Month: April 2023

Rajasthan became the first state to have ‘Right to Health’ as the doctors strike ended.

Manish Kumar

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced that doctors, who were on strike for the last 14-day, called off their agitation against the government. . CM Ashok Gehlot thanked the doctors for ending the strike and making Rajasthan the first state to have ‘Right to Health.’ The doctors said their major demand was that the private hospitals that have not taken any benefit from the government in the form of land or buildings at subsidised rates should be kept outside the ambit of the RTH Bill. The private sector has completely…

Nitish Kumar Blames BJP For Bihar Violence, Calls Asaduddin Owaisi Its ‘Agent’

Manish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday blamed the BJP for recent violence in the Nalanda and Rohtas districts of the state and categorically denied that it was a ”failure of his administration.” The Bihar Janata Dal-United leader reassured that there is peace everywhere across the state and law and order situation is being monitored closely. “There is peace everywhere in the state now. We are keeping a watch on the situation at both places (Nalanda and Rohtas). It was not a failure of the administration. Some have deliberately caused…

Telangana BJP Chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar Detained Ahead Of PM Modi’s Visit

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Telangana BJP president and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar was detained from his Karimnagar residence shortly after midnight on Wednesday, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state. According to reports, a police team arrived at the MP’s Karimnagar residence and arrested him. While Bandi Sanjay’s supporters and party employees attempted to halt the police, the atmosphere became tense. Bandi Sanjay could be seen being dragged by policemen and later made to sit inside a police van. Reportedly, he was taken to Bommala Ramaram police station in Nalgonda district.…

LIVE Updates | RR vs PBKS, IPL 2023 Cricket Live Score: Jos Buttler Has Edge Over

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Rajasthan Royals are playing host to the Punjab Kings at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, following impressive victories for both teams in their opening matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season. Punjab Kings, led by Shikhar Dhawan, triumphed over Kolkata Knight Riders in their first game, despite the absence of key players Liam Livingstone and Kagiso Rabada. Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar, and Sikandar Raza put on an excellent bowling display, while Bhanuka Rajapaksa’s rapid half-century at number three helped Punjab Kings reach 191 runs. Meanwhile, the Rajasthan…

Both groups discussed on avenues for branding made-in-India steel

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The Union Minister of Steel & Civil Aviation, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia chaired meetings with the two Advisory Committees formed  under the Ministry of Steel for Integrated Steel Plants (ISP) and the Secondary Steel Industry (SSI). Along with the Minister of State for Steel and Rural Development, Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste, representatives from Indian Steel Association, steel industry captains, and members from academia were present during the meetings. Formed in August 2022, the Advisory Committees serve as a platform for all stakeholders to come together and deliberate and discuss on…

NMDC exceeds 41 Million Tonne for Second Consecutive Fiscal

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India’s largest iron ore producer,    crosses 41 Million Tonne production of iron ore  for the second fiscal in a row. Producing 14.29 Million Tonne iron ore in the fourth quarter and 5.6 Million Tonne in the March month of Financial Year 2022-23, the State Miner logged its best ever Quarter 4 and March month production in company history. In FY2022-23, NMDC produced 41.22 million tonnes and sold 38.25 million tonnes of iron ore despite the highest ever rainfall of 622 centimeters  in Bailadila region since NMDC’s inception. In the fourth…

KING OF BHUTAN CALLS ON THE PRESIDENT

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His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the King of Bhutan called on the President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (April 4, 2023). Welcoming His Majesty to India, the President said that India and Bhutan enjoy a close partnership at all levels, based on mutual trust, goodwill and understanding. She added that India deeply values multi-faceted and unique partnership with Bhutan. She said that as Bhutan’s largest development partner, India is proud to support projects in Bhutan in sectors like health, education, agriculture, infrastructure, digitization and skill development. She assured that India’s development…

Stand-Up India Scheme is an important milestone in promoting entrepreneurship among SC, ST and women: Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

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Stand up India Scheme was launched on 5th April 2016 to promote entrepreneurship at grassroot level focusing on economic empowerment and job creation. This scheme has been extended up to the year 2025. Recognising the challenges that energetic, enthusiastic, and aspiring SC, ST and women entrepreneurs may face many challenges in converting their dream to reality, Stand-Up India was launched to promote entrepreneurship amongst women, Scheduled Castes (SC) & Scheduled Tribes (ST) categories, to help them in starting a greenfield enterprise in manufacturing, services or the trading sector and activities allied to agriculture. On…

Putin gets ‘exactly the opposite’ of the invasion goal as Finland joins NATO: Alliance’s chief.

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Vladimir Putin has achieved “exactly the opposite” of what he wanted by invading Ukraine, with Finland set to double NATO’s border with Russia. Russia has said it will strengthen its military capacity in western and north-western regions in response, but Mr Stoltenberg said this has been the case for many years. Russia’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu called the expansion of NATO an “encroachment on our security and on Russia’s national interests”. Russia will now share a land border with six NATO members and a sea border with two. Finland and…

London School of Economics student claims ‘disqualified from Union election for being ‘Hindu nationalist”

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      London School of Economics student on Twitter claimed that he was disqualified from the Union Election because of ‘anti-India rhetoric’. The Indian-origin student from the Law School of LSE said that he faced discrimination on the basis of religion and anti-India rhetoric prevalent on the campus. Karan Kataria, earlier was elected as the cohort’s Academic Representative and also as a Delegate to the National Union for Students in a short period. “Despite receiving immense support from students of all nationalities, I was disqualified from the General Secretary election…