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India’s merchandise trade: Preliminary data, February 2021

03 Mar 2021

India’s merchandise exports in February 2021 were USD 27.67 billion as compared to USD 27.74 billion in February 2020, a decrease of 0.25%. Exports during April-February 2020-21 were USD 255.92 billion, as compared to USD 291.87 billion during the same period of last year, exhibiting a negative growth of 12.32%....

ARMY HOLDS MULTIPLE RECRUITMENT RALLIES IN DIFFERENT STATES

03 Mar 2021

Army Recruitment Rally for various categories of soldiers is in progress under aegis of Tiger Division at Sunjuwan Military Station from 15 February to 6 March. The rally is being organised for the youth of all the ten districts of Jammu Division. Army Recruiting Office (ARO) Jammu in close coordination...

Allahabad HC acquits rape accused after 20 years in jail

03 Mar 2021

It is a matter of national shame, national disgrace and national humiliation that a man had to suffer without committing any offence 20 years of incarceration in connection with a false rape case filed against him by a woman owing to an alleged land dispute. Why is it that a...

BRICK-BY-BRICK ACCOUNT: HOW CONGRESS LOST ITS GOVERNMENT IN PUDUCHERRY

03 Mar 2021

On 24 February, as per an official announcement by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, President’s Rule was imposed in the Union Territory of Puducherry after 30 years. Just a few days before this, on 22 February, the Chief Minister of the UT, V. Narayanasamy resigned ahead of a...

G-23 LEADERS SHOULD HAVE WAITED TILL THE ASSEMBLY POLLS

03 Mar 2021

The Congress is fighting two battles, one is the electoral one against the BJP in the oncoming Assembly elections and the other is the battle within as some members of the G-23 fired another salvo from Jammu last week. Whichever way you look at it, it’s a tussle for power. ...

Why PM Modi can’t be Ronald Reagan

03 Mar 2021

On the eve of the 2019 elections, Ruchir Sharma, the chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley, expressed his disappointment for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a New York Times column. According to Sharma, beneath the Modi rhetoric of “minimum government, maximum governance” lay a Bernie Sanders-like socialism including a welfare...

NO COVID-19 VACCINATION ON 27-28 FEB; GOVT TO UPDATE CO-WIN

27 Feb 2021

New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced that the vaccination drive will be halted for two days, i.e., February 27 and 28, on account of a software change necessary for the second phase of vaccinations. The second phase of the Covid vaccinations will begin from March...

Exception of customary divorce under Hindu Marriage Act not attracted in absence of declaration from civil court regarding its validity: Calcutta High Court

27 Feb 2021

In a recent, remarkable, righteous and rational decision titled Smt. Krishna Veni Vs The Union of India and others in WPA No. 2346 of 2018 delivered on February 18, 2021, the single Judge Bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya has held that merely obtaining a customary divorce will not attract the...

AVOIDABLE CONTROVERSY OVER THE MOTERA STADIUM RENAMING

27 Feb 2021

By renaming the newly-built Motera stadium after Narendra Modi, the Gujarat Cricket Association and the state administration have created a totally avoidable controversy which could cause acute embarrassment to the Prime Minister. Many of the BJP’s opponents have been most critical of the fact that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, whose name...

SRINAGAR WILL BE MADE A HUB FOR WATER SPORTS: KIREN RIJIJU

27 Feb 2021

GULMARG: Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Friday said Srinagar will be made a hub for water sports. He also informed that the Sports Ministry has decided to give a Khelo India academy accreditation to the Mata Vaishnodevi sports complex. Sports Minister Rijiju also informed that...

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