(AU) यूपी के मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ आज अयोध्या जाएंगे जहां वह अयोध्या शोध संस्थान में भगवान श्रीराम की भव्य प्रतिमा का अनावरण करेंगे।सीएम योगी दोपहर तीन बजे अयोध्या पहुंचेंगे। वह दिगंबर अखाड़ा भी जाएंगे। इसके बाद मणिराम दास छावनी के प्राकृतिक चिकित्सा केंद्र परिसर में राम जन्मभूमि न्यास के अध्यक्ष महंत नृत्य गोपाल दास के जन्मोत्सव समारोह का उद्घाटन करेंगे। हालांकि, इस दौरान कवरेज के लिए सिर्फ एएनआई और सूचना विभाग के फोटोग्राफरों को ही अनुमति दी गई है। बाकी सभी मीडियाकर्मी जन्मोत्सव समारोह स्थल कार्यक्रम की ही कवरेज कर सकेंगे। इसके अलावा 14 जून को उप मुख्यमंत्री डॉ. दिनेश शर्मा कवि सम्मेलन…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(ET) Ahead of the first meeting of NITI Aayog’s governing council on June 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved reconstitution of the policy think tank. While Rajiv Kumar continue to remain the vice chairman with V K Saraswat, Ramesh Chand and Dr V K Paul as members, the name of economist Bibek Debroy was dropped. The statement issued by PIB on Thursday night however did not find name of Amitabh Kant, who was CEO at NITI Aayog in NDA-I. The newly constituted NITI Aayog will have defence minister Raj Nath Singh, home minister Amit Shah, Finance and Corporate Affairs minister Nirmala…
(AU) वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग व रेल मंत्री पीयूष गोयल जापान के त्सुकुबा शहर में शनिवार से आयोजित होने वाली दो दिवसीय जी-20 मंत्रिस्तरीय बैठक के दौरान वैश्विक व्यापार परिदृश्य, डब्ल्यूटीओ मामलों और डिजिटल व्यापार पर चर्चा करेंगे। वाणिज्य मंत्रालय ने एक आधिकारिक बयान में बताया है कि गोयल, व्यापार और डिजिटल अर्थव्यवस्था पर भारतीय प्रतिनिधिमंडल का प्रतिनिधित्व करेंगे। वे वर्तमान अंतरराष्ट्रीय व्यापार और निवेश पर अन्य भाग लेने वाले अन्य देशों के व्यापार मंत्रियों के साथ मुलाकात करेंगे। इसमें बताया गया है कि ‘जी-20 व्यापार मंत्रियों की औपचारिक चर्चा जी-20 शिखर सम्मेलन के नेताओं के बातचीत का एजेंडे का हिस्सा होगा…
(AU) केंद्रीय गृह मंत्री अमित शाह दिवंगत प्रधानमंत्री अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी के सरकारी आवास में रहेंगे। केंद्रीय आवास व शहरी कार्य मंत्रालय ने कृष्णा मेनन मार्ग स्थित वाजपेयी के आवास को गृह मंत्री के नाम से आवंटित किया है। मंत्रालय सूत्रों के मुताबिक, अगले दो महीनों में शाम इस बंगले में शिफ्ट हो सकते हैं। इससे पहले मंत्रालय ने 2004 में केएम मार्ग स्थित सरकारी बंगले को अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी के नाम आवंटित किया था। वह यहां करीब 14 साल रहे। गत वर्ष अगस्त में उनके निधन के बाद से उनके परिजनों ने इस आवास को खाली कर दिया था। सरकारी…
(ET) Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari has called for wider stakeholder consultation on the adoption of electric vehicles, to give adequate time to domestic manufacturers for making business adjustments. Gadkari, who took charge of the transport ministry earlier this week, chaired a meeting that discussed the plan for making a transition to electric vehicles, a government official told. “Many suggestions were put forth in the meeting, but the minister said there is a need to have a wider stakeholders’ meeting before any major step is taken,” said the official, who is aware of the development. A steering committee headed by…
(NDTV) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to do away with charges levied on Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) payments. “Banks will be required, in turn, to pass these benefits to their customers. Instructions to banks in this regard will be issued within a week,” the central bank said in a statement on Thursday. The Real Time Gross Settlement System (RTGS) is meant for large-value instantaneous fund transfers while the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) System is used for fund transfers up to Rs. 2 lakh. In its statement on developmental and regulatory policies after the Monetary…
(NDTV) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is still smarting from losing ground to the BJP in last month’s national election, today met with poll whiz kid Prashant Kishor, whose latest success is Jagan Mohan Reddy’s victory in Andhra Pradesh. After a two-hour meeting in Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee has signed up for Prashant Kishor’s election-winning package. Her Trinamool Congress has nosedived from 34 to 22 seats in 42-seat Bengal in the parliamentary election. The BJP, which had two, shot up to 18 seats, establishing its growing base in the state. Prashant Kishor is credited with YSR Congress chief Jagan…
(ET) Oil refiners Indian Oil Corp (IOC) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) Thursday said they will contest tax authorities demand for over Rs 4,000 crore in excise duty on ethanol used for doping petrol, saying the sugarcane extract for mixing in fuel is exempt from tax. The Director-General of GST in Pune has slapped IOC, the country’s biggest oil firm, with a tax demand of Rs 4,002 crore for alleged non-payment of excise duty on ethanol mixed in petrol. HPCL has been asked to pay over over Rs 346 crore. In a regulatory filing, IOC said it is a responsible…
(FE) Software giant Wipro today announced that Azim Premji will be retiring from the company on July 30. Premji currently serves as the executive chairman and managing director of the IT company. Azim Premji will stay on as the non-executive director for a period of 5 years with effect from July 31, 2019. He has also been conferred the title of Founder Chairman of the Company, the company said in a BSE filing. The company considered and approved reappointment of Rishad A Premji, son of Azim Premji, as whole-Time director for a period of 5 years with effect from July 31,…
(PTI) No bilateral meeting has been planned between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan on the sidelines of the SCO Summit, the External Affairs Ministry said. Modi would be attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek on June 13-14. MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar told reporters that “to the best of my knowledge, there is no bilateral meeting being planned between our Prime Minister and the Pakistan Prime Minister”.