Mumbai: Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das Friday pitched for the “expeditious completion” of the 16th general review of the quotas at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), pointing out that the same can help the multilateral lender assist distressed countries in a better way. Addressing a G20 seminar on the global economy, organised by the Finance Ministry…
London: Disruptive technologies and innovations enhancing the capabilities of the instruments of war are making the present-day battlespace more complex and lethal, Army Chief General Manoj Pande said during his UK visit on Thursday. In his historic address as the first Indian to represent King Charles III at the Sovereign’s Parade at the Royal Military Academy,…
New Delhi: Marrying a woman by concealing identity or having intercourse under false promise of marriage, promotion and employment will be treated as crime for the first time under the proposed law that will replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday. Introducing the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill, which will…
Hyderabad: BRS leader K Kavitha has said she would be contesting from the Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency, where she lost to sitting BJP MP D Arvind in the last general elections, in the 2024 polls. Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, she hit out at the incumbent MP saying he did not do anything for the…
New Delhi: In a landmark move, Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday introduced three bills in Lok Sabha to replace colonial-era laws, asserting that the proposed laws will transform the country’s criminal justice system and bring the spirit to protect the rights of the Indian citizen at the centre stage. Shah introduced the Bharatiya Nyaya…
New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said India’s rise is “unstoppable” as he flagged off a ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ bike rally of MPs in Delhi. The rally began from Pragati Maidan and culminated at the Major Dhyan Chand stadium after passing through the India Gate circle. “It is indeed a great occasion, it is…
New Delhi: Expressing anguish over the manner in which women were subjected to grave atrocities in Manipur, the Supreme Court has said that mobs use sexual violence to send a message of subordination to the other community and the state is bound to stop this. The court also asked the three-member committee of retired judges…
New Delhi: The government is expected to disburse about Rs 13,000 crore to eligible firms seeking benefits under the production linked incentive (PLI) schemes, even though an exercise is going on to tweak the scheme for those sectors which have not yet picked up well, a top official said on Friday. Secretary in the Department…
New Delhi: Observing that there has to be harmony and comity between communities, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to constitute a committee to look into the cases of hate speech. The top court was hearing a plea over alleged “blatant hate speeches” calling for killing members of a particular community and their social…
New Delhi: The United Kingdom’s Security Minister, Tom Tugendhat has announced a new funding of 95,000 pound (around Rs 1 crore) to enhance Britain’s capability to tackle “pro-Khalistan extremism”. The British High Commission said this in a readout on Tugendhat’s three-day visit to India that began on Thursday. The announcement on the new funding comes amid…
