The CEIR was first launched in dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa and Maharashtra in September 2019. The government later expanded the service in Delhi in December 2019 in all states and Union Territories in India.
India will contribute 33% of the world's total milk production by 2033-34. The dairy sector has grown by 6.6 % annually in the past decade. We will take the national dairy development board along with the animal husbandry department.
The ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises has organised 12 post-budget webinars to seek ideas and suggestions for effective implementation of the initiatives announced in the Union budget. The webinar will have four breakout sessions covering access to affordable finance, including incentives for digital transactions and social security.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union budget 2023. The government's last full-fledged budget before the general elections in 2024. She is expected to focus on long-term growth and fiscal consolidation.
Gabrielle Union met American football player Chris Howard at a party in 1999. They later married in May 2001 and divorced in 2006 after five years of marriage. Union said that she was seeing other people even after being married to Howard. She also claimed that she felt entitled to cheat on Howard because she was paying all the bills and working her ass off. After her divorce, Gabrielle found love in NBA player Dwyane Wade.
Minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the government will take all the measures that are required for boosting the electronics manufacturing ecosystem in the country. The government is working to broaden the electronic manufacturing ecosystem beyond mobile phones to increase global share in hearables and wearables segment.
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Eminent economists have urged the BJP-led government to increase social security pensions and provision for maternity benefits. In a letter signed by the country’s eminent economists, they have demanded to increase central governments’ portion in the pension to Rs 500 a month. This will lead to an additional allocation of Rs 7,560 crore or so. The economists also highlighted the similar plight of widow pensions.
The Union Budget 2023 – less than two months away – will likely be the last full-year one before the country goes to the polls in 2024. Industry group's bodies as well as individuals have prepared their wish lists in the hope that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will reduce their tax burden.
Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) has laid out a set of proposals on capital gains taxation for Budget 2023-24. AMFI has proposed that IntraScheme Switches, i.e., switching of investment within the same mutual fund scheme is not regarded as a “Transfer” under Section 47 of the IT Act, 1961 and the same should be exempt from payment of capital gains tax.
Out of 20,000 Indian students who had returned from Ukraine in February this year, nearly 300 are from Madhya Pradesh. A few of them are attending online classes, a handful of them have returned to Ukraine and others have shifted to medical institutions in other countries. They are unhappy with Union government, which they said had not helped them.
The Union government’s secretary for consumer affairs Rohit Kumar said the stakeholders have agreed to shift to a USB Type-C charging port for all smart devices during a meeting of an inter-ministerial task force. A separate sub-group has also been formed to look into the consistency of charging ports for smartwatches and earbuds.
Akshay Kumar is set to star in the biopic of the late mining engineer Jaswant Singh Gill. The actor responded to a tweet by Union coal minister Pralhad Joshi. The minister remembered Gill on the 33rd anniversary of the country's first coal mine rescue mission.
Kerala is facing a crisis after the Union government decided to fix the ceiling for OMB after adjusting the off-budget borrowings (OBBs) by the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) and the Kerala Social Security Pension Limited (KSSPL) An amount of Rs 14,312.80 crore, OBBs availed of by both the entities, will be deducted from the OMB space in four annual instalments starting 2022-23.
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government’s ambitious plan for the commercial launch of genetically modified (GM) mustard is facing stiff opposition. Ironically, among those opposing the move are leaders of the BJP's ideological fountainhead Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its affiliates.
A notification issued by the union home ministry said the seats in the bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery (MBBS) and Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) courses would be allocated from the central pool to the spouse and children of terror victims in the Union territory. The notification was uploaded on the website of the jammu and Kashmir Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE)
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The foreign minister insists that a lot of progress has been made in talks on a post-Brexit free-trade deal. The deal would be an important milestone for Britain as it seeks alternative markets following its exit from the european Union.
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FP ExplainersLegislators in the european Union are taking tech companies to task over greenwashing and how they contribute to e-waste. The EU is proposing to sign a proposal into law that would require smartphone brands to ensure that for each new device that they introduce to the market, they have to ensure at least 15 different parts are readily available to service centres.
The 3,570-km Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir will cover 12 states and two Union Territories in about five months. The yatra is the country's biggest mass-contact programme to date. Avowed aim is to unite the country and rally the common people against the prevailing politics.
Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said the government will approach the capital market in September to raise funds for four road projects. The money will be raised through Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) The Union minister said there will be an investment limit of ₹10 lakh for retail investors.
