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WHO Director General lauds visionary leadership of PM Modi as first 100 days of Ayushman Bharat benefits 7 lakh people

OpIndia Staff - 4 January, 2019

WHO Direct-General praised PM Modi and Health Minister J P Nadda for their visionary leadership which helped seven lakh people avail benefits from Ayushman Bharat in the first 100 days of its launch

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Who uses a library? Trump mocks India’s investments in Afghanistan, faces flak

OpIndia Staff - 3 January, 2019

Trump also went ahead to state that Russia used to be the Soviet Union, Afghanistan made it Russia because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan.

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Congress alienated the people of Jammu and Kashmir by subverting democracy to stay in power: Arun Jaitley

OpIndia Staff - 3 January, 2019

Congress created barriers between the people of Jammu and Kashmir and great leaders like Shyama Prasad Mukherjee even laid his life to prevent it, said Jaitley with reference to provisions like Article 370.

The Narendra Modi government: A government that delivers

sumeetbhasin - 3 January, 2019

The year 2019 has started with Prime Minister Modi setting the record straight; this government is a government that delivers- and it delivered a lot over the last 4 years

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UP government to impose a 0.5 percent ‘Gau Kalyan cess’ for the construction and maintenance of cow shelters

OpIndia Staff - 2 January, 2019

The government has also decided that mandi cess will be increased from 1 per cent to 2 per cent to support the cow protection and welfare scheme.

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UPI saw the highest number of transactions worth Rs 1 trillion in December 2018, reports NPCI

OpIndia Staff - 2 January, 2019

In the last year, the monthly UPI transaction volume has gone up by more than 2,000 per cent, according to NPCI data.

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100 days of Ayushman Bharat: 6.85 lakh patients availed free treatment so far

OpIndia Staff - 2 January, 2019

Around 5.1 lakh claims have been availed of the scheme, for which payment has been released.

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Congress solicits donations to provide ‘better holidays’ to India, here is why India doesn’t need Congress’ help

Jinit Jain - 2 January, 2019

More and more Indians have been enjoying holidays and the tourism sector has been booming since the Modi government came to power.

Election time ‘lollipop’ of loan waiver promises never benefit farmers, we are working towards their empowerment: PM Modi

OpIndia Staff - 1 January, 2019

PM stated that waiving off farmers' loan is never the solution, had it been the solution, why are there still farmers in distress while multiple governments have promised loan waivers over the years.

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