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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicIndian governemnt

Topic: Indian governemnt

Tesla to set up EV factory in India, in talks with the government

With an annual capacity to produce as many as 500,000 electric vehicles, the prices for the EVs would start from 2 million rupees ($24,400.66), according to a TOI report.

Centre approves states’ investment proposal worth $6.9 bn under infrastructure scheme

Finance Ministry said the capital investment projects will be implemented in sectors like health, education, irrigation, water supply, power and roads among others.

India to approve wheat and broken rice exports to four nations

Following requests, India would allow exports to Indonesia, Senegal and Gambia in 2023-24. It also approved request from Nepal and allowed exports in current financial year.

Govt and military owe India an authentic history of the 1971 Bangladesh War. Rest is mythology

Halos around personalities from the 1971 Bangladesh War victory have no sanctity. Myths and claims of self-aggrandisement must be debunked.

Modi govt’s post-lockdown containment plan and the Bhilwara model that’s key to it

In episode 437 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta delves into the containment plan released by the Indian government and how Rajasthan's Bhilwara successfully curbed Covid-19.

‘Cruel and inhumane’ — European Union condemns hanging of 16 December gang rape convicts

International Commission of Jurists also denounces the hangings and urges India to introduce changes to legal system that would deter violence.

Bhopal gas leak: Supreme Court can now undo collusion between Union Carbide, Indian govt

In 1989, Union Carbide and Indian govt together reduced the number and extent of injury that Bhopal gas leak caused. A curative petition is now before Supreme Court.

These common antibiotics have new side-effects & will now come with warnings

India's drug watchdog tells manufacturers of Cefixime, Cefotaxime, Ofloxacin and 4 other drugs to ensure warnings on leaflets in drug packets. 

TalkPoint: Lateral entry at joint secretary level positions: reform or politically motivated?

An advertisement by the government of India on Sunday announced 10 positions at the joint secretary level for ‘talented and motivated’ professionals. Experts weigh in whether it will help.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.