(HT) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Rajasthan twice in January – first on January 14 to lay foundation stone for HPCL refinery at Pachpadra in Barmer district and then on January 22 to launch the National Nutrition Mission (NMM) from Jhunjhunu. “The all India launch of NMM will take place from Jhunjhunu. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has confirmed the visit,” said an official, who is not authorised to speak to the media. The union cabinet approved setting up of NNM on December 1, with a three year budget of ₹9,046.17 crore beginning 2017-18. The mission will monitor,…
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(FE) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday issued instructions to all district magistrates to ensure proper arrangements for poor, destitute and homeless in the cold wave and inclement weather conditions sweeping the state for the past few days. He said that officials should also monitor the relief measures in a sustained manner and warned them not to be callous in this regard. A state government spokesman said in pursuance of the instructions of the Chief Minister, relief measures against cold weather were being rolled out in all the districts. Under these measures, night shelters have been established, bonfires…
(AU) रूस के सेंट पीटर्सबर्ग से एक बड़े धमाके की खबर सामने आई है। हादसे का कई लोग शिकार बने हैं। एएफपी न्यूज एजेंसी से मिली प्राथमिक जानकारी के मुताबिक ब्लास्ट सेंट पीटर्सबर्ग के सुपर मार्केट में हुआ है। स्थानीय पुलिस के मुताबिक विस्फोट में किसी के मरने की अभी तक कोई खबर नहीं है, लेकिन हादसे में गंभीर रूप से घायल हुए 4 लोगों को इलाज के लिए हॉस्पिटल में भर्ती कराया गया है। इसके अलावा 10 अन्य दुकानदार भी घायल हुए बताए जा रहे हैं। मौके पर रेस्क्यू ऑपरेशन चलाया जा रहा है। हादसे की पुष्टि रूसी पुलिस के द्वारा की…
(FE) The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2017, which seeks to criminalise the practice of triple talaq, is expected to be tabled in the Parliament by Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday. The draft bill says, “any pronouncement of talaq by a person upon his wife, by words, either spoken or written or in electronic form or in any other manner whatsoever, shall be void and illegal”. There is also a provision of imprisonment for a term, which may extend to three years and fine for violators. The draft bill also envisages entitling divorcee Muslim…
(PTI) Close to 71.24 crore mobile numbers – both new connections and existing – and 82 crore bank accounts have been linked with 12-digit biometric identifier Aadhaar, the Rajya Sabha has been informed. “Linking of Aadhaar with personal bank accounts is being done based on the amendments that have been effected in the Prevention of Money Laundering Rules 2005. Linking of Aadhaar with mobile number has been effected in pursuance of…Supreme Court order dated February 6, 2017,” Minister for Electronics and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad has said. Prasad further said: “As on December 8, 2017, 71.24 crore mobile numbers (new…
(PTI) The government today said a panel set up to prepare the draft voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) for the employees of Coal India is yet to formulate the proposal.”A committee has been constituted to deliberate and formulate the draft Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) for the employees of CIL. However, the committee is yet to formulate the VRS,” Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said in a written Reply to the Lok Sabha.Coal India (CIL) has about three lakh employees. In 2017-18, CIL has been pegged production target at 600 million tonnes (MT) with an annualised growth of about 8.3 per cent over…
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has organized cyclothon in six metro cities to create awareness on fuel conservation as well as protection of environment. The cyclothons, organised in Dehradun, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Kolkata, Agartala and Chennai during November and December 2017, drew over 5000 participants from all walks of life. In order to spread the message across the country about the importance of fuel conservation, ONGC has been actively participating in various initiatives including this cyclothon. The genesis of organizing the cyclothons lies in Hon’ble Prime Minister’s clarion call to people through ‘Mann Ki Baat’ to voluntarily dispensing with the…
(FE) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will probably boost spending to retain young voters and those in India’s hinterland, who are straying away from his party as joblessness grows. The government will target a budget deficit of 3.2 of gross domestic product in the year starting April 1, according to a Bloomberg survey published this month, wider than the previous goal of 3 percent. Higher expenditure will stoke inflation that’s seen accelerating to 4.6 percent from 3.5 percent the previous year and boost GDP growth to 7.5 percent from a projected 6.7 percent. More people aged 18-25 are estimated to have voted for…
(FE) After winning assembly elections with a majority in both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, BJP began its term Gujarat yesterday and with the oath-taking ceremony in Himachal Pradesh today, it will begin in the state as well. The swearing-in ceremony was conducted for Gujarat cabinet yesterday, where some of the big-shots of BJP were present. Vijay Rupani was sworn in the chief minister of the state. Today, the chief minister-elect of Himachal Pradesh, Jairam Thakur will be sworn in as the state’s head. The swearing-in ceremony will take place in the iconic Ridge Maidan in Shimla at 11 am. Prime Minister Narendra Modi along…
(FE) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) board will consider proposals to ease compliance norms for insolvent firms — especially with regard to trading, listing and de-listing, and declaring results — at its meeting on Thursday, sources said. These include easing the minimum 25% public shareholding and procedures to de-list a stressed firm if it is part of the resolution plan