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If power is given, LG may destabilise elected MCD: SC

May 18, 2023

Giving the lieutenant governor the power to nominate aldermen to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi will mean he can destabilise an elected civic body, the Supreme Court observed on Wednesday and wondered whether these nominations were of so much concern to the Centre. A bench of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud...

Rs 38,000 cr fertiliser subsidy for Kharif season

May 18, 2023

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a subsidy of Rs 38,000 crore for Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) fertilisers, taking the total outlay for fertiliser subsidies to Rs 1.08 lakh crore for the ongoing Kharif season in order to provide affordable soil nutrients to farmers. The total amount includes Rs 70,000...

SC grants SEBI more time to complete Adani probe, Cong says JPC only way

May 18, 2023

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) time till 14 August to complete its probe into the allegations of stock price manipulation by the Adani group and asked the market regulator to place on record an updated status report of the probe. Meanwhile,...

NIA raids 324 places in 8 states in terrorist & gangster nexus cases

May 18, 2023

In a massive day-long operation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), in coordination with Punjab and Haryana Police, on Wednesday raided 324 locations as part of “Operation Dhvast” in eight states in terrorist-gangster-drug smugglers nexus cases. The agency seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition, besides other incriminating material in...

Govt to screen 75 million people with hypertension and diabetes by 2025

May 18, 2023

The health ministry on Wednesday launched an ambitious initiative of screening and putting 75 million people with hypertension and diabetes on ‘standard care’ by 2025 to mark the World Hypertension Day. It was announced at the G20 co-branded event “Accelerating the Prevention and Management of tension and Diabetes” organised by...

Indian-origin police officer becomes highest-ranking South Asian woman in NYPD

May 18, 2023

Captain Pratima Bhullar Maldonado, an Indian-origin police officer has become the highest-ranking South Asian woman in the New York Police Department, a position she was promoted to recently. Maldonado runs the 102nd Police Precinct in South Richmond Hill, Queens. She was promoted to the rank of Captain last month, CBS...

5 Cong ‘guarantees’ may cost exchequer Rs 50,000 crore

May 18, 2023

The implementation of the five ‘guarantees’ announced by the Congress may cost the state exchequer an estimated Rs 50,000 crore annually. Key party leaders who spoke about the cost of the welfare measures insisted that one could not call them “freebies” as they were tools of empowerment. The ‘guarantees’ found...

Cabinet clears Rs 17,000 cr IT Hardware PLI Scheme

May 18, 2023

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Production Linked Incentive Scheme 2.0 for IT Hardware with a budgetary outlay of Rs 17,000 crore. Electronics manufacturing in India has witnessed consistent growth with a 17 per cent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in the last 8 years to cross a major benchmark...

KARNATAKA ‘NATAKA

May 18, 2023

Hectic parleys were held on Wednesday to break the deadlock in deciding on the Congress’ chief ministerial pick in Karnataka with both the hopefuls Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar presenting their cases before the top brass even as the party asserted an outcome is likely within a day or two....

BSF recovers 15 kg narcotics delivered by Pakistan-run drones

May 18, 2023

More than 15 kg of suspected narcotics was recovered by the Border Security Force (BSF) after it intercepted at least two drone sorties coming into India from Pakistan along the International Border in Punjab, a senior officer said on Wednesday. The first interdiction took place just after midnight in Ramkot...

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