India’s outward FDI rises to $3.05 billion in Feb

New Delhi: India’s outward foreign direct investment (FDI) commitments rose by 7.8 per cent to $3.05 billion year-on-year in February 2024, compared to $2.83 billion in February 2023, according to the latest data released by the RBI on Monday. However, sequentially, the figure jumped by 38.4 per cent from $2.19 billion in January 2024, the […]

Raj Thackeray meets Amit Shah in Delhi

New Delhi: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital fueling speculations that the MNS may become part of the BJP-led NDA for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Thackeray called on Shah in the presence of BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde. This could give a […]

No need to bring slaughterhouses, meat processing units under EIA: Centre

No need to bring slaughterhouses, meat processing units under EIA: Centre

New Delhi: NEW DELHI: There is no requirement to bring slaughterhouses and meat processing units under the ambit of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006, as guidelines and safeguards are already in place to regulate them from an environmental perspective, the Centre has told the National Green Tribunal. Animal rights activist Gauri Maulekhi approached […]

PM hits out at Rahul Gandhi over ‘Shakti’ remark

PM hits out at Rahul Gandhi over ‘Shakti’ remark

Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit back at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his ‘Shakti’ remark saying the fight will be between those who want to destroy Shakti and those who worship it and he has readily accepted the challenge. While Gandhi had said Shakti in the context of the might of the […]

EC removes Bengal DGP, home secys of 6 states ahead of LS polls

New Delhi: In a major reshuffle ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2024, the Election Commission on Monday ordered removal of West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) and home secretaries of six states of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Moreover, the Secretary of the General Administrative Department in Mizoram and Himachal […]

Don’t make us probe agency, says HC refusing to take cognisance of attack on foreign students

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Monday said it should not be made a probe agency and every incident is not a matter of PIL, in reference to an attack on students hailing from foreign countries at a university hostel in Ahmedabad. A division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Aniruddha P Mayee […]

No change in JEE Main, NEET UG 2024 exam schedules; CUET yet to be decided

New Delhi: While the Lok Sabha Elections will commence from April 19 and conclude on June 1, the National Testing Agency is confident that there will be no change in the exam schedule of the JEE Main 2024 session 2 exams and NEET UG 2024. As per the previously released calendar, the Joint Entrance Examination […]

Jamia Millia Islamia begins application for UPSC Civil Services 2025 coaching

New Delhi: The Residential Coaching Academy (RCA), Centre for Coaching and Career Planning, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), is inviting online applications for free coaching (with a hostel facility) for the preparation of the UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary-cum-Main) examination 2024. Interested candidates can register for the free UPSC coaching at the official website — jmicoe.in. This […]

Nearly half of India wakes up feeling tired, says report

New Delhi: On the morning of this year’s World Sleep Day, Wakefit.co, one of India’s largest D2C sleep and home solutions providers, urges people to go #BackToSleep. Why? Turns out the revelations unearthed in the 7th edition of its Great Indian Sleep Scorecard (GISS) 2024 point to alarming indications of deteriorating sleep quality across the […]

Congress alleges black money routed to BJP’s accounts through electoral bonds

Congress alleges black money routed to BJP’s accounts through electoral bonds

New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday charged the government with engaging in ”quid pro quo” for receiving electoral bonds and ”conspiring” to route black money into the BJP’s accounts through the scheme. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah were answerable on the electoral bond ”scam”. He […]

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