Rs 1000 cr freebies sent to doctors to prescribe Dolo 650: Medical association to SC. Supreme Court was hearing a PIL seeking directions to make pharmaceutical companies liable for giving freebies to doctors as incentive to prescribe their drugs. The bench asked Additional Solicitor General KM Natraj, representing the Union government, to file a reply within 10 days.
Climate change needs solutions that are cross-cutting, innovative and transformational, writes Jane Hamilton. The Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway Trust acts as an advocate for one such potential solution. By linking the Grand Union Canal in Milton Keynes with the River Great Ouse, the proposed new waterway park could have the potential to take water out of the system in times of flood and transfer it to the east of England.
The India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) urged the government to rationalise tariffs on inputs for parts and components of mobile phones and revisit basic customs duty on high-end mobile phones. The charger industry had got well established in India with more than 60 manufacturing units producing over 600 million chargers, with good exports as well.
The Union health ministry is working on an ambitious plan to double the number of post-graduation (PG) seats in medicine over the next five years. The move will address the acute shortage of specialist doctors in the country, especially in small towns and rural areas. For the 2022-23 academic session, 91,927 MBBS seats were on offer in India's medical colleges but the MS/MD (Master of Surgery/ Doctor of Medicine) seats were 46,118.
Smriti's new video:Smriti has maintained an active presence on her social media handle and often keeps fans updated on her personal and professional life. The actress made her television debut in 2000.
A Russian cargo ship has been detained at Cochin port in Kerala in connection with a claim against the ship’s owners over non-payment of bills. The Russian side has made an official request to the Union external affairs ministry for an “explanation of the circumstances of the incident”
Kerala Higher Education Minister R Bindu has shot off a letter to the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Bindu said an agency that has been entrusted with the conduct of the examination allegedly forced the girl participants to strip before entering the test centre. The shame and shock of this unexpected turn of events have affected the morale and composure of the students whose performance in the test was consequently affected.
The number of Indians who gave up their citizenship witnessed a significant rise in 2021, with 1,63,370 renouncing the same as opposed to 85,256 in 2020. In 2019, 1,44,017 Indians renounced their citizenship, according to data released by the Union ministry of home affairs.
Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala said, “We will correct it to a small extent. We never wanted you to go to every court.” The court also issued notices to the Union government and states on her petition for clubbing of the FIRs. The case will be heard next on August 10.
Opposition's consensus vice presidential nominee Margaret Alva filed her nomination papers on Tuesday. Alva, a former Union minister, has been pitted against Jagdeep Dhankhar for the post of the second-highest constitutional post in the country. Incumbent Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu's tenure will end on August 10.
Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh politicised the Centre's endeavour to privatise two public sector banks. He contended that the Union government's move will benefit a select few and shall have disastrous consequences. Rajeev Chandrasekhar taunted, Congress opposition to strengthening Indian banks is understandable.
Chandigarh already has 29 health and wellness centres and five Ayush HWCs in the city. The Union government had approved ₹6.75 crore for setting up more HWC centres. The PM-ABHIM scheme aims to accomplish comprehensive healthcare across the country in the next five years.
Kerala Higher Education Minister R Bindu wrote to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Bindu expressed her shock and dismay at the news of what she referred to as the 'naked assault on the dignity and honour of the girl students' Bindu highlighted how an agency entrusted with the conduct of the examination allegedly forces girl students to strip before entering the test centre for reasons known only to themselves.
Centre has finally constituted a committee headed by former Union Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agrawal. Samyukt Kisan Morcha leader Hannan Mollah said the umbrella body of farmers will soon take a decision on the government’s offer to be part of the committee.
Kapil Sibal slammed the BJP-led Union government for trying to stifle Opposition voices in the Parliament by banning protests. Mr. Sibal said the courts must proactively protect people's fundamental rights and the institutions from being misused. He said certain judgements of the courts reflect the state of the judiciary in the country.
NIRF Ranking 2022 of top performing colleges in India has been released by the Hon’ble Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan on July 15, 2022. The list of top 100 ranking colleges and Universities in Engineering, Management, Medical, Dental, Law and Architecture fields is available on the official website- nirfindia.oRg.
BJP looking forward to seeing how much they will succeed in scattering opposition votes so that UP makes a grander contribution in ensuring a bigger win for Droupadi Murmu. Party strategists first appealed to the main opposition Samajwadi Party, to back Murmu over opposition nominee and former Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha.
The opposition declared former Union minister Margaret Alva as its candidate for vice-presidential election. The decision was announced by NCP chief Sharad Pawar after an all-party meet by the opposition parties in New Delhi. 17 parties are on board for this unanimous decision.
