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24 Apr

PM Narendra Modi on Mann ki Baat: Small online payments helping build big digital economy in country

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said small online payments system are assisting construct a large digital economy, and many new fintech startups are on the way. Digital transactions worth Rs 20,000 crore are taking place in India on daily basis encouraging an environment of honesty in the country, the rate minister said in his month-to-month Mann Ki Baat addressing the nation. He also stated that that transactions via UPI (Unified Payments Interface) have reached Rs 10 lakh crore in March this year. He additionally urged humans who have any trip associated to digital repayments and the startup ecosystem to…

24 Apr

CBSE removes topics on ‘democracy and diversity’, Mughal courts, poems by Faiz from syllabus

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Chapters on Non-Aligned Movement, Cold War Era, Rise of Islamic Empires in Afro-Asian Region, History of Mughal Court and Industrial Revolution have been omitted from CBSE Class 11 and 12 Political Science Syllabus. From the Class 10 Social Science syllabus, CBSE dropped the theme "Impact of Globalization on Agriculture" from the 'Food Security' chapter. Portions of translations of two Urdu poems by Faiz Ahmed Faiz have also been omitted from the section on 'Religion, Communalism and Politics – Communalism, Secular State'. Chapters on 'Democracy and Diversity' have also been dropped from the syllabus. When questioned about the motive behind the…

24 Apr

PM Narendra Modi to visit J&K today, launch projects worth Rs 20,000 crore; security tightened

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Security has been beefed up across the union territory ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. Multiple levels of security arrangements have been made to prevent any untoward incident. Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh said, “Security has been beefed up at the border. Counter drones have been deployed.” In Palli panchayat of Samba district of Jammu division, from where Prime Minister Modi will address gram Sabhas across us on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day, entry and exit points have been sealed and roads barricaded. All preparations are underway for Prime Minister…

23 Apr

India starting at power outage in multiple states

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The coal stock position at the Central Election Authority (CEA) supervised 173 power plants stood at 21.93 million tonnes (MT), Media reports have suggested that coal inventories had dipped to the lowest since 2014 at the beginning of the financial year to nine days as against the Centre’s mandated 24 days’ worth of stocks. While on one hand, the CEA daily coal report said that coal stock at 81 out of the 150 government owned power plants is critical, on the other is the increased power demand — from 106.6 billion units (BU) in 2019, it increased to 124.2 BU…

23 Apr

New Covid-19 cases crosses 1,000 mark in Delhi, 2 Covid deaths in last 24 hours

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The fresh Covid cases crossed the 1,000 mark in Delhi on Friday as a total of 1,042 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in the national capital out of 22442 tests conducted during the past 24 hours across the city. The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in the city now stands at 1872699. According to the latest Delhi government’s health bulletin, the infection positivity rate stood at 4.64 per cent. The cumulative count of Covid-19 fatalities is 26164 , it said. In all, there are 3,253 active cases of the virus in the city, the bulletin pointed out. Notably, 965 new…

22 Apr

Shanghai extends Covid-19 lockdown as death toll rises to 36

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Shanghai has extended the Covid-19 lockdown to April 26, amid reports of growing public resentment as the eastern metropolis of 26 million reported 11 more deaths on Thursday. China on Thursday reported 2,119 locally transmitted confirmed Covid-19 cases, of which 1,931 were reported in Shanghai, according to the National Health Commission. Shanghai has added 17,629 new cases in the previous 24 hours, 4.7 per cent fewer than a day earlier, according to data released on Friday, taking the city's cumulative cases since March 1 to 443,500. Thursday also saw 11 deaths from Covid-19, all in Shanghai, bringing the mainland's death…

22 Apr

PM Modi and PM Boris Johnson witness the exchange of agreements between India and UK

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On Friday morning, during the second day of the meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, UK PM Boris Johnson said that the relationship between the two nations is now stronger than before. The UK Prime Minister landed in India on Thursday on a two-day visit in the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war. Both held detailed talks with an aim to further expand cooperation in areas of defence, trade and clean energy. During the talks, PM Boris Johnson said that they will provide India with the best of British know-how on building battle-winning aircraft and support the country’s requirements for new…

21 Apr

Omicron and its 9 sub-variant driving up Delhi Covid cases, say govt sources

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The omicron form of the coronavirus and its sub-types are on the rise in Delhi, government sources said on Thursday, April 21. The samples demonstrated the presence of eight different subtypes of BA.2.12.1 and Omicron. These results were obtained after genome sequencing of the sample. The World Health Organization (WHO) said in February that the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron is more transmissible than the BA.1 strain. However, there was no cause for alarm as it was no more extreme than the unique strain, it said. So far, the World Health Organization has placed five subtypes of omicrons on its watch…

21 Apr

EV fires: Nitin Gadkari calls for mandatory recalls, stringent penalty for errant companies

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Sending out a strong message on recent electric powered fire incidents, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said an expert committee will probe the accidents and additionally talked about heavy fines, among other measures. The Union Minister similarly said if any enterprise is found negligent in their processes, a heavy penalty will be imposed and a recall of all defective motors will additionally be ordered. "We have constituted an Expert Committee to enquire into these incidents and make suggestions on remedial steps," Gadkari added. Based on the reports, Gadkari referred to that ministry will difficulty imperative orders on the defaulting…

21 Apr

PM Modi to address celebrations of Guru Tegh Bahadur at Red Fort

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the celebrations of the 400th Parkash Purab of Guru Tegh Bahadur at Red Fort in New Delhi. He will address the gathering and also release a commemorative coin and postage stamp on the occasion. A PMO discharge said that the program is being coordinated by the Center as a team with the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. The programme is focused on highlighting the teachings of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru, who sacrificed his life to protect religion and human values, ideals and principles in world history. He was executed for…