open view news desk As per the table below, Defence Expenditure is increasing every year in absolute terms implying higher spending. (Rs. in crore) Year Defence Budget (BE) GDP Def. Exp % of GDP 2016-17 3,40,921.98 153,62,386 (2nd RE) 2.22 2017-18 3,59,854.12 170,95,005 (1st RE) […]
open view news desk The Government is implementing a Scheme namely “Scheme for Pension and Medical Aid to Artistes” to improve financial and socio-economic status of the old aged artistes and scholars including various Folk Artists who have contributed significantly in their specialized fields of arts, letters etc., […]
open view news desk In July 2019, Government announced the FASTag mandate of declaring all lanes except one lane of National Highways fee plazas as “FASTag lane of Fee Plaza” w.e.f. 1st December 2019. In order to facilitate sufficient lead time to citizens to obtain FASTag, the mandate […]
open view news desk The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind addressed the 8th convocation of Guru Ghasidas University in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh today (March 2, 2020). Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the main objective of education is not only to get a degree but also to […]
open view news desk The Ministry of Culture implements a Scheme namely, ‘Scheme of Scholarship and Fellowship for Promotion of Art and Culture’, which consists of three components viz (i) ‘Award of Scholarships to Young Artists in Different Cultural Fields’, (ii) ‘Award of Senior/Junior Fellowships to Outstanding Persons […]
open view news desk On 27.02.2020, Income Tax Department conducted a search on a group of individuals, hawala dealers and businessmen in Raipur. The search action was mounted on the basis of credible inputs, intelligence and evidence of generation of huge unaccounted cash from liquor and mining business […]
open view news desk The week long Exhibition-cum-Fair “EKAM Fest” organized by National Handicapped Finance Development Corporation (NHFDC) under M/o Social Justice& Empowermentbegan today at State Emporia Complex, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi-1.Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for RT&Hand MEME […]
For a generation, Roya Sadat has been a voice for Afghan women in one of the world’s worst places to be one. One of the first female filmmakers to make her name after the fall of the Taliban in 2001, she has won plaudits at home and abroad […]
Israel held its third election in less than a year Monday seeking to break a political deadlock, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chasing re-election while facing criminal indictment. Turnout appeared high despite what President Reuvin Rivlin called an “awful and grubby” campaign characterised by mudslinging between Netanyahu’s right-wing […]
SELMA, Ala. — An emboldened Joe Biden is trying to cast himself as the clear moderate alternative to progressive Bernie Sanders as the Democrats’ shrinking presidential field races toward Super Tuesday. One of Biden’s leading moderate rivals, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, dropped out of the campaign Sunday just 24 […]
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