Rubaiya Sayeed identified only Yasin Malik, not others, during a hearing in her kidnapping case before a TADA court in Jammu, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said. The party, which is headed by her sister Mehbooba Mufti, said many things reported in the media were exaggerated.RUbaiya was kidnapped in 1989 allegedly by Malik and his aides when her father was the Union home minister.
A one-day bandh called by rice millers and millet traders’ association across Dindigul district on Saturday sought the Union government to withdraw the 5 per cent Goods and Service Tax (GST) imposed on rice and foodgrains which are pre-packed.
Punjab Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal handed over a letter to the Union Agriculture Minister Narinder Singh Tomar to impress upon the Union government in this regard. He has demanded a financial package for curbing the trend of stubble burning, reducing the hardships of border area farmers and saving water in agriculture.
The Telangana High Court issued notice to the secretary to the Union ministry of personnel and public grievances P. K. Tripathi. The case relates to the seniority of five conferred IAS officials. The officers had been turning deaf ears to the court's orders.
The Telangana High Court issued notice to the secretary to the Union ministry of personnel and public grievances P. K. Tripathi. The case relates to the seniority of five conferred IAS officials. The officers had been turning deaf ears to the court's orders.
Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal handed over a letter to the Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar. He has demanded a financial package for curbing the trend of stubble burning, reducing the hardships of border area farmers and saving water in agriculture. The minister has written that an average farmer feels he is in a debt trap.
The Union health ministry issued an advisory on the prevention and management of monkeypox on Friday. It urged people with a history of international travel to avoid contact with sick people and dead or wild animals. The ministry also urged citizens to visit the nearest health facility if one comes in close contact with a monkeypox-affected person or an area with the affected people or animals. A man from Kerala’s Kollam district, who recently returned from the UAE, was on Thursday confirmed as India's first case.
Delhi University slipped by a spot to the 13th position in the ministry of education's National Institutional Ranking Framework. The seventh edition of NIRF rankings was announced on Friday by Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Miranda House bagged the top spot for the sixth consecutive year. Five DU colleges were among the top 10 colleges in the country.
The Congress party announced that it will take out a rally in every district as India marks 75 years of Independence. Each rally will cover a distance of 75 km and shall be held between August 9 to 15. From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, the Yatra will cover around 3500 km and go through about 12 states and 2 Union Territories.
Mughal Mosque is situated at the entrance of the Qutub Complex in south Delhi’s Mehrauli. The Delhi high court granted time to the Union government and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to seek instructions on a plea by the managing committee of the Delhi Waqf Board.
Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is on a two-day official visit to the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. This is his first official tour outside his base in Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. ‘My country, my religion’ is too narrow an ideology, he said.
Kerala government to move Supreme Court on Monday with review petition against order to earmark a one-kilometre buffer zone around protected forest areas. State forest minister AK Saseendran met Union environment minister Bhupendra Yadav in Delhi and said the central government has pledged support to the state.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan wrote to the health secretaries of all states and Union Territories and asked them to follow the list of guidelines issued with respect to the spreading of monkeypox cases around the world. The infection has reportedly been linked to a recent immigrant from abroad, according to Kerala Health Minister Veena George.
The Centre asked states to ensure screening and testing of all suspect cases at points of entry and in the community. It also asked the states and Union Territories to identify hospitals and ensure adequate human resources and logistic support to manage any suspect or confirmed monkeypox case. A total of 3,413 laboratory-confirmed monkeypox cases and one death have been reported to it from 50 countries and territories.
NIRF 2022 Rankings: Union Government's Ministry of Education will announce list of India's top higher education institutions in National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022 on Friday, July 15. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will reveal the ranks at 11 am.
BJP and allies had won 64 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh in 2019 Lok Sabha elections. It recently added Azamgarh and Rampur to its tally in bypolls held on June 23. Union ministers will camp in these constituencies for a couple of days and carry feedback from there to the party leadership.
The Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) sets in with emergency measures when air quality worsens in Delhi. The new policy was prepared by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) The policy has been shared with the Union government and NCR state governments to take action.
The juvenile accused of killing a seven-year-old at Ryan International School in Haryana’s Gurugram district in 2017 shall be examined afresh to ascertain whether he should be tried as an adult or a minor for the alleged crime. A bench of justices Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath suggested to the Union government and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)
Environment minister Gopal Rai wrote to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Rai asked the Centre to reduce the GST (goods and services tax) on raw materials being used to produce alternatives to the 19 single-use plastic (SUP) items banned countrywide, starting July 1.
