-The Telegraph New delhi: The Narendra Modi government has met a key demand of single-brand retailers by relaxing a mandatory 30 per cent local sourcing condition. The change was announced along with the decision to allow 100 per cent foreign direct investment under the automatic route for single-brand retail trading, which will help companies like Apple to set up branded stores across India. Foreign retailers will now be permitted to set off their...
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Anthem not must but stand if played -R Balaji
-The Telegraph New delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that cinemas need not compulsorily play the national anthem but if they did, everyone in the audience except the physically challenged must stand up. The apex court modified its own order issued in 2016 after the Centre, in keeping with its altered stand that was articulated on Monday, said the earlier directives on the national anthem had been abused and they could...
More »India misses Kala Azar elimination deadline -Abantika Ghosh
-The Indian Express In fact, endemic blocks have increased from 61 to 68 in 17 districts of Bihar and Jharkhand. New delhi: India has missed the 2017 deadline that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had announced for elimination of Kala Azar (black fever) in his Budget speech last year. In fact, endemic blocks have increased from 61 to 68 in 17 districts of Bihar and Jharkhand. The matter was taken up at a meeting...
More »RTI Reveals Modi Called Health Minister to Discuss Removal of AIIMS Whistleblower Sanjiv Chaturvedi -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in While it is not known what transpired in the conversation between the prime minister and the then health minister Harsh Vardhan, the RTI replies reveal a level of inertia in governance. New delhi: At the peak of the controversy surrounding whistleblower Indian Forest Service officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi exposing major corruption in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made a telephonic call to the then...
More »Haryana government spent Rs 3.8 lakh to buy 10 copies of the Bhagavad Gita: RTI reply
-Scroll.in The state paid Rs 15 lakh to actor Hema Malini and Rs 10 lakh to delhi BJP President Manoj Tiwari for their performances at the Gita Mahotsav in November 2017. The Manohar Lal Khattar government in Haryana spent Rs 3,79,500 to buy just 10 copies of the Bhagavad Gita during the International Gita Mahotsav in 2017, The Times of India reported on Tuesday. The Kurukshetra Development Board provided information about...
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