PM Modi applauds small traders who kept supply chain intact amid lockdown Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the role of small traders and local shopkeepers who have played a vital part in the supply chain of essential commodities by selling and delivering basic necessities to citizens at huge personal risk during the Covid-19…
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J&K – Three CRPF jawans killed, 2 injured in militant attack in Sopore, LeT module claims responsibility
J&K – Three CRPF jawans killed, 2 injured in militant attack in Sopore, LeT module claims responsibility Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed and two suffered injuries in a militant attack in the Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday. An outfit linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has claimed responsibility for…
Amit Shah Calls Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray Over Bandra Incident, Says ‘Such Events Weaken Fight Against Coronavirus’
Amit Shah Calls Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray Over Bandra Incident, Says ‘Such Events Weaken Fight Against Coronavirus’ Mumbai, April 14: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday called Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and expressed his concern over gathering in Mumbai’s Bandra area. The Home Minister stressed that such events weaken India’s fight against the novel…
Migrant Workers Protest In Bandra, Mumbai, Demand They Be Allowed To Travel To Their Native States as COVID-19 Lockdown Gets Extended, Watch Video
Migrant Workers Protest In Bandra, Mumbai, Demand They Be Allowed To Travel To Their Native States as COVID-19 Lockdown Gets Extended, Watch Video Mumbai, April 14: Hundreds of migrant workers in Mumbai’s Bandra on Tuesday came out on roads asking officials to let them go back to their natives. The massive gathering took place near Bandra…
‘Exorcist’, ‘Game of Thrones’ star, Swedish screen legend Max von Sydow dies at 90
Swedish-born actor Max von Sydow, whose seven-decade career saw him go from starring in iconic art-house movies by Ingmar Bergman to appearing in English-language hits including “The Exorcist” and “Game of Thrones”, has died in France aged 90, his family said. “It is with a broken heart and with infinite sadness that we have the…
Economic Survey 2020 has laid road map of Indian economy, says JD Agarwal
Economic Survey 2020 has laid road map of Indian economy, says JD Agarwal
Economic Survey 2020 presents a very positive outlook of the Indian economy feels Dr. J.D.Agarwal, Professor of Finance and Chairman, Indian Institute of Finance. It rightly supports the GDP estimation of India following the revised estimation methodology in 2011.
Economic Survey has rightly lauded the economic performance of the Indian economy in 2019-20 on various economic parameters, despite weak environment for global manufacturing, trade and demand, feels Dr. Agarwal.
According to Economic Survey the economy has performed very well in 2019-20 on various economic parameters, feels Professor Agarwal.
Agricultures As Solution
The Narendra Modi government’s first term (June 2014 to May 2019) was marked by benign consumer food price inflation. At a mere 3.3% year-on-year, it averaged below even the 4.3% for overall retail inflation. Politically, the ruling party benefited, given that there are far more consumers of milk in India than dairy farmers. The same…
NBA legend Kobe Bryant, 13-year-old daughter dead in helicopter crash that killed 9
Kobe Bryant, the basketball icon who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday, leaving a legacy that spanned 20 years in professional sports and a growing second career as an investor. Bryant was among nine people killed when a helicopter slammed into a hillside in Calabasas, California,…
No nod for Charminar protest against CAA, NRC
Hyderabad: There was uncertainty on Thursday over the proposed protests announced by the United Muslim Action Committee (UMAC) and the Telangana-AP JAC against CAA-NPR-NRC owing to doubts about according police permission for both programmes, though a clear picture began to emerge by late evening. Police authorities did not disclose anything about the status of the petitions….
Prithviraj Chavan : Shiv Sena wanted to form govt with Congress, NCP in 2014
Former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan’s statement that the Shiv Sena wanted to form a coalition government with the Congress and NCP after 2014 state elections has set off a political storm. In an interview with PTI, when asked what made the Congress join hands with the ideologically opposite Sena, Chavan said, ‘A similar situation emerged…
‘Cannot do terror politics just because we have numbers’: Chandra Kumar Bose on CAA
‘Cannot do terror politics just because we have numbers’: Chandra Kumar Bose on CAA Amid continuing protests against CAA, NRC taking place in the country, West Bengal BJP vice president Chandra Kumar Bose said that he has suggested to the party leadership that with a little modification, the entire opposition campaign will fizzle out. Bose…
Indira Jaising Should be ‘Ashamed’; We Aren’t as ‘Large-hearted’ as Sonia Gandhi: Nirbhaya’s Father
New Delhi: Nirbhaya’s father on Saturday said senior lawyer Indira Jaising should be “ashamed” of suggesting pardon for the four death row convicts in his daughter’s gangrape case and said his family isn’t as “large-hearted” as Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. He also demanded an apology from Jaising, who is known for her stand against capital…
Jeff Bezos makes mega million jobs promise in India as Amazon firefights govt
Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it planned to create 1 million jobs in India by 2025, a day after the country’s trade minister said the e-commerce giant’s recently unveiled $1 billion investment in the country was no big favour.
Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart are facing mounting criticism from India’s brick-and-mortar retailers, which accuse the U.S. giants of violating Indian law by racking up billions of dollars in losses to fund deep discounts and discriminating against small sellers. The companies deny the allegations.
Amazon said it would create new jobs in India through investments in infrastructure, technology and logistics.
Punjab Assembly, second after Kerala, passes resolution against CAA
Punjab Assembly on Friday passed a resolution against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act that was cleared by Parliament last month, the second assembly after Kerala to call for scrapping the law.
Chief Minister Amarinder Singh later told reporters that his government would also move the Supreme Court against the CAA. Kerala had earlier this week joined the 60-odd petitioners who have already approached the top court against the law that lets the government fast-track citizenship request of people on grounds of religion.
The resolution said the citizenship law was ‘divisive and stands for everything opposed to a free and fair democracy, which must enshrine equality for all’.
War on terror not ending, must go on spree like Americans after 9/11 attack: CDS Gen Bipin Rawat
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat has said the war on terror is nowhere near an end and in order to put an end to it, the roots of terrorism need to be understood. Speaking at an event in Delhi on Thursday, General Bipin Rawat said, “The war on terror is not ending,…
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