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NEW DELHI: Govt on Wed-nesday cleared an incentive scheme with an outlay of Rs 7,280 crore for establishing domestic capacity for manufacturing 6,000 tonne of integrated rare earth magnets annually with the aim of breaking China’s stranglehold over this vital input for a host of industries ranging from automobiles to aerospace and defence.Govt will allot…
NEW DELHI: Arunachal Pradesh is an integral and inalienable part of India, and this is a self-evident fact, asserted Indian govt as China reiterated its claim over the northeast Indian state following controversy over the detention of an Arunachal Pradesh woman at Shanghai airport.No amount of denial by the Chinese side is going to change…
NEW DELHI: Justifying its decision to ban online money games by bringing Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, Centre on Tuesday told Supreme Court that the unregulated online gaming sector had links with terror financing and money laundering, but said it was premature to examine validity of the law as it had not yet…
NEW DELHI: Twenty-eight Naxalites, including 19 women and 22 cadres carrying a cumulative reward of Rs 89 lakh, surrendered before senior police officers in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Tuesday, officials said. According to inspector general of police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj Pattilingam, the group cited their decision was driven by the state government’s ‘Niyad Nellanar’ (your…
India’s fiscal space is tightening as recent tax cuts weigh on revenue growth, leaving the government with less room to support the economy through policy measures, Moody’s Ratings said on Tuesday, according to PTI. The global agency flagged that lower collections in the current financial year have added pressure on the fiscal consolidation path.Speaking at…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she”loves Bangladesh as a country, because their language is same,” before training guns at the BJP-led central government and the Election Commission over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, warning that the exercise must not be rushed ahead of the…
Madrassa teacher who moved to UK but drew salary for 10 years under probe for radicalisation charges, Pak link LUCKNOW: On paper, Maulana Shamsul Huda Khan was a govt-recognised madrassa teacher in Azamgarh, drawing his monthly salary, availing medical leaves, and finally securing voluntary retirement with full benefits. In reality, he was thousands of miles…
NEW DELHI: Amid rising air pollution, the Delhi government on Monday issued an advisory for it’s employees, private offices to operate with 50 per cent on-site staff, with the remainder continuing to work from home. The step follows directions from the Commission for Air Quality Management and aims to limit exposure while reducing vehicular emissions…
The Finance Ministry is once again examining the merger of three state-owned general insurance companies—Oriental Insurance, National Insurance and United India Insurance—after an improvement in their financial condition, PTI reported citing sources. The move revives a proposal first announced in the 2018-19 Budget to consolidate the three entities into a single insurer to improve efficiency…
The government has listed the Securities Markets Code Bill 2025 for introduction in the Winter session of Parliament starting December 1, according to a Lok Sabha bulletin. The unified legislation is aimed at boosting ease of doing business and reducing regulatory friction across India’s financial markets. The Bill proposes merging key securities laws, including the…
