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NEW DELHI: Ministries and departments have been directed to put a “ceiling” on the number of court cases that can be filed, in an effort to avoid unnecessary litigations and avoid wastage of public resources.Following a meeting earlier this week between PM Narendra Modi and all departmental secretaries, cabinet secretary T V Somanathan on Thursday…
NEW DELHI: The road transport and railway ministries have achieved a record capital expenditure utilisation of 63% and 56.5%, respectively, during the first half of the current financial year. The combined capex of the two ministries by Sept end was over Rs 3.1 lakh crore, as against the budgetary allocation of Rs 5.2 lakh crore…
Randhir Jaiswal (File photo) NEW DELHI: India on Friday issued its first official response to reports that US President Donald Trump announcing imposition of tariffs of up to 100 per cent on imports of branded and patented pharmaceutical drugs from October 1.During the weekly briefing, MEA’s official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “We saw a notice…
