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Friday, July 5, 2024
TopicModi government

Topic: Modi government

Modi govt’s ‘guided tours’ of foreign envoys in J&K shows its double standards: Congress

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh demanded the government allow unfettered access to Jammu & Kashmir to all politicians in India.

India could soon find all its ‘missing million’ TB patients — highest-ever detection in 2019

In 2019, the detection of TB cases in India reached its highest ever at 23.5 lakh patients, against an estimated 26.9 lakh cases.

Final call on 10% EWS quota lies with states, can’t enforce it, Modi govt tells SC

The central govt made the submission in an affidavit filed in response to a plea seeking the implementation of the EWS quota in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

IAF transported 625 tonnes of new notes after demonetisation, reveals former chief Dhanoa

Dhanoa, who became IAF chief the month after demonetisation in 2016, said the force flew 33 missions but doesn't know how many crores the notes added up to.

Without religion, politics is meaningless, says union minister & BJP working chief JP Nadda

JP Nadda said politics needs religion the most so it has a code of conduct, and added that the BJP works with the positivity that comes from this.

$30 billion and counting: Modi govt eyes telecom & other firms to meet fiscal deficit target

After demanding $3 bn each from Vodafone and Airtel, and a reported $24 bn from GAIL India, now the govt has sought $2 bn from a fertiliser maker in Gujarat.

Foolish to think Hindus who voted Modi twice will shift due to threat to Muslim citizenship

The base of CAA-NRC-NPR protests remains confined to groups that were already opposed to BJP - Muslims, liberal middle-class, Leftists and dissenting students.

Rail fare, LPG price hike: Is Modi govt signalling tough economic decisions in 2020?

The Indian Railways announced Tuesday a hike in fares across its network for the first time since 2014-2015.

Why Supreme Court of India won’t strike down Modi govt’s Citizenship Amendment Act

The primary ground on which the CAA is being challenged is its ostensible violation and abuse of the ‘right to equality’ enshrined in the Indian Constitution.

In 2020, don’t rely on routine rallies and marches. Modi’s India needs new ways to protest

India's rulers are out to divide the country. This calls for a new Bharat-jodo andolan.

On Camera

Arvind Subramanian on India having missed its chance to rationalise GST rates — ‘moment has passed’

Speaking at an event, the former CEA says he no longer thinks fuel & electricity should be included in GST and added that India has only now, 7 yrs later, reached pre-GST revenue levels.

Record 16.7% growth in defence production in a year — PSUs contribute 79.2% & private sector 20.8%

Ministry of Defence claims 60 percent rise in indigenous defence production in past 5 yrs, attributing it to policy reforms and soaring defence exports.

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.