Author: Amit Bhanot

(DB) यूपी सरकार कासगंज हिंसा में मारे गए युवक के परिवारवालों को 20 लाख रुपए की मदद देगी। मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने रविवार देर रात इसका एलान किया। विक्टिम के परिवार को यह रकम सोमवार को दी जाएगी। उधर, शहर में हिंसा के चौथे दिन हालात सामान्य होने लगे हैं। पुलिस ने इस मामले में अब तक 50 लोगों को अरेस्ट किया है और 60 से 70 लोगों को हिरासत में लिया है। पूरे इलाके में धारा 144 लागू कर दी गई है।

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(LiveMint) Finance minister Arun Jaitley is likely to unveil several steps to spur investments as the government seeks to boost economic growth and accelerate job creation when he presents the federal budget on 1 February, the last full-year one before general elections are due in 2019, a person familiar with the development said. The government will allocate more funds for infrastructure and rural development, and offer sops for politically important constituencies such as the middle class, farmers, and small and medium enterprises, the person said, requesting anonymity. Jaitley is likely to accord priority to projects related to affordable housing, rural…

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(DB) बजट सेशन से पहले मोदी सरकार ने रविवार को संसद में ऑल पार्टी मीटिंग बुलाई। कांग्रेस समेत करीब सभी अपोजिशन पार्टियां इसमें शामिल हुईं। मीटिंग के बाद पार्लियामेंट्री अफेयर्स मिनिस्टर अनंत कुमार ने बताया कि केंद्र सरकार इस सेशन में ट्रिपल तलाक बिल पास कराने की हर संभव कोशिश करेगी। आम राय बनाने के लिए सभी पार्टी के नेताओं से बात करेंगे। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने सभी नेताओं से बजट सेशन को सफल बनाने की अपील की है। इसके बाद लोकसभा स्पीकर सुमित्रा महाजन ने भी सभी पार्टी नेताओं की मीटिंग बुलाई। बता दें कि संसद का सत्र सोमवार से शुरू होगा। इसमें…

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(TOI) India’s daily consumption of crude oil is 4.5 million barrels (1 barrel about 159 litres), the third highest globally. Only the US and China consume more than us. We however have way smaller domestic oil reserves and are dependent on imports for about 80% of our total oil consumption. How is petroleum priced in India? The government gotinvolved in regulating oil prices from 1948, and decided that international prices alone could not be the determinant as indigenous production and refining capacity was increasing. From the70s to the early 2000s, the oil prices committee recommended an administered pricing mechanism based…

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Sh Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship has ascribed that India is utilising the demographic dividend to its advantage and it is seen as an opportunity. Speaking in a session on ‘ Bridging the Skill Gaps’ at World Economic Forum in Davos, Sh Pradhan elaborated the initiatives Government has taken up under the Skill India programme to skill, re-skill and upskill about 500 million people in India. During the session, Sh Pradhan shared the Government activities with the Prime Minister of Denmark, Skill, labour and Planning Ministers from the US, the Netherlands, Singapore,…

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Skill Development May Prove To Be Game Changer For Ailing Economy  As per Annual Employment-Unemployment survey, creating jobs is India’s key challenge. India needs to generate jobs that are formal and productive, the ratio of jobs created relative to investment should be quite high, have the potential for broader social transformation and generate exports and growth. Survey is also of the view that the apparel, leather and footwear industries can provide a viable solution, Reports Amit Bhanot, in the Cover Story of Governance Democracy & Politics (GDP),  January Issue General elections are around the corner, and the Union Budget that Finance…

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(FE) After three and a half years, the petrol price in Mumbai breached the Rs 80 per litre mark on Monday, and hit Rs 80.30 per litre today, while the prices in Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai are Rs 72.43 per litre, Rs 75.13 and Rs 75.12 respectively. The diesel prices are at an all-time high at Rs 63.38 per litre in Delhi, Rs 66.04 in Kolkata, Rs 67.50 in Mumbai and Rs 66.84 in Chennai. The fuel price has risen by more than Rs 3 in the last three months on the back of crude oil rally due to geopolitical risks and production cuts. While petrol price at Rs 80…

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(PTI) Alleged members of the Shree Rajput Karni Sena today blocked the Mathura-Agra route of the North Central Railway at Bhuteshwar station for about 10 minutes in a “symbolic protest” against controversial film “Padmaavat”, which is scheduled for release tomorrow. “The agitators blocked a passenger train between Delhi and Mathura, for over 10 minutes at Bhuteshwar station in Mathura district,” GRP Inspector Gaurav Kumar Sharma said. The train already has a scheduled stoppage of 10 minutes and the blockage added to a 10-minute delay, Sharma said. “We don not want to take law in our hands, however, in spite of so…

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(Hindustan) राजधानी के द्वारका नॉर्थ के सूरज विहार इलाके में 150 फीट लंबी सुरंग बनाकर इंडियन ऑयल की पाइप लाइन से हो पेट्रोल चोरी करने का सनसनीखेज मामला सामने आया है। पेट्रोल चोरी करने का यह खेल इलाके के एक खाली प्लाट में बने कमरे के भीतर सुरंग बना कर चल रहा था। इतने बड़े पैमाने पर इंडियन ऑयल को चूना लगाने की इस घटना का खुलासा कमरे में ब्लास्ट होने पर हुआ। दरअसल मंगलवार रात इस खाली प्लॉट के कमरे में जरदस्त ब्लास्ट हुआ जिससे स्थानीय लोगों के होश उड़ गए। मामले की सूचना दमकल विभाग के अलावा पुलिस…

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