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September 19, 2020 11:25 AM

Rajya Sabha Chairman holds meeting to ensure health security of MPs during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu has held a meeting with the Union Home Secretary, Joint Secretary of Health and Family Welfare and DG, ICMR today on measures to ensure the health security of MPs during the Covid pandemic. Mr. Naidu...

September 19, 2020 11:24 AM

BSP raises issue of reservation for OBC, SC communities in J&K

BSP today raised the issue of reservation for OBC and SC communities in Jammu and Kashmir. During Zero Hour, party MP Rajaram said, currently only two percent reservation for OBC and eight percent for SC are being given in J&amp;K...

September 19, 2020 10:05 AM

Home Ministry asks all States, UTs to ensure free movement of oxygen carrying vehicles without any restriction

The Home Ministry has asked all the States to ensure free movement of oxygen carrying vehicles without any restriction as medical oxygen is an important prerequisite for managing moderate and severe COVID-19 cases. In a letter to Chief Secretaries of all states and Union Territories, Home Secretary ...

September 19, 2020 8:57 AM

PM Modi assures farmers that MSP and govt procurement will continue; Says agriculture reform bill to help eliminate middlemen

Prime Minister &nbsp;Narendra Modi has said the Agriculture reforms Bill will provide new opportunities to farmers to sell their produce, which will increase their profits. '' &apos...

September 19, 2020 8:52 AM

1,100 indigenous PPE kit manufacturers developed by govt till date, says Smriti Irani

From zero manufacturers in March this year, as many as 1,100 indigenous manufacturers of PPE kits have been developed by the government till date and most of them are from the MSME sector. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Textiles Min...

September 19, 2020 8:50 AM

Indian Navy aircraft carrier 'Viraat' to begin last journey today

Viraat, the decommissioned aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy, will begin its last journey today from Mumbai's Naval Dockyard to Alang in Gujarat, where it will be dismantled. '' &apo...

September 19, 2020 8:45 AM

IFC to provide two trillion dollars to India to develop green buildings

The International Finance Corporation has said that two trillion dollars will be provided to India to develop green buildings, improve public transport and to expand renewable sources of energy. ''<br ...

September 19, 2020 8:27 AM

Bulk of additional spending to go towards people-centric schemes, says Finance Minister

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the bulk of additional spending sought in the first batch of supplementary demands for grants would be utilised towards people-centric schemes to help them amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Replying...

September 18, 2020 10:19 PM

No procurement from nations where Indian companies not allowed to procure : Govt

Government has amended the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017 on 16th of this month, enabling nodal Ministries and Departments to notify higher minimum local content requirement for Class-I and Class-II local sup...

September 18, 2020 10:13 PM

5.71 % increase in sowing area coverage of kharif crops: Govt

Agriculture Ministry has said that there has been satisfactory progress of sowing area coverage under Kharif crops. The Ministry in&nbsp; a statement said that the total Kharif crops have been sown in over 1113&nbsp; lakh ...

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