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DIGITAL TRANSACTIONS JUMPED 19 TIMES IN 7 YEARS: PM MODI

13 Nov 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the use of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) across the country and said that digital transactions in India had jumped 19 times in the last seven years. “UPI has become the world’s leading country in terms of digital transactions in a very short span...

Bangladeshi smugglers killed in BSF firing in Bengal

13 Nov 2021

Two Bangladeshi smugglers were killed early on Friday as Border Security Force (BSF) personnel opened fire as the smugglers tried to smuggle cattle by establishing an improvised bamboo cantilever through the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district, the force said. The incident took place around 3 am, according...

PAK DISAPPOINTED AS US, RUSSIA REFUSE RECOGNITION TO TALIBAN

13 Nov 2021

In a setback to Pakistan, the United States and Russia made it clear during the “Troika Plus” meeting on Afghanistan in Islamabad on Thursday, that they were not in a hurry to extend recognition to the Taliban regime in Kabul. To the utter disappointment of Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood...

Salman Khurshid in trouble over Hindutva-ISIS comparison

12 Nov 2021

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday criticised former Union Minister and Congress leader Salman Khurshid for the comments made in the latter’s book, Sunrise over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our Times, even as two Delhi lawyers filed complaints with Delhi Police against Khurshid. “We may not agree with Hindutva...

Heavy rains batter Tamil Nadu, 14 dead

12 Nov 2021

As many as 14 people have lost their lives in Tamil Nadu due to heavy rains, said Kumar Jayanth, Principal Secretary, Revenue Department on Thursday. “Till now, 14 people have lost their lives in the state due to heavy rains. Due to overnight rainfall, there is waterlogging in parts of...

INDIA HASN’T ACCEPTED CHINA’S ILLEGAL OCCUPATION, UNJUSTIFIED CLAIMS: MEA

12 Nov 2021

India on Thursday said that it has never accepted construction activities undertaken by China along the border areas, adding that New Delhi has stepped up creation of border infrastructure, including roads, bridges. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi made these remarks during a press briefing, in response to a question...

No end to BJP, AAP slugfest over polluted Yamuna

11 Nov 2021

The politics of Chhath Puja continues unabated even as devotees thronged the polluted Yamuna to offer their prayers to the setting sun on Wednesday evening. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) continued to accuse the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of playing politics over the festivities, while the BJP hit back saying...

UNION CABINET RESTORES MPLADS AFTER COVID-INDUCED PAUSE

11 Nov 2021

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the restoration and continuation of the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) during the remaining part of the financial year 2021-22 and up to the financial year 2025-26 co-terminus with the period of 15th Finance Commission. The Finance Ministry will release the...

NSAS UNANIMOUS: AFGHAN TERRITORY IS NOT FOR NURTURING TERRORISTS

11 Nov 2021

In what is being seen as a big diplomatic victory for India, the top security officials of seven countries on Wednesday shared the Modi government’s concern about terrorism in Afghanistan and terror camps operating in the adjoining region including that of Pakistan. The National Security Advisers (NSAs) of the seven...

Sidhu gets his way, Punjab govt accepts AG’s resignation

10 Nov 2021

In a major decision to regularize the services of the employees working on contract, adhoc, work charged, daily wages and temporary basis, the Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday approved the “The Punjab Protection and Regularization of Contractual Employees Bill-2021” to be introduced in the current session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha...

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