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Phase 1 polls begin: 91 Lok Sabha, 235 assembly seats at stake
11 Apr 2019
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Telangana are voting in a single phase while voting is being held in parts of Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, J & K, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, besides assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha

A low interest-low tax regime will boost housing sector: Jaitley
05 Apr 2019
Speaking at the CII AGM in New Delhi on Thursday, finance minister Arun Jaitley said the government is looking at a low interest rate regime where home loans will become cheaper, compared to rentals, making home buying cheaper and attractive

Pramod Sawant is Goa’s new chief minister
19 Mar 2019
Since the coalition partners of the Parrikar-led government had allied with BJP on condition that the government is headed by Manohar Parrikar, the then defence minister of India, the BJP, therefore, has no allies as of now

Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar dies battling cancer
18 Mar 2019
Former defence minister and four time chief minister Parikkar, 63, who transformed Goa from a laggard to a dynamic economy, had in January vowed to serve Goa till his last breath

Lok Sabha polls between 11 April and 19 May, results on 23 May
11 Mar 2019
As many as 900 million voters are eligible to participate in the general elections that will elect 543 members to the Lower House of Parliament, the Lok Sabha, in a 7-phase polling
RBI pays Rs28,000 cr to govt as interim dividend
19 Feb 2019

Mamata’s police arrest CBI team probing Sharda scam
04 Feb 2019
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has stretched her anti-Modi showdown a step further with the arrest of CBI officers probing Kolkata police chief as leaders of the Ghatbandhan offered support
Fifteenth Finance Commission to visit Punjab
28 Jan 2019

Piyush Goyal made interim finance minister in Jaitley’s absence
24 Jan 2019
Arun Jaitley, now designated as a union minister, is reported to have undergone surgery at a hospital in New York on 22 January and has been advised at least two weeks rest by the doctors, say reports

'Compulsive contrarians' subverting democracy, says Jaitley
18 Jan 2019
`They could masquerade corruption as crusade and adopt double standards whenever it suited them,’ he said in a Facebook post titled 'The Compulsive Contrarian and his Manufactured Logic'

Alok Verma shunted out of CBI, appointed DG Fire Services
11 Jan 2019
Verma has been posted as DG of Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards and CBI Additional Director M Nageshwar Rao, who was in charge during Verma’s exile, will continue to look after the duties of the director, CBI until further orders

Centre's 10% quota for economically weak gets Parliament approval
10 Jan 2019
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill, 2019, with 165 'ayes' and seven `nays’ after the Lok Sabha approved it on Tuesday with 323 lawmakers supporting it and three voting against it
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As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
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The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.

The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
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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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!

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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