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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicModi govt 2019

Topic: Modi govt 2019

Piyush Goyal gets Railways again, safety, punctuality & food are top priorities

In his first tenure, Goyal eliminated unmanned crossings and got the Vande Bharat express running but will now have to contend with delays in his pet bullet train project.

Rules for online sale of medicines top new Modi govt’s 100-day agenda

Online pharmacies currently do not fall under the ambit of any existing laws, though they function on the principles of their brick-and-mortar counterparts.

Modi cabinet: Here’s the full list of who got which ministry

First-time minister Amit Shah takes over the home portfolio from Rajnath Singh while Nirmala Sitharaman has been made finance minister.

PM Narendra Modi inducts 5 retired IFS, IAS officers in his new govt

Apart from high-profile induction of S. Jaishankar, Modi govt brings in former IAS Som Parkash as MoS, and repeats 3 ministers from last time.

A social media ad policy, censor overhaul: What’s on the cards as Javadekar returns to I&B

In the first Modi administration, the I&B baton shifted hands several times, with Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore holding independent charge when its term ended.

Amit Shah to Jaishankar, first-timers make up one-third of Modi cabinet

Of the 57 ministers who took oath on Thursday, 6 cabinet ministers & 13 ministers of state will be part of the council of ministers for the first time.

No room for Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh in PM Modi’s council of 57 ministers

From Karnataka & Telangana, Modi opts for just 3 cabinet ministers and 2 ministers of state. Kerala doesn't give PM an option to choose from.

PM Modi to get more news of slowing economy on first day of second term

GDP data Friday is expected to show economy grew 6.3% in Jan-March & annual expansion in fiscal 2019 slowed to 6.9%, the lowest level in 5 years.

UP gets biggest slice of Modi ministries, followed by Maharashtra & Bihar

States going to assembly polls this year — Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand — got a total of 10 ministers in the Modi govt, including 4 cabinet posts.

The big names of 2014 who failed to make it to Modi’s new govt

While Arun Jaitley opted out and Sushma Swaraj didn't fight polls, others such as Maneka Gandhi & Rajyavardhan Rathore couldn't find a place in new govt.

On Camera

BJP has a problem of plenty in Phase 2. It can only go down from that

BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.

Kotak Mahindra Bank shares drop 10% after RBI bans it from taking new customers via digital channels

The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.