PM Modi’s two-day U.S. visit will start from February 12, 2025. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Prime Minister Narendra Modi is preparing additional tariff cuts ahead of a meeting this week with U.S. President Donald Trump that could boost American exports to India and avoid a potential trade war, government officials said. PM Modi’s two-day … Read more
J&K MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh alias Engineer Rashid. | Photo Credit: PTI The Delhi High Court on Monday (February 10, 2025) allowed two-day custody parole to jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh alias Rashid Engineer to attend the ongoing Parliament session on February 11 and 13. Custody parole entails a prisoner being escorted … Read more
Senior Congress leader Manickam Tagore. | Photo Credit: The Hindu With Congress fielding barbs from partners in INDIA bloc on Delhi elections results, where many have accused it of contributing to the BJP’s victory senior Congress leader Manickam Tagore, said that the blame on the Congress is misplaced, since AAP ruled out an alliance in … Read more
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on February 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: Sansad TV Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday alleged that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) had been funding organisations in India which worked to create unrest … Read more
Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi. SC questioned the long ‘silence’ of the Governor spanning months and years to the Tamil Nadu Bills culminating in his withholding of consent and the reference of at least 10 Bills to the President for consideration. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday (February 10, 2024) questioned … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images GST evasion of over ₹1.88 lakh crore was detected by Central GST officers during April-December 2024, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday (February 10, 2025). Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said GST evasion, including ITC fraud cases, in 72,393 cases between April and December stood … Read more
Image for representative purpose | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday (February 10, 2025) slammed several states, including Delhi, Andhra Pradesh and J&K, summoning their chief secretaries over the “failure” to act against illegal advertisements of Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani drugs. A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said … Read more
A parliamentary panel has recommended that the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) should conduct a “comprehensive security assessment” of all missions and posts of India taking into account the geopolitical situation, potential threats and vulnerabilities in host countries. In its report, the Committee on External Affairs has also noted that India currently lacks resident missions … Read more
Image for representation | Photo Credit: The Hindu Gold smuggling has reduced significantly since July 2024 when the government slashed import duty on the precious metal to 6%, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) Chairman Sanjay Kumar Agarwal said. As per the latest available data, Customs and DRI officers seized 847 kg of … Read more
Image for representative purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images w has observed that the illegal felling of 980 trees in Greater Noida was not taken seriously by the Uttar Pradesh authorities and asked the principal chief conservator of forest to appear virtually before it on May 13 to apprise it on the action taken. … Read more