Category: English
Nirav Modi’s sister helps ED recover Rs 17.25 crore from UK account
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has recovered Rs 17.25 crore as proceeds of crime from fugitive businessman Nirav Modi with the help of his sister Purva Modi. This was months after Purva Modi and her husband Maiank Mehta’s name was cleared in the Punjab National Bank (PNB)… Read More
Flipkart Launches Shopsy, a digital platform focused on boosting local entrepreneurship
Walmart-owned e-commerce firm Flipkart has launched Shopsy, an app that will enable Indians to start their online businesses without any investment. With the ability to influence their local network and fulfil their aspirations, users of Shopsy will be able to share catalogues of a wide selection of… Read More
Leave a Reply
‘Ready To Discuss All Provisions Of Farm Laws, But Not Repeal Them’: Agriculture Minister
Inviting farmers to express their grievances regarding the new farm laws, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the government is ready to discuss all the provisions of the legislation except for repealing them. "We told the farmers' union that the government is ready for… Read More
Leave a Reply
From electricity to internet for villages, key decisions in PM Modi’s Cabinet meeting
A meeting of the Cabinet and the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) was held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Power distribution reform was approved in this meeting. Along with this, funds were also approved under the Bharat Net project… Read More
Leave a Reply
Electric vehicles and the road ahead! Govt mulls THESE measures to accelerate EVs
It is a big development for the domestic Electric Vehicles (EV) market in the country. We can soon expect a good breakthrough on indigenous battery development. Zee Business’ Chetan Bhutani has a detailed report. Take a look! Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin… Read More
Leave a Reply
No COVID-19 death in last 11 days in this union territory
The second wave of coronavirus has weakened in the country. New cases of corona are continuously decreasing. Meanwhile, another good news has come from the Union Territory of Ladakh, where no patient has died due to Covid-19 in the last 11 days. According to the… Read More
Leave a Reply
President Ram Nath Kovind bows, touches ground of his birthplace in Uttar Pradesh
“In a rare emotional gesture, after landing at the helipad near his village, Paraunkh of Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh, President Ram Nath Kovind bowed and touched the soil to pay obeisance to the land of his birth.” . Read more at: https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-president-ram-nath-kovind-bows-touches-ground-of-his-birthplace-in-uttar-pradesh-2897641 . Read More
Leave a Reply
INDIA’S BEFIT REPLY TO EU: WON’T RECOGNIZE YOUR VACCINE CERTIFICATES IF YOU DON’T CLEAR COVAXIN, COVISHIELD
India will not recognise EU’s digital covid certificate until the EU includes Indian vaccines Covishield and Covaxin in the certificate. In what is certainly the first diplomatic retaliatory move against vaccine nationalism, India has said it will only recognise EU digital covid certificate on a… Read More
Leave a Reply
COVAXIN SUCCESSFULLY NEUTRALIZES ALPHA & DELTA VARIANTS OF CORONAVIRUS: FINDS USA’S NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
Covaxin's COVID-19 jab, developed and manufactured by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, generates antibodies that can effectively neutralise the Alpha (B117) and Delta (B1617) variants of SARS-CoV-2, the US National Institutes of Health has said, citing results from two studies of blood serum from people who received… Read More
Leave a Reply
INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRES AGNI P, A NEW MISSILE IN AGNI SERIES
India successfully carried out the test-firing of a new missile in the Agni series known as Agni P on Monday off the coast of Odisha, officials said. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the new generation nuclear-capable ballistic missile from Dr… Read More
Leave a Reply
WORLD BANK APPROVES $500 M PROGRAM TO SUPPORT INDIA’S LARGE INFORMAL WORKFORCE AMID COVID
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors on Wednesday, June 30 approved a $500 million program to support India’s large informal workforce and create greater flexibility for states to cope with the ongoing pandemic, future climate, and disaster shocks. Creating a Coordinated and Responsive Indian… Read More
Leave a Reply
IMPLEMENT ONE NATION, ONE RATION CARD SCHEME BY 31 JULY SO NO MIGRANT WORKER GOES HUNGRY: SC TO CENTER, STATES
The Supreme Court, in a judgment yesterday (29 July), asked the centre as well as the state governments to complete the implementation of One Nation One Ration Card scheme by 31 July. The One Nation One Ration Card scheme allows migrant labourers covered under the… Read More
Leave a Reply
TWITTER UNDER MORE TROUBLE BECAUSE OF CHILD PONOGRAPHIC & OBSCENE CONTENTS
Taking suo moto cognisance of pornographic content on Twitter, the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday directed the micro-blogging platform to remove "all pornographic and obscene" content within a week while instructing Delhi Police to investigate and take appropriate legal action. The NCW move… Read More
Leave a Reply
J&K GOVT ENDS 149-YEAR-OLD ‘DARBAR MOVE’ PRACTICE OF SHIFTING BETWEEN TWO CAPITALS TO SAVE 200 CR/YEAR
Saying Jammu on six-monthly basis called the 'Darbar Move', J&K government on Wednesday cancelled the practice and the accommodations given to employees who would shuttle between the twin capitals. Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha had said on June 20 that since the administration had completed transition… Read More
Leave a Reply
‘RULES MAKE SENSE’ FACEBOOK INDIA SUPPORTS NEW IT POLICY OF INDIA
Tech giant Facebook has declared its open support to India’s new IT rules stating that they 'make sense' at the time when Twitter has consistently refrained from adhering to in the last couple of months. Facebook India MD Ajit Mohan affirmed to the Times of… Read More
