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For mysterious reasons, Smriti Irani had put DD’s cash cow in the freezer. It’s back now

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
The service, which is especially popular in rural India, lost almost Rs 70 crore in revenue due to Irani’s August 2017 decision.

Smriti Irani makes big digital push in Amethi, takes dig at Rahul Gandhi’s yatra

Kumar Anshuman -
Minister’s latest project in Congress president’s constituency is a plan to connect all gram panchayats digitally by the end of this year.

Modi’s ‘PMO tells’ women ministers to write positive articles in newspapers

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
The PMO has asked the ministers to counter the notion that there has been little improvement in women’s lives since Narendra Modi came to power.

Amitabh, Ranbir and Israel on agenda as govt looks forward to a controversy-free IFFI

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Last year, under then I&B Minister Smriti Irani, IFFI ran into a controversy over payment-related irregularities.

Pakistan’s army is a corporate entity that supplies heroin all over country: Former R&AW chief

PTI -
Vikram Sood added that any peace talk with Pakistan, "which, by default, thinks of India as an enemy state, will be futile".

I&B ministry disbands Smriti Irani-constituted panel to regulate online media 

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
A separate committee under IT ministry will continue deliberating on issues related online media and digital broadcast.

NFDC may not be shut after all as I&B ministry comes up with a fresh merger plan

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Previous I&B minister Smriti Irani had decided to shut it down, but the ministry is now keen on merging two other units with NFDC.

Try, try and then put in cold storage: Fate of I&B ministry’s bills to shackle the media

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
Move to regulate online media unlikely to make progress just like past attempts on print and broadcast, I&B officials say.

Gujarat Congress claims Smriti Irani misappropriated MPLAD funds, official denies

Ruhi Tewari -
Anand’s district collector, whose ‘order’ the Congress is quoting, said the inquiry and allegations were against officials and contractors but not Irani.

I&B minister Rathore may not reverse ‘arbitrary transfer’ of officers by Irani in one go

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Transfer orders were issued in November last year, within three months after Smriti Irani took over as I&B minister, purportedly to revamp PIB.
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Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

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New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Defence

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

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The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

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Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

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This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

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