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India says no to ‘high-powered’ UK delegation planning to visit Delhi to persuade govt against Russia, trip cancelled last minute
Initially, the delegation was to visit to discuss the UK-India free trade deal, however, the purpose of their visit changed after Russia launched its special military operations in Ukraine in February.
Government took every care to protect the interests of employees during disinvestment of Air India: What Madras HC said dismissing plea by Air Corporation...
Dismissing the plea that claimed disinvestment was done in a non-transparent manner, the Madras HC bench of Justice V Parthiban observed that the government appeared to have taken every care not to jettison the interests of its employees.
RBI announces 123PAY: A UPI-based payment system for feature phone users
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123PAY is aimed to fill the gap in digital payment system and include 40 crore feature phones in the digital banking ecosystem.
China upset after India blocks Chinese apps and raids Huawei, says India damaging business interests of Chinese companies
India till date has banned around 321 Chinese apps since 2020. Initially India blocked 59 Chinese apps, then 47 and later around 118 apps citing concerns of data security of Indian users.
Union Budget 2022-23: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces National Mental Health Programme
The Covid-19 pandemic has accentuated mental health problems in people of all ages, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today while presenting the Union Budget 2022-23.
Union Budget 2022-23: No change in Income Tax slab, govt focuses on ease of compliance under Direct Tax regime
Finance Minister Sitharaman announced that a new provision would be introduced to provide an opportunity to taxpayers to file the updated returns, on payment of additional tax, within two years of the end of the relevant assessment year.
Union Budget 2022-23: FM Nirmala Sitharaman announces India’s first digital currency – Digital Rupee
In her budget speech, Finance Minister Sitharaman announced that a digital rupee will be issued using blockchain and other technologies and will be issued by the Reserve Bank of India starting 2022-23.
PM Modi declares January 16 as ‘National Start-up Day’, praises industry, says number of operative start-ups went from 550 to 60,000
This decade is being called as 'techade' of India to strengthen the innovation and entrepreneurship, PM Modi said.
Congress uses 2010 image from Kashmir protests to claim youth are unemployed under Modi government
Congress has used misleading or fake images three times already in its campaign in 2022.
Tree Goddess from Karnataka to Turmeric Trinity from Meghalaya: This year’s Padma awardees, ordinary people doing extraordinary things
In a stark contrast to previous governments where the Padma awards were given to elites of Lutyen's Delhi, the Modi govt has been honouring unsung heroes from faraway villages of India.
