The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved setting up of 2 lakh new Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) and dairy-fishery cooperatives in uncovered villages and panchayats over the next five years to strengthen cooperative movement in the country. At present, there are around 63,000 functional PACS out of nearly 99,000 PACS across the country. There are still 1.6 lakh panchayats without PACS and nearly 2 lakh panchayats without any dairy cooperative society. The Cabinet approved steps to strengthen the cooperative movement in the country and deepen its reach to the grassroots levels. The Ministry of Cooperation has formulated a plan to…
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The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has conducted raids at over 60 locations across three states in connection with the 2022 Coimbatore car blast case. Sources said the massive crackdown was aimed at suspects with ISIS links. Nearly five dozen locations, including Kodungaiyur in Tamil Nadu and Mannadi in Kerala, were raided simultaneously, reported ANI. The raids are in connection with the last year’s blasts in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore and Karnataka’s Mangaluru which occurred on October 23, 2022, and November 19, 2022, respectively. Four days after the Coimbatore blast, the NIA began a probe, which revealed that the accused, who died…
Tata Group’s Air India inked multi-billion dollar deals with France’s Airbus and American plane-maker Boeing to buy 470 passenger aircraft in the largest shopping event in commercial aviation history–a move that is set to significantly improve India’s image on the global platform as an emerging leader in the commercial aviation sector. Air India has placed orders for 250 Airbus aircraft and 220 Boeing planes, in a transaction expected to be worth more than $85 billion. US President Joe Biden on Tuesday hailed Air India’s decision to purchase over 200 aircraft from Boeing and called it a “historic agreement between Tata-owned…
The BJP on Tuesday accused the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) of unleashing “venomous” reporting against India and alleged that its propaganda and the Congress’ agenda go together. The remarks came soon after Income Tax officials surveyed the British broadcaster’s offices in Mumbai and Delhi. Addressing a press conference, BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia rejected the Congress’ criticism of the Income Tax (I-T) action and said the government agency should be allowed to do its job. Hitting out at the London-headquartered public broadcaster, he said BBC is the “most corrupt” organisation in the world, adding that the Congress should remember that…
Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign, the global media safety and rights body, expressed serious concern over the recent closure of a leading independent media outlet, available in Cambodia’s official language Khmer and English by the government and condemns all kinds of media restrictions in the south-east Asian country ahead of the scheduled national elections in July. Voice of Democracy (VOD), the online outlet along with a radio station, becomes the last victim of media restriction policies adopted by the Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, following a news item on 9 February involving the PM’s eldest son that seemingly hurt the dignity of the government in Phnom Penh. It cancelled the license of VOD, the voice of millions of Cambodians, even though the management tendered an apology for the concerned…
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that protecting the health of the earth is our highest duty. “The reckless use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides to increase production has badly affected the health of the Earth and the quality of the soil. This has also had a bad effect on human health,” said Shri Chouhan, in his Inaugural Address to the G20 1st Agriculture Deputies Meeting (ADM) of Agriculture Working Group (AWG) at Indore. Stressing upon adoption of technology that is ecofriendly, Chouhan said it is necessary to adopt the campaign of Natural Farming started by the…
The Centre has no objection to a proposal for setting up a panel of domain experts to look into strengthening the regulatory mechanisms for the stock market, the Supreme Court was told on Monday while it was hearing pleas relating to the Adani stocks rout after the Hindenburg report. The central government, however, told a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud that it wanted to give the names of the domain experts for the committee and the scope of its mandate in a sealed cover in larger interest. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre and SEBI, said…
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) launched an operation codenamed ‘Operation Eastern Gateway’, which involved developing the intelligence over a substantial period of time to bust the smuggling modus operandi. A syndicate based in Bangladesh, Tripura, Assam and West Bengal was smuggling huge quantities of Gold from Bangladesh to India through Indo- Bangladesh border in the state of Tripura. In the operation, various teams of DRI were strategically placed at different locations in the states of West Bengal, Assam and Tripura including at Indo-Bangladesh border so that the modus operandi used by the smuggling syndicate could be unearthed. On the…
Stating that the Government of Uttar Pradesh has envisioned far-sighted policies and implemented those, President Murmu said as a result, it is capable and ready to play the role of growth engine of New India. Addressing the Valedictory Session of UP Global Investors Summit-2023 in Lucknow, she said that through this Summit, an investment of about rupees 35.5 lakh crore is estimated in Uttar Pradesh which is expected to provide employment opportunities to lakhs of people. Underlining the fact that political stability and continuity of administration prove very helpful for investors, the President said that at present, Uttar Pradesh has…
Referring to Maharishi Dayanand’s ideal of making the world a better place, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in this era of discord, violence and instability, the path shown by Maharishi Dayanand gives hope. Inaugurating the year-long celebrations commemorating the 200th birth anniversary of Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati, at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Delhi, he called the occasion of the 200th birth anniversary of Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati historic, an occasion to create a future and inspiration for the entire world. The Prime Minister underlined that the auspicious occasion will be celebrated for two years and said that the government has decided…