$3 billion Semiconductor Fab Investment in Karnataka ,says ISMC

The ISMC announced an investment of Rs. 22,900 crores ($3 billion) investment in a 65nm Analog Semiconductor Fabrication plant in Karnataka. The ISMC team met with the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka Sri Basavaraj Bommai at his home office, Krishna, today. Dr. E.V. Ramana Reddy, Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Karnataka, Commerce and Industries, Department of Electronics Information Technology Biotechnology and Science & Technology signed the MoU on behalf of the Government of Karnataka with Ajay Jalan, Director, ISMC. The ISMC has requested 150 acres of land in Mysuru’s…

Time to move to create National Judicial Infrastructure Authority: CJI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the Joint Conference of CM of the States & Chief Justices of High Courts. N V Ramana, Chief Justice of India while speaking at a joint conference of chief ministers of various states and chief justices of High Courts at Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the discussion. CJI N V Ramana dispelled the apprehensions that the proposed body aims at usurping the powers of any Government and shared that National Judicial Infrastructure Authority would have representation from all the stakeholders, including the representatives…

Indian Economy To Take Decades More To Retain From Pandemic Losses: RBISurvey

In an analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, Indian economy may take more than a deaced to overcome the losses emanating from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report published by the Reserve Bank of India. The report has estimated the output losses during the pandemic period at around Rs 52 lakh crore. The perturbations from repeated waves of COVID-19 have come in the way of sustained recovery and the quarterly trends in GDP essentially followed the ebbs and flows of the pandemic, said the chapter ‘Scars of…

PM to address the inaugural session of Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts on 30th April

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will participate in the inaugural session of the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers of States and Chief Justices of High Courts at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 30th April, 2022 at 10 AM. He will also address the gathering on the occasion. The Joint Conference is an occasion for the executive and the judiciary to come together to create frameworks for simple and convenient delivery of justice and to discuss steps required to overcome the challenges facing the justice system. The previous such conference was…

PM hosts Sikh delegation at his residence in New Delhi

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi today hosted a Sikh delegation at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, the official residence of the Prime Minister. The group included people from different walks of life. Union Minister, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri was among those present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister recalled his long association with the Sikh community. “Going to Gurudwaras, spending time in ‘sewa’, getting langar, staying at the homes of Sikh families has been a part of my life. The feet of Sikh saints keep falling…

Here is how the ban on palm oil export by Indonesia is going to affect India

Indonesia’s ban on palm oil exports announced last week has come into effect from Thursday. The country, which is the world’s largest producer of palm oil, later clarified that the export ban will not be applicable to crude palm oil but will only cover refined, bleached, deodorised (RBD) palm oil. Why the Ban? Indonesia announced the ban on the export of palm oil in view of a severe shortage and skyrocketing prices of edible oil in the Southeast Asian nation. The world cooking oil supply has been in a huge supply…

PM Modi to inaugurate Global Patidar Business Summit on Friday

PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the summit under “Mission 2026” to provide an impetus to the socio-economic development of the community. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Global Patidar Business Summit on Friday through video conferencing, the PMO said. Sardardham, an organisation of Patidars, a numerically strong caste in Gujarat, is organizing the summit under “Mission 2026” to provide an impetus to the socio-economic development of the community. The summit is organized every two years, the PMO said, adding the first two summits were held in Gandhinagar in 2018…

US signals focus back on China, QUAD summit on May 24

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that he shared the US Senator perspective that India-US was alliance of good and would have an impact on Chinese Communist Party’s future moves. With White House announcing the QUAD summit during US President Joseph Biden’s bilateral visit to Japan and South Korea on May 24, Washington has signaled that it has not forgotten Indo-Pacific amidst the never-ending turmoil in Ukraine. While the White House statement makes it clear that President Biden will build on more than an year of intensive diplomacy with the Indo-Pacific…

Bengal post-poll violence: Lawyers’ group to meet President Ram Nath Kovind

A lawyers’ group called ‘Lawyers for Justice’ will meet President Ram Nath Kovind on April 29, along with victims of post-poll violence from Bengal. A delegation of ten advocates, who are part of an association named ‘Lawyers for Justice’, said on Wednesday they will meet President Ram Nath Kovind on April 29 to demand justice for the victims of post-poll violence in West Bengal last year. The delegation will meet with Home Minister Amit Shah on the same day. The association’s convener, Kabir Shankar Bose, told a press conference that…

PM Modi to interact with chief ministers on Covid situation today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with chief ministers on Wednesday to discuss the country’s emerging Covid-19 situation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers on the emerging Covid-19 situation in the country on Wednesday through video conferencing, an official said. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan will make a presentation at the conference. “PM Modi will interact with CMs on the Covid-related situation in the country through video conferencing tomorrow at 12 noon,” the official said. With several festivals coming up, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged…