(ET) Just days after its inauguration, India’s fastest train Vande Bharat Express was hit by stone that damaged its window panes. This is the third such incident in two months when the train has been attacked by miscrants. A stone was hurled at the Vande Bharat Express on Wednesday breaking one of its window panes, the third such incident in two months involving India’s fastest train, the railways said. In December last year, the train was damaged twice when stones were hurled at the train. According to PTI report, the train was near Tundla junction when the incident happened. The train was inaugurated on…
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(PTI) The proposed visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Congress bastion of Amethi on February 27 has been cancelled, officials said. On Tuesday, a BJP leader said the Prime Minister was likely to visit the ordnance factory in Munshiganj here and later address a public meeting on February 27. However, according to District Magistrate RM Mishra, the proposed visit has now been cancelled. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Amethi which was proposed on February 27 has been cancelled,” the DM said.
(PTI) Retirement fund body EPFO is likely to announce an interest rate of 8.55 per cent on PF deposits for 2018-19, same as provided in 2017-18, to its 6 crore subscribers, a highly placed source said. “The proposal to declare interest rate for this fiscal is on the agenda of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) trustees meeting on February 21, 2019,” a source said. The source further said, “The interest rate is likely to be retained at 8.55 per cent for this fiscal as provided in 2017-18 as Lok Sabha elections are around the corner. However the EPFO’s income estimates…
(Hindustan) वित्त मंत्रालय ने सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र के 12 बैंकों में चालू वित्त वर्ष में 48,239 करोड़ रुपये की पूंजी डालने की घोषणा की है। इससे बैंकों को नियामकीय पूंजी जरूरतों और उनकी वित्तीय वृद्धि योजनाओं को पूरा करने में मदद मिलेगी। वित्तीय सेवा सचिव राजीव कुमार ने कहा कि सरकार कॉरपोरेशन बैंक में 9,086 करोड़ रुपये और इलाहाबाद बैंक में 6,896 करोड़ रुपये की पूंजी डालेगी। ये दोनों बैंक फिलहाल रिजर्व बैंक की त्वरित सुधारात्मक कार्रवाई (पीसीए) के तहत हैं और फिलहाल दोनों का प्रदर्शन अच्छा है। इसके अलावा 4,638 करोड़ रुपये की पूंजी बैंक आफ इंडिया में डाली जाएगी। बैंक…
The Minister of Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar launched Operation Digital Board to leverage technology in order to boost quality education in the country. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi today, the Minister of Human Resource Development said that Operation Digital Board is a revolutionary step which will make the learning as well as the teaching process interactive and popularize flipped learning as a pedagogical approach. Shri Prakash Javadekar disclosed that the digital board will be introduced all over the country in government and government aided schools from class 9th onwards as well as in higher education institutions. The…
(Hindustan) सऊदी अरब के क्राउन प्रिंस मोहम्मद बिन सलमान ने बुधवार को कहा कि उनका मुल्क भारत को एक मौके के तौर पर देख रहा है, जहां आने वाले सालों में वह 100 बिलियन डॉलर तक का निवेश कर सकता है। प्रधानमंत्री मोदी और सऊदी अरब के युवराज मोहम्मद बिन सलमान के बीच बातचीत के बाद दोनों देशों के बीच पांच समझौतों पर हस्ताक्षर किये। इनमें ‘नेशनल इन्वेस्टमेंट एंड इंफ्रास्ट्रक्चर फंड में निवेश के लिये दोनों देशों ने एक सहमति पत्र पर हस्ताक्षर किये। इसके अलावा पर्यटन के क्षेत्र में सहयोग पर भी एक एमओयू हुआ। दोनों देशों ने आवास…
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, will visit Tamil Nadu (Chennai) and Andhra Pradesh (Venkatachalam, Nellore) on February 21 and 22, 2019. On February 21, 2019, the President will unveil the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha in Chennai. On February 22, 2019, the President will grace the 18th anniversary celebrations of the Swarna Bharat Trust in Venkatachalam. He will also visit the Akshara Vidyalaya in Venkatachalam.
(AU) सुप्रीम कोर्ट में अयोध्या मामले की सुनवाई 26 फरवरी को होगी। जजों की पांच सदस्य बेंच में शामिल जस्टिस एसए बोबडे छुट्टी से लौट आए हैं। मामले की सुनवाई चीफ जस्टिस रंजन गोगोई की अध्यक्षता वाली बेंच करेगी। बेंच में जस्टिस बोबडे, जस्टिस चंद्रचूड़, जस्टिस अब्दुल नजीर और जस्टिस अशोक भूषण भी शामिल हैं। ये सुनवाई इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट के सितंबर 2010 के फैसले के खिलाफ दायर 14 अपीलों पर होगी। चीफ जस्टिस ने 25 जनवरी को अयोध्या विवाद की सुनवाई के लिए बेंच का पुर्नगठन किया था। पुनर्गठन में जस्टिस एनवी रमण को शामिल नहीं किया गया है। इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट की…
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on Tuesday approved the Policy framework on reforms in exploration and licensing sector for enhancing domestic exploration and production of oil and gas. The Cabinet decision was based on the recommendations of a High-powered Committee on Enhancing Domestic Oil and Gas Exploration chaired by Vice-Chairman NITI Aayog and including the Cabinet Secretary, CEO, NITI Aayog, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs and CMD, ONGC. The decision signals a paradigm shift in the core goal of the Government, moving from revenue-maximisation to production-maximisation, with focus on…
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Korean National Police Agency, Republic of Korea and the Ministry of Home Affairs,India on combating transnational crime and developing police cooperation is proposed to be signed. The proposed MOU aims to improve the effectiveness of both countries in the prevention and suppression of crimes including crime relating to terrorism and transnational organized crime and to establish a framework for enhancing cooperation between the officials of intelligence and law-enforcement agencies of the two countries.