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Wednesday, June 26, 2024
TopicModi government

Topic: Modi government

This Modi govt proposal could ease Mumbai, Kolkata space crunch, bring much-needed revenue

Shipping Ministry has identified 9,000 acres of port land in Kolkata, Mumbai & Gujarat that it hopes to lease out to private developers.  

Not media, CDS Rawat should be talking to military chiefs about India’s defence reform

Rawat’s position is only first among equals vis-à-vis the service chiefs and he has no command authority. This mandates a consultative process.

Modi govt sees privatisation as answer to ailing state power firms

States with electricity utilities losing more than 15% of revenue due to archaic networks, power theft & sloppy billing, collections will be pushed to privatise.

A ‘blah’ menu, dancing to Bajirao Mastani & Donald at Taj Mahal — Twitter on Trump visit

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Facing a fiscal crisis for long, Modi govt now seems to be pushing states into a crisis too

Either Modi govt is expecting a revenue windfall that will be passed on to states, or states will be squeezed even further. My guess is it will be the latter.

This governance index says India is more corrupt than Pakistan

India ranked poorly in the Berggruen Governance Index 2019 that looked at data over 14 years from 38 countries.

Central university V-C under Modi govt scanner for ‘fudging documents, sexual harassment’

Sanjeev Sharma is the second consecutive V-C of Mahatma Gandhi Central University, established in Bihar's Motihari just 4 years ago, to come under govt scanner.

How your water bill could be key to Modi govt’s infra push for $5 trillion-economy goal 

Department of Economic Affairs is said to be making a push to ensure central & state govts try to recover the operational costs of big-ticket infra projects.

UK MP visa row: Modi govt intolerant or must engage with global critics on CAA, Kashmir?

Debbie Abrahams, a labour party British MP, who chairs a parliamentary group on Kashmir, was denied entry to India Monday after her visa got rejected.

Govt could create posts in Railways to ensure merger doesn’t hurt anyone: Railway Board head

Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav says a new committee headed by cabinet secretary will look into modalities of the merger of 8 services.

On Camera

Deepika Padukone isn’t faking her pregnancy. Internet ‘critics’ need a refresher on biology

One of the comments on her recent picture, read: “She is not able to do the role of a pregnant woman properly”. It's a nasty cocktail of misogyny and an ignorance of basic human biology.

Noida International Airport, Delhi NCR’s 2nd, delayed. To begin operations by April 2025

According to a statement by the airport, commercial operations likely to begin next year 'in view of the current construction status'. It was supposed to commence operations by 2024 end.

India’s 15-yr quest for anti-tank missile: Israeli Spike, DRDO option, back to US for Javelin talks

Recent high-profile visit was of US National Security Adviser this month during which a number of key issues, including military cooperation, was discussed by both sides.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.