PTI The landmark Telecommunications Bill, which was passed by Parliament recently, has received the President’s assent. ‘The Telecommunications Act, 2023’ is set to overhaul the country’s century-old telecom law to make the sector investor-friendly; it prioritises user protection but also extends powers to the government to intercept communications. While it excludes from its ambit broadcasting, and over-the-top services such as WhatsApp and Telegram, it cements rules for spectrum allocation and provides for a non-auction route for assigning airwaves for satellite-based communication services. The legislation – which allows the government to temporarily take control of telecom services in the interest of national…
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DC Fitch Ratings expects India to be among the world’s fastest-growing countries, with resilient GDP growth of 6.5 per cent in 2024-25. For the current financial year 2023-24, it pegs GDP growth at 6.9 per cent. The global rating agency said that it expects the robust economic growth to boost demand at corporates, despite weakness from slowing growth in key overseas markets. This, and easing input cost pressure, should boost profits in the financial year ending March 2025 (FY25) by 290 basis points above FY23 levels, helping corporates maintain adequate rating headroom, despite higher capex. “India’s robust economic growth will…
FE To strengthen the grassroots sports infrastructure across the country, the Sports Ministry has sanctioned 341 sports infrastructure projects under the flagship Khelo India Scheme and National Sports Development Fund (NSDF), Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur told Rajya Sabha on Thursday. The Minister further said that more than 1,000 Khelo India centres in 679 districts across 36 states/Union Territories and 32 Khelo India State Centres of Excellence in 31 states/UTs, have been notified. In addition, 296 sports academies have also been accredited in 23 states/UTs. Earlier this year in August, Thakur inaugurated 33 Khelo India Centres in Jaipur’s Sawai…
PTI The Finance Ministry on Friday asked heads of public sector banks (PSBs) to monitor and review all cases, especially the top 20 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code cases as part of the management of their bad assets. During a meeting with managing directors and CEOs of public sector banks (PSBs), Financial Services Secretary Vivek Joshi asked them to review the top 20 cases monthly for their resolution. Besides, he also asked them to monitor cases long pending for admission and resolution under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). During the meeting, banks also flagged the requirement for having a working…
PTI Three men were found dead under suspicious circumstances on Friday near the site of an ambush by terrorists on two Army vehicles in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district that left five soldiers dead and two injured the previous day, officials said. The deceased were among the eight people reportedly picked up by the Army for questioning in connection with Thursday’s attack at Dhatyar Morh, between Dhera Ki Gali and Bufliaz, under the jurisdiction of the Surankote police station, the officials said. They said Safeer Hussain (43), Mohammad Showket (27) and Shabir Ahmad (32), all residents of Topa Peer village…
PTI The air quality index (AQI) in the national capital on Saturday morning was recorded under ‘severe’ category, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) said. The AQI in the national capital was recorded at 447, which comes under the ‘severe’ category. An Air Quality Index (AQI) between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, 401 and 450 ‘severe’ and above 450 ‘severe-plus’. The Centre on Friday ordered a ban on non-essential construction work and plying of BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel four-wheelers in Delhi-NCR…
HT The Lok Sabha on Thursday cleared the bill to regulate the appointment of top election officers in the Lok Sabha. The Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023, has already been passed by the Rajya Sabha. Union Home Minister Amit Shah moved three new criminal code bills for consideration and passage in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, and they were subsequently passed. The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023 and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill, 2023 were passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. The…
Parliament on Thursday passed a Bill that seeks to allow the government to temporarily take control of telecom services in the interest of national security and also provide a non-auction route for the allocation of satellite spectrum. The Telecommunications Bill, 2023, was approved by the Rajya Sabha through a voice vote. It was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday after a short debate. It also allows the government to take possession of a telecom network in case of a public emergency or in the interest of public safety. Besides this, it provides for stopping transmission and intercepting messages in…
DJ पहाड़ी इलाकों में बर्फबारी के चलते मैदानी इलाकों में भी ठंड बढ़ने लगी है। तापमान में गिरावट के साथ घना कोहरा भी छाने लगा है। इस बीच मौसम विभाग ने आज मैदानी इलाकों के कई राज्यों में बारिश की संभावना जताई है। मौसम विभाग (IMD) की मानें तो आज दिल्ली-एनसीआर में हल्की बूंदाबांदी के आसार हैं, जिससे तापमान में और गिरावट आ सकती है। आज का न्यूनतम पारा 5 डिग्री सेल्सियस तक गिर सकता है, वहीं अधिकतम तापमान 23 डिग्री तक आ सकता है। मौसम में बदलाव के साथ ही यूपी में अब घना कोहरा भी छाने लगा है।…
TT Security forces Friday launched a massive cordon and search operation in the forest area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district and a National Investigation Agency team also visited there, a day after five army personnel were killed and two others injured in a terrorist attack. The General officer Commanding (GoC), XVI corps, Lt Gen Sandeep Jain visited Ground Zero and reviewed the situation with top army and police officers, officials said. “Indian Army and White knight Corps salutes the bravery and supreme sacrifice of four soldiers in Surankote on yesterday while fighting the scourge of terrorism”, White Knight Corps,…