(AU) मानसून आगमन के तीसरे दिन से गंगा के जलस्तर में बढ़ोतरी शुरू हो गई है। सोमवार को गंगा के जलस्तर में हर घंटे दो सेंटीमीटर की वृद्धि हुई और जल स्तर 58.99 मीटर पर पहुंच गया। सेंट्रल वाटर कमीशन के मुताबिक, रविवार के बाद की पूरी रात हुई 34 मिलीमीटर की बारिश ने भी गंगा की लहरों में तेजी ला दी है। वहीं सोमवार की सुबह सड़कों पर जलभराव और गलियों में कीचड़ हो गया। सोमवार को दिन में तेज धूप के बीच-बीच में बादल भी छाये। इससे उमस भरी गर्मी ने लोगों को बेहाल कर दिया। सोमवार को…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(AU) वाराणसी जिले में मध्य क्षेत्रीय परिषद की 25वीं बैठक मंगलवार को संपन्न हुई। इस दौरान अमित शाह ने बैठक की अध्यक्षता की। बैठक में चार राज्यों के मुख्यमंत्री शामिल रहे। इनमें यूपी के सीएम योगी आदित्यनाथ, उत्तराखंड के सीएम पुष्कर सिंह धामी, मप्र के सीएम मोहन यादव और छत्तीसगढ़ के सीएम विष्णु देव मौजूद रहे। बैठक के बाद सभी ने साथ में लंच किया। कुछ देर में शाह बाबतपुर एयरपोर्ट से दिल्ली के लिए रवाना होंगे। सामाजिक विकास, पर्यावरण, कानून व्यवस्था समेत तमाम मुद्दों पर बातनदेसर स्थित ताज होटल में केंद्रीय गृहमंत्री अमित शाह की अध्यक्षता में मध्य क्षेत्रीय…
(The New Indian Express) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has asked the tax department to timely process tax refunds and proactively resolve taxpayers grievances. She has asked tax officers to especially monitor these areas, and adopt a taxpayer-centric approach to improve service delivery and transparency. The finance minister was chairing the conclave of Principal Chief Commissioners of Income-tax (PrCCsIT) in New Delhi on Monday. During the conclave, the FM directed all Principal Chief Commissioners of Income Tax to prioritise and accelerate the disposal of disputed tax demands that are currently pending before the faceless appellate authorities. This is aimed at reducing…
(NDTV) Even in the face of the storms and relentless scrutiny, the Adani Group has never backed down, Group Chairman Gautam Adani said on Tuesday, adding that instead, we proved that true leadership is not built in sunshine – it is constructed in the fire of crisis. “We live in a world where negativity often echoes louder than the truth. And as we cooperate with legal processes, let me also restate that our governance is of global standards, and our compliance frameworks are non-negotiable,” said the billionaire industrialist while addressing Adani Enterprises Ltd’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). In terms of…
(The New Indian Express) Delhi is poised to welcome the monsoon earlier than usual this year, with rain-bearing clouds expected to sweep into the city on Tuesday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for the day, warning of rain, thunderstorms, and lightning, a sign of the shifting monsoon timeline and increasingly erratic weather patterns. If the monsoon sets in on June 24 as forecast, it will be the earliest arrival since 2013, when it reached Delhi on June 16. The typical onset date is around June 30, but recent years have shown considerable variation—June 28 in…
(The New Indian Express) Asserting that Operation Sindoor has made clear to the world India’s stringent policy against terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that his government takes whatever steps are appropriate in national interest. Weapons manufactured in India showed their impact during the conflict with Pakistan, he said, without naming the country, at an event to mark the centenary celebration of the conversation between spiritual figure and social reformer Sree Narayana Guru and Mahatma Gandhi. “We have shown that no hideout is safe for terrorists who spill the blood of Indians,” he said, adding that his government has worked…
(The New Indian Express) The Indian Railways is likely to introduce a marginal increase in the fares of AC and non-AC Mail, Express, and second class tickets, effective from July 1 this year. A senior Railway official told the TNIE on Tuesday that the new fare structure will not “create a big hole” in passengers’ pockets. He added that no increase in suburban fare tariffs or Monthly Season Ticket (MST) prices is likely to be implemented. The official said there will be no fare hike for ordinary second class tickets for journeys up to 500 km. “But, the railways has planned to…
(The Pioneer) In a bid to rein in the increasing incidence of digital payment frauds, major public and private sector banks have been roped to develop Digital Payment Intelligence Platform (DPIP) as a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) under the supervision and guidance of the RBI. The proposed platform seeks to bolster fraud risk management by facilitating real-time intelligence sharing and gathering, thereby preventing fraudulent digital transactions, sources said. According to sources, the institutional structure of the proposed entity would be created with the help of both public sector and private sector lenders as fraud is a common monster. Earlier this…
(The Pioneer) Capital markets regulator SEBI has imposed penalties totalling Rs 29 lakh on six entities, including India Asset Growth Fund, its manager Essel Finance Advisors and Managers, and trustee Vistra ITCL (India) for multiple violations of AIF rules. The regulator levied a fine of Rs 11 lakh on IAGF, Rs 10 lakh on Arpan Sarkar and Jaykishan Kikani (jointly and severally), Rs 6 lakh on Vistra ITCL (India), and Rs 2 lakh on Essel Finance Advisors and Managers (EFAM), its Chief Executive Officer Vishnu Prakash Rathore (jointly and severally). The regulator, in a 39-page order, found the entities guilty…
(The Pioneer) Nearly half of India’s installed power generation capacity of a total of 476 GW is non-fossil fuel-based as of June, but coal-based thermal electricity plays a critical part, according to government data. According to a Government explainer on energy and environment issued on Sunday, India’s total installed power capacity has reached 476 GW as of June 2025. Non-fossil fuel sources now contribute 235.7 GW (49 per cent) of total capacity, including 226.9 GW renewable and 8.8 GW nuclear, it stated. As of June 2025, India’s renewable energy includes 110.9 GW of solar and 51.3 GW of wind power…