Day: November 30, 2018

Maverick accountant Gurumurthy shaking up India’s central bank

NEW DELHI  – To his supporters, new Reserve Bank of India (RBI) board member Swaminathan Gurumurthy is a philosopher who will set India on a path of self-reliance. His detractors paint him as an ideologue who has pushed the government into a series of policy blunders. What neither […]

Saudi crown prince meets Modi in Argentina, plans to ramp up investments

NEW DELHI/CAIRO – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and told him about plans to scale up investments in India’s tech, farm and energy sectors, an Indian official and the Saudi news agency (SPA) said on Friday. Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed […]

Angry farmers march on parliament to denounce their plight

NEW DELHI  – Tens of thousands of Indian farmers and rural workers marched to the parliament in the capital, New Delhi, on Friday in a protest against soaring operating costs and plunging produce prices that have brought misery to many. The protest is one of the biggest displays […]

India to Chair Kimberley Process from 1st January 2019

open view web desk The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) Plenary 2018, was held in Brussels, Belgium, from 12th-16thNovember 2018.EU handed over the Chairmanship of KPCS to India from 1st January, 2019. On the concluding day of the Plenary, Ms. Federica Mogherini, High representative for Foreign Affairs and Security […]

Index of Eight Core Industries (Base: 2011-12=100) October, 2018

open view web desk 1.       The summary of the Index of Eight Core Industries (base: 2011-12) is given at the Annexure. 2.       The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27 per cent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).  The combined Index of Eight Core […]

Yojana issue on ‘Digital India’ released

open view web desk Digital India initiatives have gone beyond political barriers. No State or Central Government has opposed the new initiative of Modi Government that has potential to change India. Union Minister of Electronics & IT and Law & Justice, Sh. Ravi Shankar Prasad said this today […]

Health Ministry approves compensation formula for Hip implant cases

open view web desk The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India today approved formula for determination of compensation for those patients who had received (prior to August, 2010) faulty Articular Surface Replacement (ASR) hip implants manufactured by M/s. DePuy International Limited, U.K (M/S Johnson & […]

Water storage level of 91 major reservoirs of the country goes down by two percent

open view web desk The water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on November 29, 2018 was 98.353 BCM, which is 61% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This percentage was at 63% for the week ending on November 22, 2018. The level of water storage in the […]

President of India Inaugurates the 2nd International Ambedkar Conclave

open view web desk The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the 2nd International Ambedkar Conclave today (November 30, 2018) in New Delhi as part of the commemoration of Constitution Day. The Conclave is being organised by the Forum of SC and ST Legislators and Parliamentarians and the […]

Measles cases rise 30 percent worldwide: UN

Measles cases worldwide jumped more than 30 percent last year compared to 2016, with increases recorded in wealthy European countries like Germany where vaccination coverage has historically been high, the UN said Thursday. The World Health Organization said the worrying trend of resurgent measles cases was a near […]

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