I assure farmers that their welfare is our topmost priority: Narendra Modi
GANDHINAGAR: Launching a scathing attack on the opposition parties for misleading the farmers over the three new agricultural laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reiterated his government’s commitment towards the farmers and said that protecting their interests was its topmost priority. The PM spoke at a host of virtual ceremonies of projects in the […]
95% police stations in India using CCTNS software
NEW DELHI: More than 95 per cent of the total 16,098 police stations across the country have been using the software facility Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), a mission mode modernisation project under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Connectivity is available at 97 per cent […]
No medical practitioners, Ayush or others, can claim Covi-19 cure: Supreme Court
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that when the entire world is engaged in research for a Covid-19 vaccine, no medical practitioner of any stream of medicine can claim that they can cure Covid-19. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan and comprising Justices R. Subhash Reddy and M.R. Shah said: “When statutory […]
Finally,Russia and Mexico congratulate Joe Biden after long silence
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent Joe Biden a congratulatory telegram after the Electoral College formalized his victory in the November 3 election, making him among the last world leaders to recognize the US president-elect. Beside Russian President, Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday said he had congratulated Joe Biden on his U.S. presidential […]
Tamil Nadu signs 18 MoUs worth Rs 19,955 crore, projects to create 26,500 jobs
NEW DELHI: The Tamil Nadu government on Monday signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with 18 companies that involves investment of Rs 19,955 crore. The companies that signed the MoUs in the presence of Chief Minister K Palaniswami include Torrent Gas (investment Rs 5,000 crore), Ola Electric (electric two-wheeler manufacturing with investment of Rs 2,354 crore), […]
Industrialists want to invest in Uttar Pradesh
NEW DELHI: Uttar Prdaesh (UP)-based industrialists, residing in America, have described the state’s present climate as ‘investment-friendly’ and expressed a desire to work here. In an interaction with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at an Investment and Tourism programme organised under the banner of Uttar Pradesh Association of North America (UPANA), UP-American industrialists, appreciated the government’s […]
Tata vs Mistry: Chief Justice of India says son appeared for Shapoorji Pallonji Group, lawyers say continue hearing
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde on Monday informed the lawyers appearing in the dispute between Tata Consultancy Services Ltd and Cyrus Investments Services Ltd that his son has appeared for a subsidiary of Shapoorji Pallonji Group in a case in Mumbai. At the beginning of the matter, the Chief Justice said that […]
Kapil Wadhawan’s fresh offer for DHFL, ‘100% refund’ to creditors
NEW DELHI: Kapil Wadhawan, the erstwhile promoter of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DHFL), has written to the administrator of the bankrupt company with a fresh proposal to repay 100 per cent of the principal debt to the creditors. In a letter which has also been marked to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the […]
Kanti Commercials and consortium puts in EoI for Air India
NEW DELHI: Kanti Commercials, followed by Fragment Nivesh and Enormous Nivesh are the top three companies that are leading a consortium, which put an EoI for Air India. “We are very much eligible to bid for the disinvestment programme of Air India and have expertise in turning around sick industrial enterprises into profitable ones, said […]
ASSOCHAM calls for early resolution; as farmer’s protests result in a daily loss of Rs 3500 crore loss
NEW DELHI:Urging the government of India and farmer’s organisations to resolve the impasse over the new Agriculture laws, the ASSOCHAM today said, the ongoing protests are dealing a big blow to the interconnected economies of the region, including Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Though the economies of these states are predominantly based on agriculture and […]
Niti Aayog unveils ‘Vision 2035’ for public health surveillance
NEW DELHI:Amid Covid-19 crisis, the NITI Aayog on Monday released a white paper by the name of ‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India with the vision’. Among many of its goals are to make India’s public health surveillance system more responsive and predictive to enhance preparedness for action at all level. The Citizen-friendly public […]
‘No change in Polavaram project height, water to flow from 2022 kharif’
POLAVARAM: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday said there is no change in the height of Polavaram project and that water from it will be released for Kharif 2022. “Rehabilitation works will be taken up on a priority basis. Initially, the rehabilitation works with an estimated cost of Rs 3,330 crore […]
Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway to become national highway
LUCKNOW: The proposed greenfield Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway will soon be accorded status of a National Highway. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had sought approval from the Uttar Pradesh government for the same. The proposal has been accepted by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and a no-objection certificate will now be sent by the […]
Singapore to open business travel bubble for all countries from January
SINGAPORE: Singapore will open a new segregated travel lane for a limited number of business, official and high economic value travellers from all countries, the government said on Tuesday, as part of efforts to revive its key travel and hospitality sectors. Singapore has spent billions of dollars in a bid to shield its economy from […]
In a first, leading Republicans call Joe Biden president-elect
By LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON:For the first time, a groundswell of leading Republicans said Monday that Democrat Joe Biden is the winner of the presidential election, essentially abandoning President Donald Trump’s assault on the outcome after the Electoral College certified the vote. With states affirming the results, the Republicans faced a pivotal choice – to declare […]
Electoral College makes it official: Joe Biden won, Donald Trump lost
By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON:The Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden on Monday as the nation’s next president, ratifying his November victory in an authoritative state-by-state repudiation of President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede he had lost. The presidential electors gave Biden a solid majority of 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232, the same margin that […]