(AU) रक्षा मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण और अमेरिकी रक्षा मंत्री जेम्स मेटिस के बीच भारत-अमेरिका रक्षा संबंधों को मजबूत करने के लिए समग्र बातचीत हुई। इस बातचीत में भारत को रक्षा टेक्नोलॉजी सप्लाई करने का मामला भी शामिल था। मंगलवार को दिल्ली में अमेरिकी रक्षा मंत्री जेम्स मेटिस के साथ हुई बातचीत में निर्मला ने भारत का पक्ष रखा। दोनों रक्षा मंत्रियों के बीच हुई मुलाकात में इस बात पर सहमति बनी कि आतंकवाद के पनाह देने वालों को किसी भी सूरत में कहीं भी बर्दाश्त नहीं किया जाएगा। साथ ही इस मुलाकात में भारत और अमेरिका के बीच रक्षा क्षेत्र में…
Author: Aruna Sharma
(TOI) Petroleum MinisterDharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday reiterated the demand for bringing in petroleum products under the GST regime, though the suggestion has not yet elicited favorable response from the Union Finance Minister or the states. Responding to questions from the reporters here the Minister however declined to make a suggestion on what should be the unified tax rates for the petroleum products under the GST regime. “The petroleum products must have a rational tax structure, which takes into account of the resource mobilization requirements of the Centre and the States. The Tax rate must also protect the consumer interests,” Pradhan said. When it was pointed…
(FE) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has played a pivotal role behind BJP’s recent success, party leaders, including chief Amit Shah, have mentioned this several times. It was evident during the second day of BJP national executive meet held in New Delhi. BJP resolution adopted at the party national executive meeting on Monday has featured PM Modi 21 times. Since the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, PM Modi has become the central figure in the party’s scheme of things, according to Indian Express report. Since the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, eight national executive meetings have been held- in August 2014, April 2015, March 2016, June…
(AU) संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा के 72वें वार्षिक सम्मेलन के दौरान पाक प्रायोजित आतंकवाद के मुद्दे पर चीन भारत का समर्थन करता दिखा था लेकिन एक बार फिर चीन ने भारत के खिलाफ अपना रुख बदल लिया है और पाकिस्तान के साथ खड़ा दिखाई दे रहा है। मंगलवार को चीन के सरकारी अखबार ग्लोबल टाइम्स ने विदेश मंत्री सुषमा स्वराज के भाषण को अंहकारी बताते हुए भारत के रुख की कड़ी आलोचना की है। अखबार में ‘इंडियाज बिगट्री नो मैच फॉर इट्स ऐम्बिशन’ शीर्षक से छपे संपादकीय में चीन ने कहा कि ‘पाकिस्तान में सच में आतंकवाद है, लेकिन क्या आतंकवाद का समर्थन राष्ट्रीय नीति है? भला आतंकवाद…
(FE) The Uttar Pradesh unit of the BJP today termed the Centre’s decision to lay an LPG pipeline from Kandla (in Gujarat) to Gorakhpur as “revolutionary”. Speaking at a function yesterday, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan had said that all the LPG bottling plants established in Uttar Pradesh (25 at present, 4-5 being installed) would be linked to this pipeline. “LPG has proved to be not only a fuel, but a medium of social change. The decision of laying an LPG pipeline from Kandla (in Gujarat) to Gorakhpur is truly revolutionary,” said UP BJP spokesperson Manish Shukla, here today. Shukla said the Ujjwala…
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana, or Saubhagya, at New Delhi. The aim of this scheme is to provide power to all homes. On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, the Prime Minister also dedicated a new ONGC building – the Deendayal Urja Bhawan. The Prime Minister also dedicated to the nation, the Booster Compressor Facility in Bassein Gas Field. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister gave examples of the success of Jan Dhan Yojana, insurance schemes, Mudra Yojana, Ujjwala Yojana, and Udan, to highlight how the…
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today invited the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation – the ONGC – to take up a challenge, on the occasion of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay’s birth anniversary. Addressing officers and staff of the ONGC at a function to mark the launch of the SAUBHAGYA Yojana, the Prime Minister exhorted them to work towards making an efficient electric chulha (stove), which would enable cooking through the use of electricity. The Prime Minister said this innovation would, in one stroke, significantly impact the nation’s dependence on imported fuel. He said that while the world is working towards…
(NDTV) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the ‘Saubhagya scheme’ to give free electricity connections to poor families in both cities and villages by 2018 with a total outlay of Rs. 16,320 crores, which will be funded largely by the centre. No poor person will have to pay for electricity connections, the Prime Minster has said. “New India will not only have power in all villages but in every home,” said PM Modi on Monday evening while the announcing the scheme, adding, “We have decided the burden for this will not be borne by the poor. The poor used to have to…
(PTI) Security forces on Monday recovered body of a militant near the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri area of Kashmir, taking the number of ultras killed in the operation there to four.Security forces on Monday morning resumed the anti- militancy operation, which was launched yesterday, following information about presence of more militants in the area “We have recovered body of another militant, which takes the number of militants killed in the operation to four,” an Army official said.”The operation resumed this morning after there were reports of more militants hiding in the area,” the official said. He said the area…
(NDTV) Amid worries over an economic slowdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set up a five-member panel of economists headed by NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy to advise him.The economic advisory council includes NITI Aayog’s Principal Advisor Ratan Watal as its member and economists Surjit Bhalla, Rathin Roy and Ashima Goyal as part-time members. The panel will analyse issues, “economic or otherwise, referred to it by the Prime Minister”, and will advise him on it, a government release said. The council will “address issues of macroeconomic importance and present views thereon to the Prime Minister,” the release said, adding that…