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September 27, 2018 1:33 PM

UIDAI welcomes judgement of Supreme Court on Aadhaar

Unique Identification Authority of India, UIDAI has welcomed the judgement of the Supreme Court on Aadhaar. The Authority said, it has been established by the judgement that Aadhaar is not for the state surveillance as profiling is not possible using the minimal data that Aadhaar has. It said, there...

September 27, 2018 12:17 PM

Evidence based data is required for policy formulation: D V Sadanand Gowda

Union Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation D V Sadanand Gowda said that evidence based data is required for policy formulation. Inaugurating the  workshop for the socio economic survey of the National Sample Survey Office , NSSO in Guwahati today , he said that a country...

September 27, 2018 11:24 AM

Govt increases customs duties on 19 items

The government has increased Custom Duty on 19 items, including jet fuel, ACs and refrigerators to curb imports of non-essential goods. It has become operational since midnight last. Finance Ministry said, these changes aim at narrowing the Current Account Deficit. The total value of imports of thes...

September 27, 2018 10:50 AM

India is willing to take lead in climate action: MEA Sushma Swaraj

External Affairs Minister Sushma <span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">S</span>waraj has said that India is willing to take lead in climate action. Speaking at the high level meeting on Climate Change at UN General As...

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