Author: Aruna Sharma

(PTI) With 18,257 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,36,22,651, while the active cases increased to 1,28,690, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated.  The death toll climbed to 5,25,428 with 42 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 0.30 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.50 per cent, the ministry said. An increase of 3,662 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was…

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Abhinav Kumar Of Sukhvasi Village In Madhubani District Topped LLM At Prestigious National Law University (NLU) And Won Gold Medal For 2015 Batch. He was awarded Gold Medal by Justice D Y Chandrachud, Judge Supreme Court of India and Chancellor Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai in the Convocation ceremony held at Maharashtra Judicial Academy, Mumbai. Other dignitaries who were present in the function was Justice B. V. Nagarathna Judge of Supreme Court of India, Vice-chancellors of various NLUs, Chief Justice and other judges of Mumbai High Court. Since his law school days Abhinav is associated with NGOs, Government Departments &…

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(MC) Indian states need to adopt a prudent borrowing strategy and efficient cash management practices, keeping in view the evolving macroeconomic scenarios, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India said in a meeting with state finance secretaries on July 7. The states also need to focus on improving the quality of expenditures, better handling and monitoring of contingent liabilities and improving the governance in the cooperative banks, Shaktikanta Das said in the meeting, according to a release.  The meeting was held in Mumbai and attended by officials from the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, Controller General of Accounts, Comptroller and Auditor General of…

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(Hindustan) उत्तराखंड में भारी बारिश मुसीबत बनती जा रही है। पुल टूटने से लेकर हाईवे बाधित होने से जगह-जगह यात्री फंस गए हैं। बरसात के बाद सड़कें धंसने से गांवों का संपर्क कट गया है। प्रशासन की ओर से बंद सड़कों को खोलने का काम किया जा रहा है, लेकिन खराब मौसम मुसीबत बना हुआ है। रुद्रप्रयाग जिले में बीती रात और बुधवार सुबह जिले में हुई मूसलाधार बारिश से जन जीवन प्रभावित हुआ। एक ओर बदरीनाथ हाईवे सिरोबगड़ में मलबा आने से बाधित रहा है वहीं केदारनाथ हाईवे नैल और अन्य स्थानों पर मलबा आने के कारण वाहनों की आवाजाही…

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(PTI) Tata Power plans to invest over Rs 75,000 crore in renewables in the next five years and aims to have an electricity generation capacity of 30 GW during the same period with more than half coming from clean energy sources. Currently, Tata Power has a generation capacity of 13.5 GW with 34 per cent contributed by renewable energy sources. During the company’s annual general meeting on July 7, its Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran said it has “planned a capex of over Rs 75,000 crore in next 5 years in renewables.” He was responding to a query by a shareholder on the…

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(Hindustan) रोजाना की तरह पेट्रोलियम कंपनियों ने पेट्रोल-डीजल के नए रेट  जारी कर दी हैं और पिछले कई शुक्रवार की तरह यह शुक्रवार भी राहतभरा है। पेट्रोल-डीजल के दाम में लगातार 48वें दिन भी कोई बदलाव नहीं हुआ है। आज सबसे सस्ता पेट्रोल पोर्ट ब्लेयर में 84.10 रुपये है और डीजल ₹79.74 लीटर है। रुपया मजबूत होगा तो कच्चे तेल का आयात सस्ता होगा। इससे पेट्रोल-डीजल की कीमतें घटाने का मौका मिलेगा। बता दें डॉलर एक रुपया महंगा होने से तेल कंपनियों पर 8 हजार करोड़ रुपये का बोझ पड़ता है।कच्चा तेल आज सुबह 104.28 डॉलर प्रति बैरल पर था और  गुरुवार को 100.7 डॉलर प्रति बैरल…

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(ET) Capital markets regulator Sebi warned investors against fraudulent phone calls, emails and messages about refund of money. This comes after the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) noticed that unscrupulous individuals are trying to cheat public by holding out as officials of Recovery and Refund Department of the regulator and falsely informing them about refund of money in various cases through phone calls, e-mails and messages. “Sebi hereby cautions the public against such false claims of refund and cautions them against parting with any documents / money on such calls / emails/ messages etc,” the regulator said in…

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(AU) लोकसभा चुनाव 2024 के मद्देनजर भाजपा के पहले रोडमैप पर शुक्रवार को मंथन किया जाएगा। पार्टी प्रदेश मुख्यालय में होने वाली प्रदेश पदाधिकारियों की बैठक में लोकसभा चुनाव में मिशन-75 को पूरा करने के लिए आगामी कार्यक्रम और अभियान तय किए जाएंगे। 2-3 जुलाई को तेलंगाना के हैदराबाद में हुई पार्टी की राष्ट्रीय कार्यसमिति की बैठक में लोकसभा चुनाव को लेकर पार्टी के कार्यक्रम और अभियान तय किए गए हैं। प्रदेश भाजपा ने राष्ट्रीय नेतृत्व से मिले कार्यक्रमों को स्थानीय परिस्थिति और आवश्यकता के अनुसार क्रियान्वयन की योजना बनाई है। पार्टी सूत्रों का कहना है कि लोकसभा चुनाव में मत…

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(ET) Former Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has been appointed as the new G20 Sherpa as India takes over the G20 presidency later this year. He replaces Union minister Piyush Goyal. Kant was Niti Aayog CEO for almost six years, completing his extended term last month. G20 is a grouping of 19 major developed and emerging economies and the European Union. Its members account for more than 80% of global GDP, 75% of global trade, and 60% of the global population. India will take over G20 presidency from Indonesia on December 2.

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(ET) The petroleum and natural gas ministry is planning to push for an allocation of ₹44,000 crore to compensate state-run oil companies for the losses they have been incurring by selling domestic cooking gas at below-market rates, said people aware of the matter. The amount would go towards offsetting oil marketing companies’ losses on the sale of cooking gas in 2021-22 and 2022-23 as well as providing subsidies to Ujjwala customers this year, said the people. The proposal is likely to be finalised shortly and sent to the finance ministry, they said. The government had stopped giving subsidies on cooking…

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