Around 1,100 Rohingyas staying in tents will be shifted into flats equipped with basic facilities and round-the-clock security provided by the Delhi Police.
Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri was addressing a session on reviving the economy at the 8th national forum hosted by Public Affairs Forum of India, a not-for-profit society.
In an eviction notice on 5 August, govt asked IWPC to vacate office after expiration of lease and concessional period. IWPC says there has been a communication gap.
Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri also informed the Lok Sabha that the excise duty collected from petrol was Rs 1,01,598 crore and from diesel was Rs 2,33,296 crore during FY20-21.
Petrol prices have breached the Rs 100-per-litre mark in over half a dozen states and union territories, while diesel is being sold at over Rs 100/litre in Odisha and Rajasthan.
Activist Saket Gokhale had raised questions on the assets of former diplomat Lakshmi Puri and her husband Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in a series of tweets last month.
The court also restrained Gokhale from posting 'scandalous' tweets against Lakshmi Puri and her husband Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri during the course of the defamation suit.
Pro-BJP individuals & Right-wing supporters criticised Union Minister Hardeep Puri for responding to Mallika Dua's tweet and arranging tocilizumab for her mother. Dua & her father, journalist Vinod Dua, are BJP critics.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
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.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
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.
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