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All Delhi shops, restaurants reopen
Shops, malls and restaurants in Delhi will open all seven days from today as Covid numbers in the national capital drop to a three-month low. But Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said this will be on trial basis for a week and strict action will be taken if the...
Kapil Sibal reiterates call for complete overhaul of Congress
Congress veteran Kapil Sibal has repeated his call for a meaningful overhaul of the party at all levels of the organisation to show it is no longer in a state of inertia and to present itself as a viable political alternative to the BJP. Sibal, who was among the...
5% GST To continue on Covid vaccines
IPA Webdesk The GST Council, which met in Delhi on Saturday, decided to reduce the tax on medicines, some hospital equipment and other items needed in the fight against COVID-19. No tax will be charged for medicines like Tocilizumab and Amphotericin B, used for treating Black Fungus, an opportunistic...
G7 moots alternative to China’s Belt And Road
Carbis Bay, United Kingdom: G7 leaders on Saturday launched a plan to help build infrastructure in poorer nations, offering a “values-driven, high-standard and transparent” partnership in opposition to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The adoption of the US-inspired “Build Back Better World” (B3W) project came after President Joe Biden...
Shiromani Akali Dal, BSP form alliance in Punjab
IPA Webdesk The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has formed an alliance with Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) for the Punjab Assembly elections. SAF broke ties with BJP last year over the Centre’s contentious farm laws. With the new alliance, the Sukhbir Singh Badal-led party aims to fill the...
Pilot escalates pressure on leadership, but denies exit move
IPA Webdesk Congress leader Sachin Pilot stepped up pressure on the party leadership in pursuit of the promises given to him even as he brushed aside claims by BJP leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi that he was at the Congress exit door. Rita Bahuguna had claimed that she had spoken...
Modi’s top level meeting signals major announcements
IPA Webdesk Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda this evening in what is thought to be the forerunner to major announcements. There is talk of a major social scheme to be announced in the next few days as...
Mukul Roy back with Mamata, vows never to go back to BJP
IPA Webdesk West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced the re-entry of former BJP national vice president Mukul Roy, and his son Subhranshu Roy into the Trinamool Congress-fold. The announcement was made during a press conference at the Trinamool Congress headquarters in Kolkata. “I feel happy that...
Modi holds Covid damage control review meetings
IPA Webdesk In continuation of the damage control exercise to extricate the Modi government from complete loss of credibility in handling the second wave of Covid, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday held review meetings for various ministries. The meetings that lasted several hours were held in the wake of...
Delhi liquor home delivery notified
IPA Webdesk The Delhi government has notified the rules allowing liquor vendors under specific category of licence to run home delivery service. The rules will come into force from today. On June 1, the Delhi government had said it would allow home delivery of liquor through mobile apps or...
Sanjay Raut adds to buzz on Sena patch-up with BJP
IPA Webdesk There is further buzz on the possibility of a patch-up between Shiv Sena and BJP, with Sena MP Sanjay Raut describing Prime Minister Narendra Mody as the “top leader of the country and his party” two days after Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray met the Prime Minister...
Yogi in Delhi for crucial meetings amid UP dissent
IPA Webdesk UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath will be in Delhi for two days, during which he is set to have meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The meetings assume significance in view of the reports of dissent...
Finance Ministry pitches for 24×7 vaccination to revive growth
IPA Webdesk The Finance Ministry has proposed vaccination of 70 crore people by the end of September and suggested holding 24×7 vaccination for the next couple of months to quicken the vaccination coverage. This is absolutely essential for regaining the country’s economic growth momentum, the ministry highlighted. The ministry...
Studies show Delta variant can infect despite vaccination
IPA Webdesk Separate studies by AIIMS Delhi and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have revealed that he ‘delta’ variant of COVID-19 – the version first detected in India in October last year – is capable of infecting people even after they have received both doses of the...
Bengali filmmaker-poet Buddhadeb Dasgupta dies at 77
IPA Webdesk Renowned Bengali filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta died at the age of 77 on Thursday morning. He was suffering from a kidney ailment. Buddhadeb Dasgupta, who was also a celebrated poet, had won several National Awards for his contribution to Bengali cinema. Mourning Buddhadeb Dasgupta on Twitter, West Bengal...
Delhi records 44 degrees temperature
IPA Webdesk The maximum temperature breached the 44 degrees Celsius mark in parts of Delhi on Wednesday, even as winds carrying dust from Rajasthan pushed the capital’s air quality to the “very poor” category, according to India Meteorological Department. However, “widespread rainfall” is likely to bring down the mercury...
Is Sachin Pilot next in line?
IPA Webdesk With Jitin Prasada quitting Congress and joining the BJP, all eyes are now on Sachin Pilot, who had led a revolt against the Congress leadership in Rajasthan one year ago. His demands remain unmet as yet. Sachin Pilot’s rebellion against Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his...
Nandan Nilekani responds to new tax site glitches
IPA Webdesk Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani has responded to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s tweet about technical snags in the revamped income tax portal, saying his company “regrets these initial glitches” and the system will stabilise in a few days. “The new e-filing portal will ease the filing process and...
