Category: Breaking News

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin proclaimed that a cybercrime centre will be established in the state which will help in unravelling issues related to cybercrimes. The centre will be responsible for the investigation of all the internet-related crimes taking place in the state.   A senior police official, who will probably be heading the unit, told IANS that this centre will also investigate crimes against women and children and will create awareness amongst the public. Four cybercrime police stations (as a part of investigation centre) and a mobile drone unit will…

Jio heartily welcomes the reforms and relief package announced by the Government of India, as these are a timely step towards strengthening India’s telecom sector.  These will accelerate realisation of Hon. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s Digital India vision and enable India’s transformation into the world’s leading Digital Society.   Jio’s mission is to bring the fruits of the Digital Revolution to 1.35 billion Indians. Guided by this mission, we have ensured that Indians have the highest quality and the highest quantity data access anywhere in the world, at the…

Today, the Union Cabinet may consider a moratorium on payment of spectrum dues by telecom firms as part of a package for the sector. It is aimed to provide relief to companies like Vodafone Idea that have to pay thousands of crores of rupees in unprovisioned past statutory dues.   As per sources with the knowledge of the development said that the relief package which is under consideration includes telecom firms getting an option to convert interest on spectrum dues of the four-year moratorium period into government equity.   The move comes six weeks after…

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in Aligarh. He also visited the exhibition models of the Aligarh node of Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor and Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University.   Addressing the event, the Prime Minister Remembered the late Kalyan Singh ji. He said that Kalyan Singh Ji would have been very happy to see the emerging profile of Aligarh in the defence sector and the establishment of  Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in Aligarh.   The…

Based on a request for assistance from the civil administration,  a Naval Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster relief (HADR) team, consisting of naval divers with support gear, was dispatched at short notice from INS Sardar Patel to Rajkot on the evening of 13 Sep 21 to join the ongoing rescue efforts.  Six more teams are ready to augment the ongoing civil rescue efforts in affected areas.          Similarly, several rescue teams have been deployed from INS Valsura in Jamnagar to assist stranded people from various parts of rain…

Eleven States namely, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand have achieved the target set by the Ministry of Finance for the capital expenditure in the 1st Quarter of 2021-22. As an incentive, these States have been granted permission by the Department of Expenditure to borrow an additional amount of Rs. 15,721 crore. The additional open market borrowing permission granted is equivalent to 0.25 percent of their Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP). Additional financial resources thus made available will help the States in pushing…

USA willing to collaborate with India for realizing its target of 450 GW RE by 2030   Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy,R.K. Singh met a delegation led by John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPOC) here. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss further collaboration on climate change issues and to work towards a genuine partnership between the two countries to pave the way for the rest of the world on Energy Transition.   Alok Kumar, Secretary Ministry of Power and other senior…

Shri Arjun Munda, Minister of Tribal Affairs, accompanied by Shri Pravir Krishna, Managing Director, TRIFED and other senior officials, successfully concluded a two-day visit to Assam on September 13, 2021.  The Union Minister, who addressed a Press Conference at Assam Administrative Staff College today, said that the Ministry of Tribal Affairs is committed towards proper implementation of tribal development programmes in the State and he also informed about future plans for augmenting tribal development here.   While addressing the media persons, the Union Minister informed that his Ministry’s focus is…

The MLA from Ghatlodia constituency in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad, Bhupendra Patel has been sworn in as the new chief minister of Gujarat. The sworn-in ceremony took place at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar at 2:20 pm on Monday. Governor Acharya Devvrat administered the oath of office with BJP leaders Amit Shah, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and others present on stage.   Earlier, Bhupendra Patel, along with other senior BJP leaders, including former state chief minister Vijay Rupani, Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Mansukh Mandaviya and party general secretary Tarun Chaug, met governor…

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that India’s public sector banks that were caught in turbulence are stable now after prompt corrective actions (PCA) have been taken.   The minister was speaking at the Tamilnad Mercantile Bank’s (TMB) centenary celebrations in Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu on Sunday. Sitharaman said that prior to 2014, the public sector banks were facing various problems.   “The public sector banks were laden with huge non-performing assets (NPA) which was a serious concern for the future of the banking sector itself,” she said.  …