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Skill, reskill & upskill: Modi’s mantra for ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’
15 Jul

Skill, reskill & upskill: Modi’s mantra for ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’

editor0 CommentsIndia, Political
Underlining the importance of skills in the Indian culture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday exhorted the stakeholders to continuously “skill, reskill and upskill” to achieve ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India) goal, and that India providing smart and skilled manpower solutions to the world should be at the core of strategy of skilling our youth. He said skill development of the new generation is a national need and is the foundation of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ to take India forward from 75 years to 100 years. Taking note of huge demand for reskilling due to fast changing technology, the Prime Minister emphasised that…
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Sedition law ‘colonial’, used against Gandhi, Tilak: SC
15 Jul

Sedition law ‘colonial’, used against Gandhi, Tilak: SC

editor0 CommentsIndia
The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Centre on the utility of having sedition law even after 75 years of independence. The Court also expressed its concern on sedition law being misused by police against persons who speak against the government. A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana said: “It is a colonial law used by the British to silence Mahatma Gandhi, Tilak. Still, it is necessary after 75 years of independence?” Chief Justice told Attorney General K.K. Venugopal, “I am indicating, what I am thinking”. The bench cited the example of continued usage of section 66A of the…
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I will have ice cream with you after Tokyo Olympics 2020: PM Narendra Modi tells medal hopeful PV Sindhu
14 Jul

I will have ice cream with you after Tokyo Olympics 2020: PM Narendra Modi tells medal hopeful PV Sindhu

editor0 CommentsSports, India, ,
With just 10 days to go for the Olympics, PM Modi hosted a virtual press conference on Tuesday where he interacted with many of India’s Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes like javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, archers Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav, shooters Saurabh Chaudhary and Elavenil Valarivan, boxers Mary Kom and Ashish Kumar, paddlers Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra, wrestler Vinesh Phogat, tennis star Sania Mirza among others. The event was also attended by new sports minister Anurag Thakur along with MoS Nisith Pramanik and former sports minister Kiren Rijiju, who now is the law minister. PM Modi asked Sindhu how her…
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Kappa variant of Covid-19: 11 cases detected in Rajasthan, says health minister
14 Jul

Kappa variant of Covid-19: 11 cases detected in Rajasthan, says health minister

editor0 CommentsIndia, Covid19, Health,
Eleven cases of the new Kappa variant of COVID-19 have been detected in Rajasthan, Health Minister Raghu Sharma said on Tuesday. Of these, four cases each are from Alwar and Jaipur, two from Barmer and one is from Bhilwara, he said. The minister said reports of nine samples have been received from Delhi and two from the Sawai Mansingh (SMS) Hospital. The Kappa variant is a moderate form of the coronavirus as compared to its delta variant, Sharma said. On Monday, Rajasthan reported 33 new Covid-19 cases which pushed the state's infection tally to 9,53,159.The death toll from the pandemic…
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Couple Moves Bags With Delhi Woman’s Chopped Body Allegedly Inside
14 Jul

Couple Moves Bags With Delhi Woman’s Chopped Body Allegedly Inside

editor0 CommentsCrime, India,
A couple who was arrested in Delhi for allegedly killing an elderly woman, their neighbour, and throwing her chopped body into a drain, spent the entire night in her home cleaning the blood after chopping her body, the police said. CCTV visuals from their neighbourhood show two persons carrying bags, which allegedly contained the chopped body, outside a building. Anil Arya had borrowed ₹ 1.5 lakh from Kavita, his 72-year-old neighbour in outer Delhi's Najafgarh. The event management professional and his wife allegedly killed her on the night of June 30 as Kavita had been asking them to return her money. The elderly woman…
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Salary hike for govt employees! Centre increases DA from 17% to 28%
14 Jul

Salary hike for govt employees! Centre increases DA from 17% to 28%

editor0 CommentsIndia,
The Central government has announced to restore Dearness Allowance (DA) benefits for its employees and pensioners. Union Minister Anurag Thakur said that the Cabinet has approved to increase the DA from 17 per cent to 28 per cent. The hike will come into effect from July 1, 2021. "The Dearness Allowance (DA) for Central Government and pensioners employees has been increased from 17% to 28%. This will be applicable from 1st July 2021," he said. The DA is a part of the salary given to government employees and pensioners. Notably, the payment of DA of employees has not been revised since January…
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Adani Group in-charge of management Mumbai Int’l Airport after clearance from CIDCO, GoM
14 Jul

Adani Group in-charge of management Mumbai Int’l Airport after clearance from CIDCO, GoM

editor0 CommentsBusiness, India
The Adani Airport Holdings Ltd (AAHL) has taken over the management control of Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL), India’s second busiest airport by both passenger and cargo traffic, from the GVK Group following a board meeting of MIAL held on Tuesday, as per a statement issued by its parent company Adani Enterprises Limited. This new move is in line with approvals were received from the Government of India, the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) of Maharashtra, and the Government of Maharashtra. MIAL is India’s second busiest airport both in terms of passenger and cargo traffic. With eight airports under…
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Vaccination leads to reduced ICU stay, treatment cost
14 Jul

Vaccination leads to reduced ICU stay, treatment cost

editor0 CommentsCovid19, Health, India,
A cohort study on the impact of vaccination among Covid-19 patients by Star Health and Allied Insurance has unveiled the significant impacts of vaccination among individuals 45 years and above, IndiaMedToday reported. The study concluded that there was a marked reduction in the total hospitalisation expenses by approximately 24 per cent, the average length of stay (ALOS) by a mean of 2.1 days, ICU requirement by 66 per cent and a reduction of approximately 81 per cent in mortality among patients who had completed two doses of vaccination. The report said the study was conducted during the second wave (March…
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No fuel price hike for 2nd day in a row
14 Jul

No fuel price hike for 2nd day in a row

editor0 CommentsBusiness, India,
The oil marketing companies kept the retail price of petrol and diesel unchanged on Wednesday, the second consecutive day of no change, to analyse the global oil price movement before making further revisions. After crossing $77 a barrel, global crude prices have softened a bit with differences surfacing in oil cartel OPEC over continuation of production cuts and demand concerns over rising Covid cases in several European countries. With price pause on Wednesday, petrol continues to be priced at Rs 101.19 a litre and diesel at 89.72 a litre in the national capital. On Monday, oil companies had raised the…
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PM to virtually inaugurate slew of projects in Gujarat on July 16
14 Jul

PM to virtually inaugurate slew of projects in Gujarat on July 16

editor0 CommentsIndia,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be virtually present on July 16 to inaugurate a host of developmental projects in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. There are some new developmental projects and works which await inauguration/public dedication — some railway projects, new attractions at the Gujarat Science City and the newly developed Railway station at Gandhinagar and adjoining hotel. On July 16, the Prime Minister will virtually inaugurate the redeveloped Gandhinagar Railway Station and a 318 room five star hotel atop the railway station. He will also flag off the superfast weekly Gandhinagar-Varanasi train and the Baretha MEMU train. Besides that, the…
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