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New Delhi Union Minister Smriti Irani wrote a strong post against bullying on Instagram Friday after her daughter was humiliated and mocked in school. “I deleted my daughter’s selfie yesterday coz an idiot bully in her class, A Jha, mocks her for her looks & tells his pals in classRead More
New Delhi The GST Council today extended the tenure of the anti-profiteering authority by two years till November 2021 and allowed use of Aadhaar as proof for obtaining GST registration while referring tax cut on electric vehicles and their chargers to an officers’ committee. The council’s meeting, chaired by FinanceRead More
New Delhi India’s quest to attain membership of the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) is likely to occur in tandem with Pakistan, said sources here. India’s membership of the NSG is one among the key issues being discussed by its ongoing plenary in Kazakhstan. But the trend of discussions has indicatedRead More
Patna Brain fever has afflicted more than 600 children across 16 districts of Bihar of which 136 have lost their lives since the beginning of this month, the state health department said on Thursday. According to statistics released by the department, the total number of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) casesRead More
Washington/New Delhi Mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against the minority communities, particularly Muslims, continued in India in 2018, amid rumours that victims had traded or killed cows for beef, an official US report said Friday. The State Department in its annual 2018 International Religious Freedom Report alleged thatRead More
New Delhi Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to increase the strength of judges and raise the retirement age of high court judges to 65 years. Gogoi has also urged the prime minister to make tenure appointments of retired apex court judgesRead More
New Delhi The United States has told India it is considering caps on H-1B work visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally, sources said, widening the two nations’ row over tariffs and trade. The plan to restrict the popular H-1B visa programme, under which skilled foreignRead More
New Delhi A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pitch for ‘one nation, one election’ drew a mixed response, President Ram Nath Kovind today urged parliamentarians to “seriously” consider the “development-oriented” proposal, calling it the “need of the hour”. Edit: One nation, one election Addressing the customary joint session ofRead More
New Delhi Yoga guru Baba Ramdev will unveil the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of his life and provide insights into his childhood in his soon-to-be published autobiography. The book, ‘My Life, My Mission’, co-authored with senior journalist Uday Mahurkar, addresses the major controversies, turning points and achievements of Ramdev’s life.Read More
New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the G-20 summit in Osaka in Japan from June 27 to 29, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday. MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar announced that former Union Minister Suresh Prabhu would be India’s Sherpa at the meet. “This would beRead More
