Union Minister of Tourism and Culture G. Kishan Reddy said that for any global tourist, India is not just a place to see and visit, but a destination to experience and be transformed for life. If India needs to achieve its immediate goals of a 5 trillion economy and its long term goals of a developed nation then Tourism has a very important role to play, he added. He was speaking on the second day of the three-day National Conference of State Tourism Ministers at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. He said that with the pandemic behind us, the tourism industry is all…
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Union Minister for Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan releases the Strategic Plan 2021-27 of IIT Madras which proposed an ambitious growth phase for the Institute and dedicated Mphasis Centre for Quantum Sciences & Kotak-IIT (M) Save Energy Mission. He also launched ‘Kotak IITM Save Energy’ Mission, being set up with CSR funding support from Kotak to help MSMEs reduce energy consumption and felicitated the Mphasis team for supporting the growth of the Centre for Quantum Information, Communication and Computing (CQuICC). He also awarded the diploma certificates to select students of BSc program in Data Science. The Minister…
As the fifth-largest beneficiary of FDI in the April-June quarter, India maintained its position as an appealing destination among a group of developed and developing countries, according to the Monthly Economic Report of the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. The report issued claims India received the fifth-highest amount of foreign direct investment (FDI) during the first quarter of 2022 among the defined group of developed and developing economies, thanks to a promising economic forecast, consistent progress in the ease of doing business, and helpful government policies. With FDI inflows of US$ 16.1 billion, the pace continued into the…
By Nava Thakuria North East based senior journalist America’s largest selling newspaper The New York Times (NYT) has done it cleverly. The most acclaimed newspaper, when it had to laud Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, used the words ‘Leader of India’ in the front page. The news headline in the physical paper mentioned the Russian President, who has been targeting the USA on different occasions, as Putin but not ‘Leader of Russia’. All those happened in NYT’s New York edition (Saturday, September 17, 2022), where the headline in the frontpage news read ‘LEADER OF INDIA CRITICIZES PUTIN FOR WAGING WAR’.…
Direct tax collections continue to grow at a robust pace, a clear indicator of the revival of economic activity post pandemic, as also the result of the stable policies of the Government, focusing on simplification and streamlining of processes and plugging of tax leakage through effective use of technology. The figures of Direct Tax collections for the FY 2022-23, as on 17.09.2022 show that net collections are at Rs. 7,00,669 crore, compared to Rs. 5,68,147 crore in the corresponding period of the preceding Financial Year i.e. FY 2021-22, representing an increase of 23%. The Net Direct Tax collection of Rs.…
A massive row broke out amid a huge late-night protests at the Chandigarh University, as allegations were made that objectionable videos of girl students were widely shared on social media. It was all said to have started with accusations being made against one of the girl students sending a video to a boy in Shimla. It was alleged that she had shared some clips of fellow students. Visuals showed a large number of students gathering at the varsity late at night, seeking investigation and action. As the alleged leak of the videos was strongly condemned by leaders across political parties,…
Vice President, Jagdeep Dhankhar asked the media to be extra careful while reporting about the judiciary. He also said that dignity of judges and respect for judiciary is inviolable as these are fundamentals of rule of law and constitutionalism. Speaking as the Chief Guest at the first ‘Justice J.S. Verma Memorial Lecture’ at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, the Vice President said that a spinally strong, fair and independent Justice System is the safest guarantee to blossoming and flourishing of democratic values. “Indisputably Democracy is best nurtured when all constitutional institutions are wholly in sync and confined to their respective domain,” he…
Fashion Weeks are hitting the runway around the world, but what lies beneath the veneer of glamor? The fashion industry relies on the exploited labor of workers around the world who make billions of garments every year, the majority of which end up in landfill, for little or no pay with fashion brands failing to take responsibility for forced labor and other rights abuses in their supply chains. This is compounded by the absence of comprehensive laws requiring companies to act to protect workers from exploitation. Garment workers in Pakistan making clothes to be sold by fast fashion giant Boohoo…
On International Equal Pay Day, September 18, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) calls on all governments to adopt laws and reforms to close the persistent global gender gap of over 20 percent. Systematic discrimination, undervaluation of women’s work and their disproportionate share of unpaid care work are the overarching root causes of the gender pay gap. The disparity is even higher for women with multiple and intersecting identities and in sectors where women are predominant, such as health and care where the gender pay gap is 24% and most of the top earners are men. This is compounded by…
Union Minister for Home and Cooperation, Amit Shah, on the birthday of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, presented various equipment to the Specially Abled and cleaning machines to Government Schools and Community Hostels at a service program organized in Hyderabad on Saturday. Union Culture and Tourism Minister G. Kishen Reddy and many other dignitaries were also present. Amit Shah said Prime Minister Modi urges that every person should involve themselves in work of service in some area or the other, so that crores of poor, downtrodden, backward and needy persons across the country get help and their condition is improved. He…