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August 20, 2016 7:40 AM
Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani celebrated Rakhi with the soldiers at an altitude of 22,000 ft in Siachen. The visit is a part of the celebrations to mark 70 years of Independence. The 15-day celebrations were launched by Prime Minister on 9th August by his visit to Bhabra, Madhya Pradesh, the b...
August 20, 2016 7:35 AM
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has approved a wage hike along with a hike in Market Development Assistance. The KVIC has informed that spinners will now earn 5.50 rupees instead of 4 rupees per hank with an additional 10 percent Market Development Assistance. <br/><br/>Th...
August 20, 2016 7:35 AM
A two-day meeting of BRICS women Parliamentarian's forum will begin today in Jaipur. Around 42 women Parliamentarians from the BRICS countries, including 28 MPs of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will participate in the meeting. <br/><br/>Sustainable development goals will be discussed at...
August 20, 2016 7:33 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon launch Unorganised Workers Identification Number (UWIN) smart card for the benefit of those working in the unorganised sector. This was stated by Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya in Coimbatore Friday. He said, of the total workforce in India, 93 per cen...
August 19, 2016 9:19 PM
The National Green Tribunal today pulled up the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government, saying their efforts to clean the Ganga have borne zero result. <br/><br/>A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said, the Ministries and other authorities have so far failed to take a...
August 19, 2016 9:18 PM
Government has capped the prices of 22 essential drugs used for treatment of cancer, HIV, bacterial infections and malaria among others reducing the cost in the range of 10 to 45 per cent. Drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority, NPPA has also fixed the retail price of 13 form...
August 19, 2016 9:12 PM
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has asked government officials to maximize use of the social media platforms to disseminate information. Addressing a workshop on Effective Use of Facebook for Government Communication in New Delhi today, Mr Rathore sa...
August 19, 2016 9:09 PM
A special CBI court in Delhi today framed various charges including cheating and criminal conspiracy against former Coal Secretary H C Gupta, and two public servants among others in a coal blocks allocation scam case.<br/><br/>The case pertains to alleged irregularities in allocation of ...
August 19, 2016 8:37 PM
BJP today hit out at Congress for criticizing Prime Minister's remarks on BJP's struggle in the past saying the opposition party's objection to Narendra Modi's comments is baseless. <br/><br/>The party said Mr. Modi did not intend to undermine the Congress' role ...
August 19, 2016 8:20 PM
Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar today clarified that the government does not plan to bring any change in the constitutionally guaranteed reservation system in the new education policy. Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, Mr. Javdekar said the government will soon place the draft before education e...
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