NEW DELHI, JUN 22 : The 53rd GST Council meeting, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, made a host of recommendations relating to taxation, tax exemption on services provided by Indian Railways and biometric-based Aadhaar authentication to check fake invoicing. Sitharaman, addressing a press conference, said the Centre’s intention was clear on Continue Reading
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NEW DELHI, JUN 22: Sending a technical team by India to Bangladesh soon for a mega project to conserve and manage the Teesta river, moving ahead to start negotiations on a comprehensive trade pact and boosting defence ties were among major outcomes of talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 22: The Ministry of Education constituted a High-Level Committee of Experts under the chairmanship of Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Former Chairman, ISRO and Chairman BoG, IIT Kanpur, on Saturday to ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations amid NEET and UGC-NET controversy. The Committee has been tasked to make recommendations on reform […]Continue Reading
VARANASI, JUN 22: Acharya Laxmikant Dixit, the chief priest who had performed the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, died Saturday morning. Family members said Dixit, 86, was not well for the last few days. His last rites will be conducted at Manikarnika Ghat. Lord Ram’s idol was consecrated at the Ayodhya temple on […]Continue Reading
KARNATAK, JUN 22 : Police in Karnataka’s Hassan district have registered an FIR against two individuals accused of blackmailing JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna, the brother of sex crimes-accused former MP Prajwal Revanna, over a false sexual assault allegation. According to the FIR, Suraj Revanna (36) and his acquaintance Shivakumar filed a complaint against accused Chethan […]Continue Reading
New Delhi,Jun 22 : Four members of the billionaire Hinduja family have been sentenced to between four and 4.5 years in prison by a Swiss court for exploiting their household staff at their villa on Lake Geneva. However, the court has rejected the charges of human trafficking, AP reported. Prakash Hinduja and his wife Kamal […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 22 : The central government on Friday notified the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, which aims to prevent unfair means in public examinations and common entrance tests held across the country. The move comes amid the massive row over the alleged malpractices in conducting the NEET and UGC NET […]Continue Reading
By Our Correspondent Bhubaneswar, Jun 21: CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (CSIR-IMMT) today marked the 10th International Yoga Day with a vibrant celebration held in SS Bhatnagar Hall of CSIR-IMMT. The event was conducted under the chairmanship of Dr. Ramanuj Narayan, Director, CSIR IMMT, Bhubaneswar. The theme of today’s event was Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 21 : In the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) paper leak case, those arrested allegedly informed the investigating team that the candidates paid around Rs 30 to Rs 32 lakh for the leaked question papers. The confessions came from Anurag, his uncle Sikandar Yadavendu, and two others — Nitish Kumar and Amit Anand […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,JUN 21 : Ninety-eighty Indian pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia during Hajj this year, the government said on Friday. All deaths are due to “natural illness, old age”, it added. “Every year, many Indian pilgrims visit Hajj. This year, 1,75,000 Indian pilgrims have visited Saudi for Hajj so far. The core Hajj period […]Continue Reading
