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Thursday, July 24, 2025
TopicCentral government

Topic: central government

Kerala govt, Left leaders protest in Delhi against Centre’s alleged ‘neglect of state’

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, along with other leaders, marched from Kerala House to Jantar Mantar. He said 8 February will be a 'red letter day' in the history of the Republic of India.

‘Siddaramaiah’s tax devolution allegations lack solid grounds,’ says Union Minister Pralhad Joshi

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and Dy CM DK Shivakumar accused the Centre of indulging in economic oppression of Karnataka and will hold protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on 7 February.

‘Censorship’ or ‘no impact on criticism of govt’ — Bombay HC’s split judgment on IT Rules amendment

Comedian Kunal Kamra, Editors Guild of India & others challenged 2023 amendment allowing Centre to set up fact-check unit to identify false online content 'related to business of govt'.

ULFA signs peace accord with Centre, Assam government agreeing to shun violence

The agreement, signed in presence of Amit Shah and Himanta Biswa Sarma, came after 12 years of unconditional negotiations between the ULFA faction and govt.

Govt orders safety audit of all under-construction NH tunnels as Uttarakhand rescue ops near end

The 4.5-kilometre Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarkashi, which was under construction on a national highway, collapsed in the early hours of 12 November.

Govt stares at 1700 leftover postgraduate medical seats despite lowering qualifying marks to zero

Through a 20 September circular, the Union Health Ministry allowed MBBS candidates, who had appeared for NEET-PG, 2023, to opt for leftover seats in medical colleges. But has not got a favourable response as these seats are in non-clinical branches.

Royal Enfield, SX4s to photocopiers — govt aims to make Rs 400-cr off Central Secretariat ‘clean-up’

23 vehicles, cited by CISF as 'security threat', added to list of items languishing at Shastri Bhawan, which houses several ministries & govt depts. 'Scrap disposal' to begin tomorrow.

Amit Shah, Adhir, Ghulam Nabi part of Kovind-led panel to study ‘One Nation, One Election’ feasibility

Part of BJP’s poll promise of electoral reforms, theory aims for simultaneous LS & assembly elections. Panel to submit recommendations at the earliest, no time frame given.

Finance Ministry says inflationary pressures need greater vigilance by govt and RBI

The ministry's comments come weeks after data showed retail inflation in July rose to its highest in 15 months, as vegetable and cereals prices skyrocketed.

States queue up with metro proposals, but housing ministry exercising caution before giving go-ahead

House panel last yr flagged that almost all metro networks are in losses. Centre has received 21 proposals & approved 2, is working on guidelines to standardise construction & lower cost.

On Camera

India’s ancient knowledge could save the future of AI. Build with wisdom, not just engineering

Each billion dollars we spend on GPUs and AI hardware is akin to planting more neurons in the simulated brain we are building. And this brain is expanding — quickly.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.