Month: September 2019

Prime Minister launches National Pension Scheme for Traders and Self Employed Persons

open view news desk The Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi launched at Ranchi today, the National Pension Scheme for Traders and Self Employed Persons, a pension scheme for theVyaparis (shopkeepers/retail traders and self-employed persons)withannual turnover not exceeding Rs 1.5 crore. The Governor of Jharkhand Smt. Draupadi Murmu, […]

Clarification regarding funds to NEC

open view news desk Reports have appeared in a section of the media to the effect that: There is a tussle between Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (M/o DoNER)  and North Eastern Council (NEC); M/o DoNER has restrained the council from sanctioning of new projects and […]

India joins the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Development Hub

open view news desk India has joined the Global Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Research and Development (R&D) Hub as a new member. This was announced today by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology in New Delhi. This expands the global partnership working to address challenges and […]

Pak skips SCO military medicine conference

New Delhi, Sept 12: Pakistan on Thursday skipped the two-day SCO military medicine conference organised by India here. The conference is being attended by 27 international and 40 Indian delegates. At the conference, the inaugural session of which was addressed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, the seat allotted to […]

Dangerous misuse of mandate by BJP: Sonia Gandhi

New Delhi, Sep 12: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday expressed concern over the “grim” economic situation in the country and accused the BJP government of misusing its mandate in the “most dangerous” fashion. Sources said, Gandhi, while addressing Congress leaders at a meeting at the party headquarters here […]

Tennis: India’s ‘survivor’ Sumit Nagal seeks support to stay afloat

MUMBAI – From wanting to quit tennis a decade ago to making a dream Grand Slam debut against Roger Federer at the U.S. Open last month, Sumit Nagal calls himself a “survivor” and the Indian is hopeful his journey will become less arduous going forward. The 22-year-old earned […]

Top Indian spice mix recalled in U.S. on salmonella contamination

BENGALURU – Some batches of a spice mix sold by a top Indian cooking brand were taken off the shelves in the United States for salmonella contamination, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. The contaminated lot of MDH’s sambhar powder was distributed in some northern Californian […]

U.S., China grant trade concessions as fresh talks loom

WASHINGTON/BEIJING – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday welcomed China’s decision to exempt some U.S. anti-cancer drugs and other goods from its tariffs and announced a short delay to scheduled tariff hikes on billions worth of Chinese goods. Stock markets in Asia rose on the news in early […]

CBI arrests three more people in FCRA violation case

New Delhi, Sep 12: Three more people have been arrested by the CBI in a case of Rs 90 crore received by aviation consultant Deepak Talwar’s NGO Advantage India in alleged violation of foreign exchange rules, officials said on Thursday. The arrests were made late Wednesday evening after Yasmin […]

Uttarakhand to reduce traffic violation fines

Dehradun, Sept 12:  The Uttarkhand cabinet has cleared a proposal to reduce some of the penalties revised by the Centre for traffic rule violations under the amended Motor Vehicle Act. Gujarat and Karnataka have already decided to reduce penalties for traffic violations under the Act. Though the penalties […]

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