Union Minister of State Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh said, the world is celebrating India’s business today and is acknowledging that this is the golden era of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi with global benchmarks hailing and celebrating India’s growth story. While attending as chief guest of ‘Big impact Awards- 2023’ at Hari Niwas, Jammu, he said, under PM Modi, India has had a huge quantum jump in the global benchmarks with India being the fastest growing economy in the world having overtaken United Kingdom, jumping forty steps up in the global innovation index, ranking third in the…
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Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal visited Majuli, Assam on Saturday for a number of events scheduled there. He boarded a Ro-Pax ferry from Neematighat in Jorhat to reach Aphalamukh in Majuli where he was given warm welcome by the common people of Majuli – the constituency he represented in the Assam Legislative Assembly. Sonowal visited the project site of the much anticipated Jorhat Majuli bridge built over the Brahmaputra and took stock of the work in progress. The Union Minister called upon the officials and the team to focus on building sub-structure swiftly. Speaking on the…
GST Council, the apex decision-making authority, on Saturday reduced the tax rate on several items, including ‘rab’ (liquid jagger) and pencil sharpeners, besides rationalising late fee for the delayed filing of annual returns. Briefing media after the 49th meeting of the GST Council, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also informed that reports of the GoM (Group of Ministers) on checking tax evasion by pan masala and gutkha industry, and on Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunals (GSTATs), have been taken on board. Headed by Union Finance Minister, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council comprises finance ministers of states and…
Geneva- based Press Emblem Campaign, the global media safety and rights body, demands an immediate release of Afghan journalist Mortaza Behboudi, who was arrested on 7 January by the Taliban regime in Kabul. Though Afghanistan did not report any incident of journo-murder last year, the troubled south-east Asian nation maintains its pathetic record over media persons, hundreds of whom have already escaped the poverty-stricken country since the Taliban grabbed the power. Recently, the Afghanistan Journalists Center called for an immediate and unconditional release of Mortaza, who possesses dual nationality (Afghan and French) for some years and is presently held in…
The income and profits shown by various BBC group entities are not commensurate with the scale of their operations in India, according to a CDBT official statement on Friday, a day after the Income Tax authorities ended a three-day-long survey against the British media organisation in Delhi and Mumbai. Several discrepancies and inconsistencies with regard to transfer pricing documentation have been found, the CBDT alleged. To support the allegations the Income Tax officials have unearthed crucial evidence by way of statement of employees and documents, it said. The survey was launched on February 14 at BBC offices in Delhi and…
MV Ganga Vilas arrived at ZERO point on Indo-Bangladesh border today morning at around 10:30 AM after which it sailed further 32 kms to reach Dhubri port at 04:00 PM today. The cruise vessel is being escorted by survey vessel SL Subansiri throughout its journey from the Zero point upto Pandu port. The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal termed the arrival of Ganga Vilas cruise ship at Dhubri in Assam, India as a ‘watershed moment’ in the inland waterways transportation towards transformation of the Northeast India. The Minister congratulated the people of Assam and the Northeast…
The Committee to Protect Journalists on Thursday launched three new safety videos providing practical guidance to journalists covering unrest worldwide. Drawing on the organization’s expertise in emergency protection and safety, the videos will help journalists mitigate risk when covering protests and demonstrations. Reporting on civil unrest continues to be a considerable safety risk for journalists globally. Produced by ENP Media in collaboration with CPJ’s Emergencies team, the videos highlight common safety issues that journalists face when covering protests and provide advice on situations the press should consider when reporting in the field. Over the preceding months, CPJ has responded to…
Nearly 40,000 Fair Price Shops (FPS) Dealers in the country are providing other services thereby, earning Rs.50,000 income, said Secretary Department of Food & Public Distribution (DFPD), Sanjeev Chopra during an event on ‘The National Conference on Transformation of Fair Price Shops. In the inaugural address, Secretary, DFPD stressed the need to build on technological interventions implemented at the FPS to now transform them to make ration shops vibrant, modern, and viable by enabling them to offer more products and services apart from running PDS operations. DFPD has written to states to allow ration shop dealers to keep non-PDS items…
President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the International Engineering and Technology Fair (IETF) 2023 in New Delhi on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that this year, the event is not only a celebration of India’s growth story in the engineering and manufacturing sector, but also a testimony to the nation’s collaboration with the best in the world in advanced technologies. The President said that India has come a long way in the 48 years since the first IETF, and the engineering industry has achieved new heights during this period. Today, it is a robust, multi-level, diversified…
The International Press Institute (IPI) has documented more than 900 cases of physical attacks, censorship, harassment, arrests, and other press freedom violations in Russia and Ukraine since Putin’s full-scale war of aggression began one year ago. The vast majority of these attacks have been perpetrated by Russian forces or authorities, underscoring that Putin’s war against Ukraine is also a war against the press. IPI’s data shows thatjournalists in Ukraine have suffered most of the physical brutality of this war, while media in Russia have faced severe legal harassment and repression. At least 10 journalists have been killed in Ukraine in…