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In a significant advancement for India’s digital infrastructure, the number of Gram Panchayats connected under the BharatNet Program has seen a remarkable increase from 58 in May 2014 to 2.10 lakh as of December 2023. This update was shared by the Minister of State for Communications, Devusinh Chauhan, in the Rajya Sabha on February 9, […]
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which was passed by the Indian Parliament in December 2019, is set to be officially notified and implemented before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Union Home Minister Amit Shah emphasized that the CAA is an essential step to grant citizenship rather than revoke it. Speaking at the ET Now-Global Business Summit in Delhi, […]
Ashneer Grover, the founder of BharatPe and former Shark Tank judge, recently expressed strong support for Paytm Payments Bank, criticizing the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for its actions against the bank. In an interview with Mirror Now earlier this week, Grover highlighted Paytm’s pivotal role in India’s fintech landscape and emphasized its importance in […]
For the sixth time in a row, the Reserve Bank of India’s rate-setting panel, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%. The Repo Rate is the rate of interest the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) charges while lending to commercial banks. Given the uncertainty of food inflation, volatility in oil […]
Canada has decided to increase the tenure of the ban on foreign home buyers for two more years to address the matter of housing affordability for its own citizens. It means the bank will impact non-Canadian resident Indians too. The development could discourage Indian investors who may now look elsewhere. They might turn to European […]
GST officers are using data analytic and artificial intelligence (AI) tools like Business Intelligence and Fraud Analytics to identify risky taxpayers suspected of passing or availing fake input tax credits. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said a total of 14,597 cases of Goods and Services […]
Demand from the high-income segment is pushing up demand for Indian single malt whiskies, and this, in turn, has led to homegrown liquor companies ramping up production. One such company is South Seas Distilleries & Breweries of Mumbai. Inspired by the Year of the Rooster in 2017, the company launched Crazy Cock single malt whiskey. […]
Call it a sheer coincidence or real divine intervention, monkeys are being frequently seen visiting Ram temples across the country over the last few weeks. The Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust, overseeing the newly erected Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, reported that a monkey had ventured into the sanctum sanctorum of the temple, home to […]
The government has come up with a scheme to sell rice at a subsidized rate of Rs 29 per kg to ease the burden of rising food prices on the common man. The rice will be sold under the Bharat brand and will be available in 5 kg and 10 kg packs. The scheme is […]
Jio Financial Services Ltd (JFSL), a spin-off of Reliance Industries, saw its shares surge 14% on the NSE on Monday, following the news that it is in talks with One 97 Communications, the parent company of Paytm, to acquire its wallet business. The stock reached a one-day high of Rs. 289.75. One 97 Communications, which […]
As Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami tabled the UCC bill in the assembly, Samajwadi Party MP ST Hasan said the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) was against the tenets of the Quran, the holy book of the Muslims. “We won’t abide by it (UCC Bill) if it is against the ‘hidayat’ (instructions) given to Muslims […]
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on February 6 conducted searches at premises connected to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s personal secretary, Bibhav Kumar, an Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, N.D. Gupta, and other leaders associated with the party. This is the latest in the central agencies long list of action against leaders and […]
Karnavati University, Gandhinagar organised ChhatrNiti Aayog on the varsity campus to discuss the National Education Policy. ChhatrNiti Aayog is an Intellectual congress of the youth – a platform to ideate, analyse, discuss, and deliberate upon the process of state policymaking. Based on the theme ‘National Education Policy: Opportunities and Challenges’, the event was organised at […]
A new political party called Pakistan Markazi Muslim League, thought to represent a new face of the outlawed groups of the architect of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Hafiz Saeed, would run in the general elections on February 8. According to a BBC Urdu report, alluded to by India Today, several of the candidates this organisation […]
The makers of Kiran Rao’s upcoming film Laapataa Ladies have released the first single from the soundtrack, called Doubtwa. The song takes the plot forward from where the trailer left off, showing the intriguing case of a ‘lost bride’. The trailer, which was released recently, introduced the audience to the quirky and suspenseful story of […]
Debarata Chattopadhyay, a professor of English Literature from Chakdah, West Bengal, is a passionate bibliophile who has a massive collection of books worth more than Rs 1 crore. He recently made news when he purchased books worth Rs 3.36 lakh from the International Kolkata Book Fair, where he visited eight times with his students. He […]
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra treasurer Govind Dev Giri Maharaj said the Hindu community will not seek other mosques if Kashi and Mathura are freed peacefully. He said that there were 3,500 Hindu temples demolished in foreign attacks. Addressing a press conference in Alandi on the outskirts of Pune where various religious programmes are being […]
During a high-profile visit to Abu Dhabi and Dubai on February 13–14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will sign a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, bringing India and the UAE’s economies closer. For the uninitiated, UAE is India’s seventh-largest trade partner of India and third-largest FDI source. The Hindustan Times […]
Kiran Rao, the ex-wife of Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, has opened up about her bond with him and his first wife Reena Dutta. She said that they are still a family and have a natural sense of inclusiveness. She also shared a heartwarming anecdote about the wedding gift she received from Ira Khan, Aamir and […]
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her budget speech on Thursday, said that the Centre’s proposed scheme of rooftop solarisation will provide free electricity of up to 300 units per month to households. The Rooftop Solarisation and Free Electricity scheme was the first decision of PM Modi following the Ram Temple ceremony. He launched the […]
