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President of India Pays Homage to Dr Shanker Dayal Sharma on his Birth Anniversary

AUG 19, 2023 The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu paid homage to Dr Shanker Dayal Sharma, former President of India, on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (August 19, 2023). 

Operationalisation of the Board for Advance Rulings

AUG 19, 2023 The Central Board of Direct Taxes constituted three Boards for Advance Rulings in September, 2021. Further, by Notification No. 07 of 2022, the Scheme of E-advance Ruling was introduced with an objective to make the entire process of advance rulings with a minimal interface and […]

Indian government plans stake sale in Indian Railways’ funding arm – sources

NEW DELHI, Aug 16 – The Indian government is considering selling some of its stake in the state-owned Indian Railway Finance Corp (IRFC) (INID.NS) as it aims to meet its divestment targets for the year, two government officials told Reuters on Wednesday.The government owns a little over 86% of the […]

75 nations participates in the first-ever global Summit on Traditional Medicine

Traditional Medicine has got unprecendented recognition: Sarbanand Sonowal AUG 17, 2023 The first World Health Organization Global Summit on Traditional Medicine was inaugurated today at Gandhinagar, Gujarat alongside the G20 health ministerial meet. Director-General of WHO Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and the Union Minister of Ayush, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, […]

Myths Vs Facts

Media Reports claiming AB PM-JAY beneficiaries who have been declared dead on the system availing treatment at hospitals are misleading Under AB PM-JAY, hospitals are allowed to initiate request for pre-authorization upto three days post the date of admission in the hospital, during which time, patients in some […]

Two reforms introduced for Mobile User Protection to promote a cleaner and safer digital ecosystem

Fresh KYC for SIM Swap/Replacement Facial based biometric authentication permitted in addition to thumb and iris based biometric authentication Complete KYC of  end-users  for business connections Registration of Point-of-Sale (POS) by Licensee Blacklisting of fraudulent POS for 3 years Indisputable verification of each POS, i.e. Franchisee, Agents, and […]

UK Minister for Security, Mr Tom Tugendhat holds ‘bilateral’ with his counterpart Minister from India, Dr Jitendra Singh

The two leaders reaffirm closer cooperation India’s G20 Presidency will give political impetus to the ongoing momentum of facilitating international collaboration and enhancing accountability in the fight against corruption, says Dr Jitendra Singh “PM Modi has reiterated India has strict policy of zero tolerance against corruption”: Dr Jitendra […]

CS for carrying out QC before declaring villages as Model category under SBM

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 11: With the Independence Day coming close by, the Chief Secretary, DrArun Kumar Mehta, today took review of the districts which were lagging behind in declaration of their villages as ‘Model Category’ under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Grameen. The Government is aspiring to declare the […]

CHILD MARRIAGES

AUG 11, 2023 The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) compiles and publishes the data on the number of cases of child marriage registered under ‘the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006’ in its publication ‘Crime in India’. The said report is available upto the year 2021. As […]

Adoption process becomes much faster

A total of 2625 adoption orders issued till  31ST July, 2023. AUG 11, 2023 With the Amendment of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 (as amended in 2021), and consequent notification of Adoption Regulations with effect from 23.09.2022, the adoption process has become much […]

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