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New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present Union Budget for the year 2022-23 in parliament today at 11 am. The budget session of Parliament began on Monday with the address by President Ram Nath Kovind to both Houses in the Central Hall. The Finance Minister tabled this year’s Economic Survey, which was centred around […]
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New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday morning left her residence for North Block ahead of presenting the Union Budget 2022-23 in the Parliament. The Budget presentation will begin with a speech from the Finance Minister scheduled to take place at around 11 am. This year, the Union Budget will be delivered in […]
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New Delhi: Ahead of the Budget presentation today, senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday slammed Opposition parties stating that they have “no views on the economy.” “On the morning after the Economic Survey, if you read some newspapers, you will come to the conclusion that there is no Opposition in […]
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Chennai: Indian women are expected to outlive men by a couple of years, as per the Economic Survey 2021-22. According to the Survey, tabled in Parliament on Monday, the report on ‘Sample Registration based System (SRS) based ‘Abridged Life Tables 2014-18’ provides estimates of average longevity at various age groups and estimates of expectation of […]
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Covid-19 and its continued impact on the country and the health system has drained significant government resources in the last two years. Given the state of the economy and the geo-political environment, Budget is likely to be a watershed moment in providing a direction to India’s path of becoming a $5 trillion economy by 2025, […]
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New Delhi: A Delhi-based doctor practising in a hospital in the United Kingdom killed herself on Sunday in New Delhi’s Masjid Moth area after suffering from depression following the demise of her mother recently, said the police on Monday. “A suicide note has been found. Thus, no suspicion is being raised by the family members […]
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Chennai: The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged suicide of a class 12 girl student at a Christian missionary school in Thanjavur district. The girl had allegedly committed suicide on January 19. Justice G.R. Swaminathan ordered the probe following a […]
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New Delhi: India’s economic growth is expected to remain in the range of 8 to 8.5 per cent in 2022-23 as against a projected growth of 9.2 per cent in the current financial year and a sharp contraction witnessed in 2020-21, according to the Economic Survey 2021-22 tabled in the parliament on Monday. “With the […]
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New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday lauded India’s Covid-19 inoculation drive calling it a proof of the country’s capability in fight against the pandemic. Kovind was addressing the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament at the start of the Budget session. “We have made a record of administering more than 150 crore […]
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The BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal has herself made the announcement via Twitter on Monday, urging those who came in contact with her to get themselves tested.
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New Delhi: With the Budget Session of Parliament commencing on Monday, the government is all set to lay Economic Survey 2021-22 along with Statistical Appendix in both Houses. Economic Survey 2021-22 and the Statistical Appendix will be laid on the table of the Lok Sabha at around 12.45 pm by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the Budget Session will be made as fruitful as possible and urged MPs to hold discussions with an open mind to take the country on the path of development. Speaking ahead of the Budget Session, the Prime Minister said, “Budget Session commences today. I welcome […]
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With this, the total tally of COVID-19 cases in the country moved up to 4,13,02,440 including 18,31,268 active cases which account for 4.43 per cent of the total cases.
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New Delhi: Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu is heartbroken after hearing about the sudden demise of Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst. The 30-year-old beauty queen, lawyer, fashion blogger and Extra TV correspondent fell from a “higher elevation” of a 60-story condominium in New York City just after 7 am on Sunday, January 30, and was […]
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The body was recovered from the Chhatari police station area at the instance of two sacked employees of the doctor, Nijam and Shahid, who have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping the child and killing him on Friday night.
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New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will campaign door to door in Noida on Monday to seek votes for party candidate Pankhuri Pathak. This will be her first physical campaign since the Election Commission banned rallies. The Congress has given tickets to 40 per cent women and has sought votes for the empowerment […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the 30th National Commission for Women (NCW) Foundation Day programme on Monday, at 4:30 pm via video conferencing. In a tweet today, the Prime Minister wrote, “At 4:30 PM this evening, will address the 30th NCW Foundation Day programme. @NCWIndia.” The theme of the programme is ‘She […]
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New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind expressed condolences on the demise of those who lost their lives in the Kanpur bus accident. The President hoped for a speedy recovery of those who got injured in the accident. In a tweet today, the Rashtrapati Bhavan informed, “Deeply saddened by the news of many casualties in the […]
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According to reports, three of the victims have been identified and efforts were underway to establish the identities of the rest.
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Visakhapatnam: The Praja Arogya Vedika affiliated to Jan Swasthya Abhiyan has urged the union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman to allocate a minimum of three per cent of the GDP in the budget to health care so that India would become world no. 1 number one in providing quality health care to the citizens. In […]
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New Delhi: Vistara has cancelled and rescheduled a significant number of its February flights during the last few days, aviation industry sources said on Sunday. Moreover, during the last few days, a considerable number of affected passengers have stated on social media that they have been facing difficulties in contacting Vistara’s customer care. Vistara spokesperson, […]
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Churu: A Dalit man was allegedly kidnapped, beaten and forced to drink liquor and urine in Rajasthan’s Churu, the police said on Sunday. The police have registered an FIR and arrested two accused in the matter so far. As many as eight people have been named in the FIR. Speaking to ANI, Additional Superintendent of […]
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According to the primary information, the car lost control and it crossed the divider to the other side of the road while a container truck came from the other side and collided with the car.
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The media report claiming India bought Pegasus spyware as part of a USD 2 billion defence deal with Israel in 2017 has triggered a major controversy with the Opposition alleging that the government indulged in illegal snooping that amounted to "treason".
