Government
Govt reconstitutes various cabinet committees
06 Jun 2019
Boris Johnson launches UK leadership bid with `no deal’ Brexit call
03 Jun 2019
Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has launched his bid for UK premiership with calls to walk out of the European Union with or without a deal, sounding US President Donald Trump’s advice
Modi inducts S Jaishankar, Amit Shah in new cabinet
31 May 2019
Modi has appointed former foreign secretary S Jaishankar as the new minister of external affairs while handing over finance portfolio to Nirmala Sitaraman and allocating the defence and home ministries to Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah, respectively
Modi to keep key ministers in new cabinet, drop a few laggards
30 May 2019
BJP president Amit Shah will be the new finance minister, even as Modi’s key aides, including Sushma Swaraj, Nirmala Sitharaman, Smriti Irani, Sadananda Gowda, Arjun Meghwal, Kiren Rijiju, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Piyush Goyal, Prakash Javadekar, Ramdas Athavale, Jitender Singh, Suresh Angadi, Babul Supriyo, Kailash Chowdhury, Prahlad Joshi and G Kishan Reddy are back in the new ministry
Arun Jaitley bails out of new Modi cabinet citing ill health
29 May 2019
A diabetic, Jaitley had a kidney transplant in May last year and had to skip presenting an interim budget in February this year as he was in hospital in the US
Narendra Modi thanks voters in Varanasi
27 May 2019
Modi said the legacy of Indian culture cannot simply be wished away, although some opposition parties believe that goes against their interests and many are embarrassed about it
Focus on exports, land and labour reforms as new govt sets priorities
24 May 2019
The new government is expected to focus on issues like land laws, labour reforms, privatisation and export promotion, irrespective of which party or coalition takes charge of the various ministries
Modi leads NDA back to power winning 355 seats
23 May 2019
The NDA returned to power with a better tally, with the BJP on its own securing a clear majority of 305 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha
GSTN unveils draft of new GST return form
23 May 2019
Finance panel, bankers discuss credit rating of states
09 May 2019
In the context of horizontal devolution of union taxes among states, bankers said, fiscal discipline, transparency, governance improvements and revenue raising efforts should be factored in appropriately for credit rating of states
Haryana probing suspected Bt brinjal crop
07 May 2019
Oppn moves SC against EVMs used for voter identification
24 Apr 2019
A combination of opposition parties that earlier moved the apex court demanding verification of electronic voting machines through VVPATs, has now demanded cross checking of EVM and VVPAT data for possible hacking
Sadhvi Pragya joins BJP to fight Digvijaya Singh in Bhopal
17 Apr 2019
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Takur, who was illegally confined to jail by the UPA government in a blast case, is a good pick for the BJP, especially against someone like Digvijaya Singh, although the Sadhvi herself does not take him as a serious opponent
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The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
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On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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