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Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with farmers in a Krishi programme at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: @NarendraModi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched two major schemes for the agriculture sector with a combined outlay of ₹35,440 crore, including a pulses mission aimed at reducing import dependency. The event

On March 29, 1990, Mr. Kumar (name changed) got appointed to the post of Assistant Director of a government department. Then, in 2000, he was promoted to the post of Deputy Director, but due to some corrections in the gradation list, he was demoted back to Assistant Director. Later, following a court order, he resumed

Synopsis Senior citizens can now invest in fixed deposit and get interest rates as high as 8.15% for a three-year term, with Utkarsh Small Finance Bank leading the pack. Other banks like Jana and Ujjivan also offer competitive rates. Remember, TDS is deducted if annual FD interest exceeds Rs 1 lakh, but Form 15H can

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav’s official Facebook account, which was allegedly suspended earlier, has been restored, party sources said on Saturday. Sources in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) told PTI that Yadav’s account was blocked by Facebook, and not by the government. Yadav took to his account and shared a quote

Synopsis President Macron reappointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister despite calls for a fresh face to end parliamentary deadlock. Lecornu accepted the mission “out of duty,” pledging to end the political crisis and secure a budget by year-end. The reappointment faced immediate criticism from opposition parties. Reuters Sebastien Lecornu French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday

New Delhi: India should consider making rules easier for foreign companies to fully own local units in the defence sector, said Patrice Caine, chief executive of French military, avionics and cybersecurity software group Thales. “Countries like France, Australia and the UK — they make a clear distinction between protecting intellectual property and economic rights. They

With the phasing out of registered post, summons or divorce notices from courts will be issued through speed post, State governments and Union Territories with legislatures are amending laws to give equal status to speed post. One such notification has been issued by the Delhi government which said, “The High Court of Delhi, in exercise

US President Donald Trump last month dismissed climate change as a “con job.” | Photo Credit: JOHANNES CHRISTO Nineteen of the World Bank’s 25 executive directors issued a joint statement this week affirming their support for the bank’s continued work on climate change, defying the US, the bank’s largest shareholder, and several other countries. The

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday announced sanctions against more than 50 individuals, entities, and vessels for facilitating Iranian oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sales and shipments from Iran, including Indian nationals involved in trading activities linked to Iran’s energy sector. According to a release by

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