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  • 10, Feb 2021
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National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws get passage through Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha today passed the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The bill seeks to replace the ordinance brought to the same effect by the President on 30th of December last year. The legislation aims to amend the National Capit

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  • 09, Feb 2021
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NCAP to be implemented in 122 cities across country: Environment Minister

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has informed that the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) will be implemented in 122 cities across the country.Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha today, Mr. Javadekar said that city specific polluting factors will be determined before

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  • 09, Feb 2021
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Government follows “Minimum Government – Maximum Governance” principle as presented in Union Budget 2021-22: Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

The Central Government is governed by the principle of “Minimum Government - Maximum Governance” and presented the same philosophy through the Union Budget 2021-22 recently. This was stated here today by Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitha

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  • 08, Feb 2021
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Study shows significant reduction of heavy metal pollution during COVID-19 pandemicin the Ganga water

Efforts to minimize industrial wastewater can substantially reduce heavy metal pollution in the Ganga water in a short time span of a few months, a study carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown.The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown provided a team of scientists fr

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  • 08, Feb 2021
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Scientists find geological evidence of eastern Himalaya earthquake recorded in history This finding could contribute to a seismic hazard map of the eastern Himalaya

Scientists have found the first geological evidence of an earthquake at Himebasti Village on the border of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, documented by historians as Sadiya earthquake in history, which is recorded to have caused massive destruction in the region and almost destroyed the

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  • 06, Feb 2021
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Chakka Jam: Elaborate security arrangements in Delhi to thwart any untoward incidents

Elaborate security arrangements have been made in Delhi today keeping in viewthe proposed Chakka Jam by the several farmers' Unions. Security has beenbeefed up in several places of national capital and heavy deployment of policehave been made to thwart any untoward incidents.Sou

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  • 06, Feb 2021
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Beneficiaries of National Skill Development Mission

The National Skill Development Mission (NSDM) was launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister on 15.07.2015 to create convergence across sectors and States in terms of skill training activities and for skilling at scale with speed and standards. Training is not only done by the Centr

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  • 02, Feb 2021
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FDI limit in Insurance Companies increased to 74% in Union Budget 2021-22; allows foreign ownership and control with safeguards

The Government increased the FDI limit from 49 to 74 per cent in Insurance Companies and allowed foreign ownership and control with safeguards. It has been proposed to infuse 20 thousand crore rupees to re-capitalized Public Sector Banks.  The Government has decided to extend s

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  • 02, Feb 2021
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PM to inaugurate ‘Chauri Chaura’ Centenary Celebrations on 4th February

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Chauri Chaura Centenary Celebrations at Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, on 4th February 2021 at 11 AM via video conferencing. The day marks 100 years of the ‘Chauri Chaura’ incident, a landmark event in the cou

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  • 30, Jan 2021
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Supreme Court panel holds talks with 17 farmer organisations from 11 states over Centre's Farm Laws

Supreme Court-appointed panel held talks with 17 farmer organisations over Centre's farm laws. Farmer unions from 11 States and Union Territories participated in the deliberations with the 3-member committee yesterday.The organisations from Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jammu and Kas

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