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Uttarakhand Cabinet approves decisions taken by the Uniform Civil Code draft committee so far
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The Uttarakhand Cabinet has approved the decisions taken so far by the five-member panel formed to prepare a draft for the Uniform Civil Code (UCC)
Commission for Air Quality Management re-imposes GRAP Stage-3 restrictions in Delhi as air quality deteriorates to ‘severe’ category
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AQM Sub-Committee for Operationalization of actions under GRAP decided to invoke GRAP Stage-3 restrictions in Delhi due to falling air quality
This will be a game changer for the payments industry: Payments Council of India welcomes RBI allowing tokenisation of cards through banks
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The Payments Council of India (PCI), a representative body of the non-banking payment industry in India, welcomed the RBI's move to enable the issuing of tokens for cards via internet and commercial banks.
Over 1 crore Ayushman cards created during Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, more than 1.31 crore footfalls in 79,487 health camps
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In a significant milestone aimed at making quality healthcare accessible to all, over 1 crore Ayushman Cards have been created under the ongoing Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra.
A new criminal justice era begins in India, three momentous bills replacing IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act passed by Rajya Sabha
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Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill 2023 replace IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act.
India sends special charter flight with relief supplies as part of $1 million aid to Papua New Guinea hit by volcanic eruption
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India sends special charter flight for Papua New Guinea with relief supplies as part of USD 1 million aid
New Criminal Law has provision of trial in absentia for fugitives hiding in other countries: Home Minister Amit Shah
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Amit Shah said that the new criminal law bills have a provision of trial in absentia for those who are "hiding in other countries" for terror acts and other offences in India.
Death penalty for mob lynching, sedition law repealed: Lok Sabha passes new Criminal Law Bills
"The government has penalised 'Deshdroh (treason)' instead of Raajdroh (sedition)," informed Amit Shah.
‘India-US partnership strong, extremist groups operating on foreign soil a matter of concern’: PM Modi over bilateral relations and claims of Pannun assassination plot
"If someone gives us any information, we would definitely look into it," PM Modi said in an interview with the UK based newspaper Financial Times.
‘Nobody is forced to go’: Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar responds to criticism of govt’s decision to recruit 10,000 workers to be sent to...
Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar backed his government's decision to recruit 10,000 construction workers who will be sent to Israel
