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Saturday, November 2, 2024
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Topic: Union Cabinet

Cabinet approves Rs 2,870 cr for Varanasi airport’s development, to get new terminal, expanded runway

Expansion of the international airport, which will be funded by Airports Authority of India’s internal resources, will more than double airport's capacity to 99 lakh passengers per yr.

What ‘check’ on Modi’s power says about democracy & how mandate will impact foreign policy

Global media also discusses Mohan Bhagwat & RSS's criticisms of the BJP election campaign & how 'sameness' of Modi cabinet 3.0 is a 'mirage'.

Modi Cabinet 3.0: Shah, Rajnath, Jaishankar & Sitharaman retain portfolios, Shivraj gets agriculture

JD(S) H.D.Kumaraswamy, TDP’s Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, JD(U)’s Rajiv Ranjan Singh, HAM's Jitan Ram Manjhi & LJP's Chirag Paswan among allies who get plum posts.

‘Highways’ man Nitin Gadkari sworn in as minister in Modi Cabinet for 3rd time

Ex-BJP chief Gadkari was stripped of MSME portfolio in 2021 & dropped from parliamentary board in 2022. But with drubbing in Maharashtra this LS election, his stock may rise.

Modi 3.0 swearing-in: Narendra Modi, 71 ministers take oath including 7 women

Modi 3.0 swearing-in: BJP chief JP Nadda, Haryana ex-CM Manohar Lal & Madhya Pradesh ex-CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan inducted into Union Council of Ministers.

Centre’s Rs 10,000-cr AI mission will boost R&D, but experts caution about data protection

Under this mission, govt aims to develop infrastructure and ecosystem for AI, including building compute infra of 10,000 or more graphics processing units (GPUs) through PPP.

Cabinet approves 4 per cent Dearness Allowance hike for central govt employees and pensioners

Union Minister Piyush Goyal said 49.18 lakh employees and 67.95 lakh pensioners will benefit from the decision. It would cost Rs 12,868.72 crore per annum to the exchequer.

Govt to continue Rs. 300 targeted subsidy per LPG cylinder for PM Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries

The Union Cabinet had in September last year approved the extension of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana for release of 75 lakh LPG connections over three years from 2023-24 to 2025-26.

Union Cabinet approves Bill to provide seat reservation for STs in Goa Legislative Assembly

Based on the Bill, the Election Commission will amend the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008, to make way for ST reservation in Goa Assembly.

Union Cabinet approves Rs 1,261cr drone scheme to 15,000 women Self Help Groups

Union minister Anurag Thakur announced at a press conference Wednesday that the SHGs would be able to provide the drones as rental services to farmers for agricultural purposes.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.