Chandigarh, Dec 5: Ludhiana was the coldest place in Punjab and Haryana at 4.7 degrees Celsius as minimum temperatures on Thursday hovered below normal limits at most places in the two states. Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a low of 9.3 degrees Celsius, a Meteorological […]
Jaipur, Dec 5: Alwar was the coldest place in Rajasthan with a minimum temperature of 6.4 degrees Celsius, the MeT department said on Thursday. In Churu the temperature on Wednesday night was 6.6 degrees. Ganganagar and Kota registered minimum temperatures of 7.6 and 9.2 degrees Celsius respectively, while Ajmer […]
NEW DELHI – India’s proposed new privacy bill may require large social media platforms to offer an identity-verification option, a potentially precedent-setting effort to rein in the spread of “fake news”, two government sources told Reuters on Thursday. The requirement would likely raise a host of technical and […]
New Delhi, Dec 5: The BJP on Thursday accused Congress leader P Chidambaram of violating bail conditions by claiming to have a very clear record as a minister, and said the case against him was essentially about corruption he was allegedly involved in as the finance minister. Union minister […]
(Eds: Disclaimer: The following press release comes to you under an arrangement with PR Newswire. PTI takes no editorial responsibility for the same.) MUMBAI, Dec. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — TATA Projects Limited, one of India’s fastest growing and most admired infrastructure companies, has hired 50 bright engineers this […]
Kolkata, Dec 5: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) is planning to install remote sensors across the state to detect stubble burning which is a major cause of air pollution, an official said on Thursday. The board will buy software for the sensors from Indian Space Research Organisation […]
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI – India’s drugs regulator has asked all states to enforce a court directive prohibiting online medicine sales, a senior government official said on Wednesday, raising industry concerns it could disrupt some online businesses. The CDSCO’s directive was sent on Nov. 28 to all states, according to […]
NEW DELHI – The cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved a data protection bill for tabling in parliament, taking the country a step closer to framing a privacy law. “The protection of personal data is a very important subject globally,” Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar told […]
NEW DELHI/GUWAHATI – India’s cabinet approved a bill on Wednesday to give citizenship to religious minorities persecuted in neighbouring Muslim countries, the first time that the country is seeking to grant nationality on the basis of religion. Last month, Amit Shah, India’s home minister, told parliament that non-Muslim […]
NEW DELHI – India will launch its first debt exchange-traded fund (EFT) comprising debt of state-run companies, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday, in a bid to allow retail investors to buy government debt. “It will be the first corporate ETF, which will provide additional money for […]
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