photo Credit: ANI Calling on the citizens to come ahead for organ donation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on March 26, said that the government has relaxed several rules to encourage people in giving new lives to others. In his […]
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Activists of the BJP take part in a protest against Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi in Mumbai on March 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday staged protests here against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi demanding an apology from him for “insulting” the Other Backward Classes (OBC). The protests, with placards with messages […]
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