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Leave Ukraine: India Issues Second Advisory In 6 Days For Its Nationals
New Delhi: With fears of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine not abating, India has once again advised its nationals -- especially students and those whose stay is not essential -- to leave Ukraine.
The advisory issued by Indian embassy…
No Question Of Privatising Railways, Says Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
New Delhi: Union Railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday ruled out privatisation of Indian railways.
Vaishnaw, who was speaking at India Today Budget Roundtable 2022 on ‘The Double-Engine Growth Model’, stated that it’s important for…
Full Office Attendance For Govt Employees From Feb 7, No More WFH
New Delhi: The Union government announced on Sunday that all its employees will have to attend office physically from February 7, without any exemption.
In other words, there will no more ‘work from home’ (WFH) option for any employee.…
India Seeks Tougher Action From Google, FB, Twitter On ‘Fake News’
New Delhi: The Indian government is not happy with top US tech giants.
Officials held heated discussions with Google, Twitter and Facebook for not removing ‘fake news’ from their platforms, Reuters reported.
The news agency quoted two…
Govt Suspends TV News Channel A Second Time; Know Why
New Delhi: The Union government has, for the second time, suspended telecast of Malayalam news channel MediaOne TV, citing “security concerns”.
“MediaOne channel telecast has once again been disallowed by Ministry of Information and…
Meet India’s New Chief Economic Adviser Anantha Nageswaran
New Delhi: Dr Venkatraman Anantha Nageswaran has been appointed Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) to Government of India. He will succeed KV Subramanian, whose three-year tenure ended in December 2021.
Nageswaran, an academic, is a former…
Jaishankar Tests COVID Positive; Check Other Union Ministers To Have Been Infected
New Delhi: S Jaishankar on Thursday joined a growing list of Union ministers to have contracted coronavirus since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.
Union External Affairs Minister Jaishankar tweeted on Thursday that he had…
In Panel To Study Bill To Raise Marriage Age, Just One Woman Member; MP Raises Concern
New Delhi: The Bill for raising the legal age of marriage of women from 18 to 21 years is under review, but ironically the committee that has been assigned the task of looking into it has only one woman member – West Bengal MP Sushmita Dev.…
Amid Protests, Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Link Voter ID With Aadhaar Card
New Delhi: Amid raucous protests by some Opposition parties, the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was passed in Lok Sabha on Monday.
The Bill seeks to link electoral rolls with the Aadhaar card to eliminate duplication.
Union Law…
Govt Ordinance: CBI & ED Directors’ Tenure Extended By Up To 5 Years
New Delhi: The Centre on Sunday brought two ordinances seeking to extend the tenure of Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) directors by up to five years.
At present, ED and CBI chiefs’ tenure is two…