Category: National

Bangladesh has recalled the whole-hearted support it received from the people of India, especially, West Bengal during its great war of liberation in 1971. Commerce Minister of Bangladesh Tipu Munshi held a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday, the eve of the Bengal Global Business Summit in Kolkata. At the outset, […]

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central and Maharashtra Pollution Control Boards (CPCB and MPCB) to inspect a plea alleging environmental violations by brick kilns in the Sawantwadi-Dodamarg corridor covering Palghar and Thane districts in Maharashtra. The principal bench of NGT, headed by its chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel, was dealing with the plea […]

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a plea seeking direction to fill vacancies of medical officers, paramedical staff, welfare officers, counsellors, teachers, yoga instructors, strength and pending va vocational counsellors and other staffers in jails in the court which has also directed national capital. A division bench headed by Acting Chief Justice […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced the launch of a special category of Ayush visa for tourists visiting India for medical tourism or treatment. He also said that a special hallmark type of branding for Ayush products will be initiated by the ministry of Ayush to identify and give recognition to the high quality […]

House economists at the State Bank of India (SBI) have called for a slew of reforms to incentivise regional rural banks, including granting them on-tap licence for conversion into Small Finance Banks (SFBs). In September 2018, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed urban cooperatives and microfinance lenders to convert themselves into SFBs. Leading Regional […]

The Income Tax department has notified forms for filing IT returns for 2021-22 fiscal, which also seek details of income from overseas retirement benefit accounts from taxpayers. The Income Tax returns forms 1-5 have been notified by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). ITR Form 1 (Sahaj) and ITR Form 4 (Sugam) are simpler […]

The Reserve Bank of India raised the retail inflation target for the current financial year to 5.7 per cent on the back of rising global prices amidst the ongoing geo-political tensions, even as it expected the prices of cereals and pulses to soften on prospects of good winter crop harvest. Global food prices along with […]

Jet fuel prices were hiked by 2 percent, the seventh straight increase this year to an all-time high, reflecting a surge in global energy prices. Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) the fuel that helps aeroplanes fly was hiked by Rs 2,258.54 per kilolitre, or 2 percent, to Rs 1,12,924.83 per kl (Rs 112.92 per litre) in […]

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has incurred avoidable expenditure of Rs 310 crore on issue of ‘Bal Aadhaars’ till 31 March 2019. The UIDAI needs to review the issue of Aadhaar to minor children below five years and find alternate ways to establish their unique identity, especially since the Supreme Court has stated […]

Cooking oil hoarding in Maharashtra and that of soybeans and mustard seeds in Madhya Pradesh has prompted the Centre to invoke actions under the provisions of the Essential Commodities Act 1955, officials said on Tuesday. Prices of cooking oil are on an upwards swing globally due to the Ukraine Russia war. “The domestic prices of […]