Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., giving a further push to its ambitions in non-fuel retailing announced opening of two more Convenience Stores under its brand name ‘HaPpyShop’. The new HaPpyShop stores have been opened at Company’s Auto Care Centre, Bandra West in Mumbai and Millennium Retail Outlet in Visakhapatnam. The first Retail Store under brand name HaPpyShop was opened at the Company’s Retail Outlet at Nepean Sea Road in Mumbai in September, 2021 and the Store has been a huge hit amongst the residents of the locality. In addition to above, the Online Store at Madurai was also inaugurated marking the…
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Sudan woman human rights defender Ameira Osman was arrested in January 20and taken from her house in Khartoum to an unknown location by armed security officers dressed in plain clothes.She is an engineer and the head of the No to Women Oppression Initiative, a human rights organisation which defends women’s rights and advances cooperation and solidarity through collective responses to violations of women rights in Sudan. Since its establishment in 2008, the No to Women’s Oppression Initiative has launched numerous campaigns against the restrictive Public Order law, which disproportionately affected women.January 202 at 11:30 pm, a convoy of vehicles carrying around 30 plain clothed …
The Economic Survey, tabled in Parliament by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman after President Ramnath Kovind’s address, has predicted 8 to 8.5 per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in FY23 (April 2022 to March 2023). For the ongoing FY22, the GDP growth has been projected at 9.2 per cent. Total consumption is estimated to have grown by 7.0 per cent in 2021-22 with significant contributions from government spending. Agriculture and allied sectors are expected to grow by 3.9 per cent in 2021-22. The Services sector is estimated to grow by 8.2 per cent in the ongoing financial year.The Economic Survey has…
President Ramnath Kovind, today, lauded the government’s effort to empower farmers in the country and said that the government stands by farmers and small farmers are the core of policies, adding that the Centre has taken several measures to increase their income. Addressing the joint sessions of the Parliament, on the begining day of the Budget session, he said, he asserted that small-scale farmers have a significant role in the country’s development. “Our small-scale farmers have a significant role in the country’s development; my government has always prioritised 80 per cent small-scale farmers. As part of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for “open and well-intended discussions in Parliament. He urged every MP to have discussions that would give the country a new direction. Ahead of the beginning of the budget session, he said that elections would continue to be held but Parliament sessions should be used for open and effective discussions, which would take the country on the path of progress. The PM’s appeal gained significance amidst the opposition’s allegation that the government had misled Parliament on the issue of purchase of the Pegasus spyware from Israel. The Congress party has given privilege motion notices against Union…
BJP Member of Parliament from Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur has tested Covid positive.”Today, my corona report has come positive. I am under the care of doctors. All those who have come in contact with me over the last 2 days are urged to be alert and also get tested, if required. Praying to the Lord for your health,” she tweeted. Renowned playback singer Lata Mangeshkar is now cured of Covid and pneumonia, said Dr Pratik Samdani, who is leading the team of doctors attending her.Mangeshkar (92) was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Breach Candy Hospital in…
Children parliamentarians from across India took oath as National Inclusive Children’s Parliament’s ministers and interacted with duty bearers to incorporate their voices and recommendations on the United Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). They plan to submit to government functionaries and elected representatives at the state and national level including the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the National Commission for the protection of child rights. At the international levels this report is designed to be tabled before the UPR (Universal Periodic Report) of the UN Human Rights Council. Over 600 children and their supporters interacted with the…
Exports of Marine Products registered a growth of 35% to USD 6.1 Billion during April-December 2021 (Provisional) as compared to USD 4.5 Billion during the same period in the year 2020. As compared to April-December 2019 (USD 5.5 Billion) and April-December 2014 (USD 4.4 Billion), exports of Marine Products registered a growth of 12% and 38% respectively. In the month of December 2021, exports of Marine Products touched USD 720.51 Million, registering a growth of 28.01% over $562.85 Mn logged in December 2020. The overall exports of Marine Products in the last Financial Year (March, 2020-April, 2021) was USD 5.96 Billion,…
Rafael Nadal finally got to the magic number of 21, breaking the tie with his great contemporaries Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Their progress in this Grand Slam race over almost two decades has hooked tennis fans and prompted various arguments in the GOAT (Greatest of All Time) debate. The 35-year-old Spanish has gone on to win a record 21st grand slam title by defeating his Russian challenger in the Australian Open men’s singles final in Melbourne. He won with an extraordinary 2-6 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 7-5 come-from-behind victory over Daniil Medvedev at Rod Laver Arena on Sunday night. Nadal’s second Australian Open title comes 13…
Union Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh today said that mentally retarded child of a deceased Government employee/Pensioner is entitled to Family Pension and the spirit of this provision needs to be understood and respected. Giving details, the Minister said, this reiteration in public was necessitated by the fact that it has come to the notice of the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare that in some cases the Banks are not allowing Family Pension in respect of a mentally retarded child through the person nominated by the Pensioner or his/her spouse and they insist for a Guardianship Certificate issued…