INDIAN GOVERNMENT
BIS certifications: Government looks to ease compliance process
The workshop, which is being held at BIS headquarters, will focus on various aspects of standards formulations, conformity assessment proce...
SC junks plea challenging provision on deputation of IPS cadre officers
The plea said that several instances have come where the Central government and states were at loggerheads due to arbitrary invocation of t...
Indian government had no outstanding loans from RBI in Feb 19 week
State governments had 64.41 billion rupees loans from the RBI in the week ended Feb. 19, compared with 109.18 billion rupees in the previou...
How Aspirational Districts Programme forged a new path in governance
The ADP was launched in January 2018, and is currently implemented in 112 districts in 26 states and one union territory to measure and imp...
Govt in Delhi imposing its will, power on judiciary: Rahul Gandhi
While addressing the public gathering in Kerala's Malappuram on February 23, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, “Government in Delhi is imp...
Indian investors will see wealth erosion if government bans crypto trade
A ban on cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin may result in wealth erosion for about 1 crore Indian investors, including 10 lakh traders, who are ...
The Rise of Indian Zaibatsu: How Indians are adopting more Eastern models
Hindutva wants to move away from Western models such as Socialism to more Eastern models. Unfortunately, looking East has always confused t...
Maldives-Mauritius: Indian Foreign Minister expands outreach in Indian Ocean Region
Jaishankar’s visit is testimony to the importance that India attaches to its close and friendly relations with the Maldives and Mauritius, ...
US Court issues summons to Indian government in Cairn Energy payment case
Cairn Energy Plc and Cairn UK Holdings Ltd filed a petition in a Washington DC district court on February 12 to confirm the arbitration awa...
2,072 Indians died of coronavirus infection abroad, says government
According to the details provided by Muraleedharan, 34 Indians died in Qatar, 48 in Bahrain and 23 each in Sudan and Nigeria.
7 IAS officers arrested for corruption in past 3 years: Government
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said, "As per information received from...
Twitter must abide by Indian laws, govt says
Centre says compliance with laws enacted by Parliament a must; company cites free speech for not blocking some accounts
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Union budget reflects PM's vision for 'minimum government, maximum governance', says Jitendra Singh
Speaking to media persons, he said, as one of the six pillars of the visionary budget, it outlines plans for reforms as one of the core pri...
No foreign government supported farmers' agitation: MoS Muraleedharan
"No foreign government has given support to agitation of Indian farmers against three bills passed by Indian Parliament. In Canada, UK, USA...
Over 300 million Indians may have COVID-19: Source citing government study
India has confirmed 10.8 million COVID-19 infections, the most anywhere outside the United States. But the survey, whose findings are much ...
Indian vaccines among the safest in the world: Government
“Our vaccines are absolutely safe,” Niti Aayog member (health) V K Paul said. “Our data shows there is negligible side effects and almost n...
Government not allowing recipient to choose vaccine, Indians not guinea pigs: Congress
Congress parliamentarian Manish Tewari made a pointed query to the Union Health Minister through a tweet: “Till yesterday NDA/BJP claimed C...
Here's a look back at 2020 in Indian politics, governance
ET's Rakesh Mohan Chaturvedi brings you a roundup of major political developments that made headlines in India in the year 2020 amid corona...
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