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January 6, 2018 2:01 AM

Atal Pension Yojana reaches subscriber base of 80 lakh

The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority of India ,PFRDA, run Atal Pension Yojana (APY) has reached a subscriber base of 80 lakh.<br/><br/>The PFRDA said in a statement that the subscribers' base under the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) has reached more than 80 lakhs and gro...

January 6, 2018 2:01 AM

Income Tax Dept launches on-line chat service

The Income Tax Department has launched an on-line chat service on its national website www.incometaxindia.gov.in. <br/><br/>This is aimed at facilitating the taxpayers resolve their queries. A customer support executive having expertise in tax-related matters helps the users in resolving...

January 6, 2018 2:01 AM

Govt rejects WHO report that 57% allopathic doctors in India not qualified

The government on Friday termed as erroneous a World Health Organisation (WHO) report which claimed that 57 per cent of allopathic doctors in India do not have medical qualification.<br/><br/>In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Health Minister J P Nadda said, the report is...

January 5, 2018 10:21 PM

GDP growth during current fiscal to be 6.5%: Govt

The Growth in GDP during 2017-18 has been estimated at 6.5 per cent as compared to 7.1 per cent in 2016-17. <br/><br/>Addressing a press conference on first Advance Estimates of National Income 2017-18 in New Delhi on Friday, Chief Statistician T C A Anant said, agriculture, forestry and...

January 5, 2018 7:37 PM

India, Indonesia call for ending state sponsorship of terror

India and Indonesia unequivocally condemned all forms of terrorism irrespective of its motivation and origin. <br/><br/>After co-chairing the fifth meeting of the Joint Commission with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in Jakarta today, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj sai...

January 5, 2018 5:51 PM

EAM Swaraj, Indonesian VP discuss strengthening strategic partnership

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today called on Indonesian Vice-President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla to discuss ways to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two nations. <br/><br/>Ms Swaraj, who arrived in Jakarta from Thailand on the second leg of her three-nation tour, wa...

January 5, 2018 4:57 PM

Smriti Irani chairs Consultative Committee meeting of I&B Ministry

Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani has chaired the meeting of Consultative Committee of her Ministry to discuss the efforts taken in organizing International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2017 and the steps to be taken to improve the next edition of IFFI. <br/><br/>She ap...

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