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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicModi Govt

Topic: Modi Govt

Is bajra the new wheat? How ICAR’s turning humble millet into versatile, ‘luxury’ ingredient

A team at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute is using age-old Indian technique to make millet flour softer, last longer & to present it as an alternative to wheat and rice flour.

Centre plans to extend restrictions on fuel export beyond March

The govt mandated that companies sell the equivalent of 50% of their gasoline exports and 30% of their diesel exports domestically in current fiscal year to 31 March.

Why’s BJP taking words of man it often called irrelevant so seriously: Urdu press on Rahul speech row

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Communal tensions have already hurt India’s image: Urdu press on row over Rahul’s Cambridge speech

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Governorships to NCW, Modi govt’s giving Tamil Nadu BJP leaders key posts. What it signals

Recent appointments include actress-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar being made National Commission for Women member & ex state chief C.P. Radhakrishnan becoming Jharkhand Governor.

Dropout fears mount as Modi govt scraps minority scholarships. ‘Run out of friends to borrow from’

Maulana Azad National Fellowship for PhD scholars & pre-matric scholarships scrapped. Finance minister said those chosen before 2022 will get funds, but students claim money wasn't received.

Thank you, Justice Nagarathna, for dissenting on note ban verdict, showing up RBI’s yes-men

It is now clear that the 2016 demonetisation was more an avoidance of representatives and creation of a fig leaf of legitimacy by exerting pressure on the RBI.

SC has answered to demonetisation critics. Modi govt should now release a white paper

The nuances of demonetisation, the amount of hard work put in and the course corrections done during the implementation are known only to the govt. It's time to tell Indians about it.

IAS training is getting an upgrade under Modi. Global experts, nationalism & corporate touch

Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration has roped in experts from World Bank, IMF SARTTAC & revamped study module for IAS trainees to change bureaucratic system.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.