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Time not yet ripe for petrol, diesel under GST, says FM
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday stated that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council discussed the topic of inclusion of petrol and diesel under the tax structure after the Kerala High Court order. “On the direction of court it was brought on to table but...
Modi flags radicalisation, cites Afghanistan at SCO summit
New Delhi: Increasing extremism and radicalisation are the biggest threat to global peace, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today at the nine-member Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, and drew attention to the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan. The Prime Minister highlighted India’s concerns over regional stability and asked the SCO...
Amazon, Microsoft swoop in on $24-billion Indian farm data
[ad_1s Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. are among technology giants lining up to harness data from India’s farmers in an ambitious government-led productivity drive aimed at transforming an outmoded agricultural industry. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration, which is seeking to ensure food security in the world’s...
Govt rejects NYT Covid report as ‘provocative’, Cong seeks probe
NewDelhi: The Congress on Thursday cited a recent media report to allege “criminal culpability” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and senior officials of the ICMR in fudging COVID-19 data “to build a false narrative that everything was normal” ahead of the second wave, and...
Academics, lawyers slam raids against activist Harsh Mander
Following the Enforcement Directorate’s raids on three locations linked to activist Harsh Mander, over 600 people, including academics, journalists, filmmakers, activists and lawyers, have come out in his support. In a joint statement, they have said the “Constitution of India and the law of the land shall prevail, exposing...
Telangana Cong chief’s remarks on Shashi Tharoor draw fire
Telangana Congress chief’s unparliamentary comments on Shashi Tharoor – reported by a section of the media — have incensed some of the senior leaders of the party. Manish Tiwari and Rajeev Arora went public with their objections today about the remarks of Revanth Reddy, who according to media reports,...
Modi, Mamata, Adar Poonawalla on TIME 100 list
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla have been named among the world’s 100 most influential people of 2021 by TIME magazine. TIME on Wednesday unveiled its annual list of ‘The 100 Most Influential People of...
Rain alert again in Delhi after record showers
New Delhi: An orange alert has been issued in Delhi for today, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting heavy rain and strong winds in the national capital, days after the city witnessed a record spell that helped it breach the 1,000 mm mark for the first time in...
Supreme Court slams Centre for ‘cherry picking’ tribunal names
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today criticised the government for “cherry picking” from its recommendations for tribunals across the country. The government has been given two weeks to complete tribunal appointments with the Supreme Court sternly saying: “Return with the appointment letters.” “We are a democratic country. You...
Diwali firecrackers banned in Delhi again
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Wednesday banned the storage, sale and use of firecrackers in the national capital due to concerns over hazardous air pollution levels during Diwali. The move mirrors that announced by the ruling Aam Aadmi Party last year, when the horrendous pollution levels were also linked...
India criticises talk about Quad’s limited agenda
New Delhi: Ahead of a meeting called by US President Joe Biden in Washington later this month, India said Quad should not be perceived as a grouping with limited agenda as it has a broad and substantive agenda. Speaking to US-based academician Ashley Tellis on the Indian Ocean and...
Indian organic eggs to cost more in US after trade spat
Americans could soon be paying more for organic eggs, and it’s largely because of a trade spat the U.S. is having with India. The U.S., which relies on the South Asian nation for more than 40% of its organic soy meal used to feed chickens, is investigating claims that...
Amarinder asks farmers to move protest to Delhi
Chandigarh: Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today, for the first time since the farmers’ protest began last year, expressed serious concern over how it was adversely affecting Punjab’s economy. He asked those taking part in the agitation to focus on the “Union government” in New Delhi and leave the...
Govt cites national security to refuse Pegasus affidavit
New Delhi: The government on Monday said “it had nothing to hide” but cited national security reasons to tell the Supreme Court that it would not file a detailed affidavit in response to multiple petitions seeking a formal inquiry into the Pegasus spyware scandal. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told...
Security forces to get training modules on Taliban
New Delhi: Border forces and armed police units deployed in the counter-terrorism grid have been directed by the central security establishment to prepare and administer a new training module on the Taliban and its modus operandi to the troops in view of the “emerging” scenario following the Islamic militia...
Judge steps out of courtroom to give relief to accident victim
Korba: A district court judge in Chhattisgarh’s Korba stepped out of the four walls of a courtroom to award Rs 20 lakh compensation to a 42-year-old man, who had suffered paralysis after sustaining multiple injuries in a road accident in 2018. The accident victim, Dwarika Prasad Kanwar, was unable...
Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani resigns
New Delhi: Vijay Rupani on Saturday became the fourth BJP leader to step down as Chief Minister of a party-ruled state in six months, after he quit the top post in Gujarat. Mr Rupani steps down a year ahead of elections in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state –...
Newslaundry ‘survey’: IT sleuths deny legal assistance
New Delhi: A day after Income Tax officers spent over 12 hours at the offices of news websites NewsClick and Newslaundry – calling it a “survey” linked to tax evasion allegations – Newslaundry co-founder Abhinandan Sekhri tweeted to say “… was told I cannot speak to my lawyer… the...
