New Delhi: India’s external debt increased by 10.7 per cent to USD 717.9 billion at the end of December 2024 from USD 648.7 billion in December 2023, as per the data released by the finance ministry. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, there is a 0.7 percent increase in external debt from the level of USD 712.7…
Lucknow: Eid-ul-Fitr prayers were held peacefully on Monday across Uttar Pradesh, including in Sambhal, Lucknow, Aligarh, Varanasi, and Rampur, under heightened security and social media monitoring, with Artificial Intelligence-powered drones deployed for real-time surveillance, officials said. While the celebrations remained largely joyous, some people in Aligarh were seen wearing black armbands in protest against the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that various festivals being celebrated today and to be observed in the coming days are a pointer to the spirit of unity pervading India’s diversity and asked people to continue to strengthen this feeling. In his monthly Mann ki Baat broadcast, he said various states are…
New Delhi: India is sending a contingent of 80 NDRF personnel for aiding relief and rescue work in earthquake-hit Myanmar, officials here said on Saturday. Personnel of the federal disaster contingency force are being deployed under Operation Brahma, with quake rescue equipment such as strong concrete cutters, drill machines, hammers, plasma cutting machines, etc, to…
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu, once a very progressive state, has fallen prey to a chaos due to the policies of the DMK government and people are extremely upset with it and ready to uproot it in the next Assembly polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday. He also termed the DMK “anti-Tamil” as…
New Delhi: AAP MP Raghav Chadha on Thursday took a dig at the government over the burden of taxes on common people and claimed that from birth to death, one has to pay tax at “every step” without any good quality service in return. “Tax to live, tax to die – and tax on every…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said deceiving farmers cannot do good to anybody as she attacked the Congress on their farm loan waiver scheme, alleging that their promises left the farmers in lurch. During her reply in Rajya Sabha on The Banking Laws (Amendment), 2024 Bill, the finance minister took a cue…
New Delhi: Parliament on Wednesday passed the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which allows bank account holders to have up to four nominees, with the Rajya Sabha approving it by a voice vote. Lok Sabha had passed The Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill in December 2024. Another change in the bill relates to redefining the term…
New Delhi: In a major push for education and entrepreneurship, Delhi Chief Minister and Finance Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday announced a slew of initiatives, including CM Shri schools, language laboratories, modern computer labs, and startup support centres. The government has allocated Rs 100 crore to set up new CM Shri schools and Rs 500…
New Delhi: The new Income Tax Bill will be taken up for discussion in the monsoon session of Parliament, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday. Replying to the discussions on the Finance Bill 2025 in the Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said the new income tax bill, which was introduced in the House on February 13,…
