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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
TopicCentral government

Topic: central government

Why Delhi L-G’s approval of new services secretary ‘won’t benefit’ elected govt

A central govt ordinance, which gives more teeth to lieutenant governor, negates SC judgment in favour of Delhi govt, which gave the latter control of bureaucrats working under it.

Modi govt appoints Ravneet Kaur as CCI chief for next five years

Kaur has held several positions in the govt over the last two decades, including as chairperson of India Tourism Development Corp between 2017 & 2019, Kaur's LinkedIn profile showed.

WhatsApp responds to international spam call reports by users, ‘implements AI, machine learning-based systems’

According to a statement issued by the company Thursday, the 'new enforcement will reduce current calling rate by at least 50% & control current incidence effectively'.

Rains hit Punjab’s wheat crop but grain piling up at mandis, govt procurement shooting up

Extreme weather & rising prices in private, international markets led to low procurement last year. This season, state has already contributed over 100 LMT of wheat to central reserves.

CNG set to be 2nd most popular fuel for passenger vehicles in India by 2027, says ICRA report

Govt approval of new gas pricing mechanism has led to lower CNG prices. Total cost of CNG vehicle ownership now likely to be 10-15% lower than for similar petrol-powered vehicle. 

Understatement to say financial health of telcos has improved: Cellular Operators Association of India

COAI chief S.P. Kochhar says average revenue per user (ARPU) for telcos has not increased how it should've for 'healthy industry' & insists spectrum prices be brought down further.

What is Bhu-Aadhaar? A unique ID for land that aims to check fraud, benami transactions

The Unique Land Parcel Identification Number, which will have longitude and latitude coordinates of every land parcel, has already been rolled out in 26 states and Union territories.

Despite manpower issues, nearly 1,400 new posts at National Informatics Centre ‘pending approval since 2014’

NIC plays pivotal role in pushing Modi government’s ambitious Digital India programme, as well as making last-mile delivery of government services to citizens a reality.

‘Against Indian notion of marriage’ — why Modi govt is opposed to registering same-sex marriages

Relying on religious definition of marriage 'between biological man and biological woman only' Union govt Sunday opposed petitions in Supreme Court seeking recognition for same-sex marriages.

Reducing share to 51% in 53 firms — Bank of Baroda shows how Modi govt can earn Rs 3.5 lakh cr by disinvesting

At current market capitalisation levels, if govt reduces stake in listed companies to 51%, it can earn Rs 1.7 lakh cr from non-financial companies & Rs 1.8 lakh crore from financial ones.

On Camera

India’s draft guidelines on biosimilar drugs can make treatments more accessible, affordable

Though India has built a robust domestic biosimilar market, its international presence and the ability to lower prices as compared to small molecule generics remain limited.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India’s air defence system foiled 1,000 Pakistani drone attacks on 9 May—Modi tells Parliament

New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.