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Polling Booths In Delhi To Be Turned Into Covid Vaccine Centres: CM Kejriwal
While the Delhi government's 'door-to-door' ration delivery scheme is a fresh political flashpoint between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Centre, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has decided to use his flagship scheme for vaccination drive in the national capital. ....
El Salvador Becomes First Country To Adopt Bitcoin As Legal Tender After Passing Law
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday announced that the country has approved the bill to make Bitcoin cryptocurrency a legal tender in the Central American country. ....
Prashant Kishor Meets Sharad Pawar For 3rd Time In Fortnight
Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Wednesday met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar at his residence, for the third time in a fortnight, and a day after members of eight political parties met there. ....
Centre Releases Rs 75,000 Crore To States & UTs As GST Compensation Shortfall
The Central Government on Thursday said it has released Rs 75,000 crore to the States and Union Territories to compensate them for the shortfall in GST revenue. At the 43rd GST Council Meeting held on May 28, it was decided that the Centre would borrow Rs 1.59 lakh crore and release it to States and UTs to meet the resource gap due to the short release of compensation on account of the inadequate amount in the compensation fund. ....
Amit Shah Expresses Gratitude To PM Modi For Ensuring Supply Of Drinking Water In All J&K Schools
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday expressed his gratitude towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ensuring supply of pure drinking water in all schools and Anganwadi centres in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the stipulated time. ....
PM's Security Breach: Punjab BJP Seeks Dismissal Of State Home Minister
A delegation of the Punjab BJP unit on Thursday met Governor Banwarilal Purohit and sought dismissal of state Home Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and DGP Sidharth Chattopadhyay for breach of security of the Prime Minister. ....
Common Entrance Test Must For UG Admissions In Central Universities, Class 12 Marks Won't Count
More changes in higher education are on the cards. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided that a common entrance test will be held from this academic year to decide the admission to undergraduate courses in all 45 central universities in the country. This test is mandatory and the first one will be held in the first week of July.....
Yogi Govt In UP Presents State's Largest Budget With An Eye On 2024 Polls
With an eye on the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Thursday tabled a budget of Rs 6,15,518.97 crore for the financial year 2022-23. ....
India Logs 4,129 New Covid Cases, Recovery Rate Stands At 98.72%
India reported 4,129 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, which is a decline from the previous day's count of 4,777, said the Union Health Ministry on Monday, adding that the recovery rate was at 98.72 per cent. ....
In Himachal Too 'rivaj Badlega', Says Optimist Thakur
With Himachal Pradesh heading to the Assembly polls on November 12, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur is leading his campaign with the slogan 'rivaj badlega' (electoral traditions will change) as BJP governments have repeated in the recent Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana polls. ....
