Today's Morning News includes: Punjab Farmers Protest Clash, Modi's UAE Visit, National Film Awards Rename, Deepika Padukone at BAFTA, South India's Tallest Skyscraper, etc.
PM Modi made an announcement to this effect on Friday, stating that the Bharat Ratna will be conferred to Narasimha Rao along with former PM Chaudhary Charan Singh and agricultural economist Dr MS Swaminathan.
"It is 75 years since the emergence of democratic India as a sovereign republic. The country will reach greater heights in all fields in the years to come," he stated.
The steep decline in the multi-dimensional poverty index from 13.18 per cent to 3.76 per cent is a befitting answer to the canards being spread in the name of white paper on the State finances.
Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jaganmohan Reddy visited former CM K Chandrashekhar Rao in Hyderabad, extending warm wishes for a speedy recovery after Rao's hip replacement surgery.
Jagan Mohan Reddy arrived at the Begumpet airport at around 11.15 pm in a special flight. Former Minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy and MLA Palla Rajeshwar Reddy received him at the airport.
Sources said the luncheon meeting was just a courtesy call from YS Jaganmohan Reddy in the wake of Chandrashekhar Rao's recent hip replacement surgery.
Former minister T Harish Rao said many Congress leaders would have been behind bars had former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao concentrated on irregularities in housing schemes after coming into power in 2014.
Today's morning news includes BRS chief KCR's request to his fans, New Year parties in Hyderabad, high quality living in Hyderabad, response for free bus rides in Telangana and more