Month: July 2021

Justice Department commemorates the milestone of crossing 9 lakh beneficiaries under its Tele-Law programme

The event heralds beginning of “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” in Department of Justice Tele Law has potential to foster inclusive character of justice delivery and strengthening rule of law: says Law Minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad during event Tele-Law saw a surge of 369% growth in number of […]

Union Minister Dr Jitendra says, a Common Eligibility Test will be conducted across the country from early 2022

Launches e-book Civil List-2021 of IAS officers at North Block DELHI, JULY 6: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra Singh today said that a Common Eligibility Test (CET) for job […]

ENVOYS OF FOUR NATIONS PRESENT CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT OF INDIA THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCE

The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, accepted credentials from Ambassadors/High Commissioners of the Republic of Colombia, Uruguay, Jamaica and Republic of Armenia today (July 6, 2021) in a virtual ceremony. Those who presented their credentials were: 1.   H.E. Ms. Mariana Pacheco Montes, Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia […]

GST Revenue collection for June2021

92,849 crore gross GST revenue collected in June’ 2021 DELHI, JULY 6: The gross GST revenue collected in the month of June’ 2021 is₹92,849 crore of which CGST is ₹16,424 crore, SGST is ₹20,397, IGST is ₹49,079 crore (including ₹25,762 crore collected on import of goods) and Cess is ₹6,949 crore (including ₹809 crore collected on import of goods).The above […]

Govt has created ‘mess’: Tharoor on new IT portal

New Delhi, Jul 6: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday attacked the Centre over the glitches in the new Income Tax portal, alleging that even after spending Rs 4,200 crore on it, the government had “failed” to make it user-friendly and created a “mess” instead. Tharoor, who is […]

Police use teargas, water cannons on schoolteachers

Chandigarh, Jul 6:  Police on Tuesday lobbed teargas shells and used water cannons to disperse schoolteachers as they tried to force their way through barricades put up on the Chandigarh-Mohali border in a bid to reach Punjab CM Amarinder Singh’s official residence here. Demanding that their services be […]

Facebook, Google, Twitter say could quit Hong Kong over proposed data laws- WSJ

July 5 – U.S. tech giants Facebook Inc (FB.O), Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) have privately warned the Hong Kong government that they could stop offering their services in the city if authorities proceed with planned changes to data-protection laws, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing a letter. […]

In crosshairs of ransomware crooks, cyber insurers struggle

BOSTON — In the past few weeks, ransomware criminals claimed as trophies at least three North American insurance brokerages that offer policies to help others survive the very network-paralyzing, data-pilfering extortion attacks they themselves apparently suffered. Cybercriminals who hack into corporate and government networks to steal sensitive data […]

Cultural Wing DIPR hosts Webinar on Covid appropriate Behaviour

JAMMU, JULY 05: Cultural Wing Jammu, Department of Information and Public Relations(DIPR) today organised a webinar on Covid appropriate behaviour in collaboration with NSS Unit of Department of Music Government Degree College, Udhampur. Principal of college Prof. Subash Chander was the Chief Guest and Joint Director Information, Jammu, […]

Girl’s prayer at collapse site leads to meeting with Biden

SURFSIDE, Fla. — Gazing at the mountain of rubble that had buried her father, uncle and dozens of others, a 12-year-old girl moved away from her relatives, sat down by herself and pulled out her phone. She opened a collection of Psalms and began to pray. Elisheva Cohen’s […]

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