(AT) भारत के कई राज्यों में बुधवार रात भूकंप के झटके महसूस किए गए. बुधवार को दिल्ली एनसीआर, उत्तराखंड, उत्तर प्रदेश, पंजाब और हिमाचल प्रदेश के कई इलाकों में भूकंप के झटके महसूस किए गए. भूकंप का केंद्र उत्तराखंड के ऋषिकेश से 92 किलोमीटर दूर था. रिक्टर स्केल पर भूकंप की तीव्रता 4.9 मापी गई है. रुद्रप्रयाग और बागेश्वर में 10 सेकंड तक भूकंप के झटके महसूस किए गए. उत्तराखंड के कई जिलों में तेज भूकंप झटके महसूस किए गए. बागेश्वर और रुद्रप्रयाग में सबसे ज्यादा तेज झटके महसूस करने की खबर आ रही है.
Author: Amit Bhanot
(PTI) Deterred by inflationary concerns, the Reserve Bank on Wednesday kept the policy rate unchanged leaving little scope for banks to lower interest rates on housing and auto loans.It raised the inflation estimate to 4.3-4.7 per cent, from the earlier projection of 4.2-4.6 per cent, for the second half of the current financial year. However it retained the growth forecast at 6.7 per cent for 2017-18 even through the gross value added (GVA) in the second quarter rose to 6.3 per cent.The 6-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), headed by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel, in its 5th…
(PTI) As many as four LPG cylinders are bought by about 60 per cent of the 3.2 crore poor women who were given free cooking gas connection, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today. Since launch on May 1, 2016, more than 3.2 crore LPG connections, each costing Rs 1,600, have been given to poor women under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). This is more than half of the 5 crore free LPG connection target sector for three years. “We have studied the first year consumption pattern and have found that about 60 per cent of the beneficiaries on an…
(DJ) अयोध्या के राम जन्मभूमि मामले में सुनवाई टल गई है। अब 8 फरवरी 2018 को सुप्रीम कोर्ट इस पर अगली सुनवाई करेगा। चीफ जस्टिस दीपक मिश्रा की अगुआई वाली बेंच इस मामले की नियमित सुनवाई कर रही है। सुप्रीम कोर्ट में शिया वक्फ बोर्ड ने मंदिर का समर्थन किया। वहीं सुन्नी वक्फ बोर्ड के वकील कपिल सिब्बल ने सुप्रीम कोर्ट के सामने इलाहाबाद हाई कोर्ट में पेश किए गए दस्तावेजों को पढ़ा अौर कहा कि सभी सबूत कोर्ट के सामने पेश नहीं किए गए। उत्तर प्रदेश राज्य का प्रतिनिधित्व कर रहे एडिशनल सॉलिसिटर जनरल तुषार मेहता ने कपिल सिब्बल के…
(PTI) Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the nation’s biggest oil company, is evaluating setting up a Rs 20,000-crore coke gasification project at its Paradip refinery in Odisha to convert the lowest-cost fossil fuel into gas that can be used to generate power or make petrochemicals. IOC Chairman Sanjiv Singh said the company has been evaluating the project even before the Supreme Court banned the use of petroleum coke and furnace oil in areas around the Indian capital, which is battling alarming levels of air pollution that’s risking human health. “Let me make it clear that we haven’t come to a decision…
Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Nitin Gadkari has stressed on the need of river connectivity, construction of Barrages, Dams, Rubber dams and Bandhas, drip and piped irrigation in the country and highlighted the need for water circuits in the country on the lines of power circuits for better water conservation. He was addressing the Second India Water Impact Summit 2017 in New Delhi today. Addressing the summit the Minister said that availability of water is not the problem but we have to learn to mange and conserve it. The…
(PTI) The caste factor is likely to remain at the core of Gujarat Assembly polls following the emergence of caste-based movements, with major parties distributing tickets accordingly. Both the BJP and Congress have kept the caste arithmetic in mind while given tickets for polls. The Patidars and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) have been given maximum tickets by both the main parties. The BJP has nominated 50 Patidars this time, while the Congress has fielded 41 candidates from the community. The ruling party has fielded 58 OBCs while the Congress has 62 such nominees. The main opposition party has given tickets to 14 Dalits while…
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath called on the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today in New Delhi. He handed over a cheque worth Rs. Five Crore to the Prime Minister from Chief Minister Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) towards Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF), for the Cyclone affected people in Lakshadweep and other States.
(PTI) Onion and tomato prices are expected to cool down in retail markets in next 15-20 days with arrival of fresh crop, according to Agriculture Secretary S K Pattanayak. The price rise in these two kitchen staples is a “temporary problem” and the situation will definitely improve, he told PTI. As per the trade data, onion and tomato prices are ruling in the range of Rs 70-80 per kg in the retail market of the national capital. A similar rise in prices seen in other major cities as well. “We are hopeful price correction will be seen in the coming…
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on December 7 in Kolkata calls a meet of CMs of states whose border touches Bangladesh. In the meet they will discuss about the influx of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis and cross-border smuggling of fake currencies and drugs. This would be the fourth meeting of the chief ministers of states, which share international borders, called by the home minister. Three separate meetings of chief ministers of states, sharing borders with Pakistan, China and Myanmar, was held earlier. On december 7 the chief ministers and home ministers of West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram are called as…