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Govt to Amend Essential Commodities Act to Deregulate Cereals, Edible Oil, Pulses
The amendment, besides deregulating production and sale of food products, will provide for no stock limit to be imposed on any produce. A stock limit will be imposed only under very exceptional circumstances like national calamities, famine with a surge i...
Indian Air Force Set to Purchase 83 More Tejas Jets Locally as Plan of a Global Deal Halts
The purchase, in addition to an earlier deal to buy 40 of the aircraft, will cost $6 billion, CDS Bipin Rawat said.
CCI Dismisses Unfair Business Practices Complaint against SBI, Patanjali and International Traders
The matter pertains to auctioning of RH Agro's property by State Bank of India (SBI) after its account was classified as non-performing asset (NPA).
ED Arrests Wadhawan Brothers in Yes Bank Money Laundering Case
The Wadhawans are presently in jail after being arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is also probing the same case.
RFL Case: Former CMD of Religare Enterprises Seeks Interim Bail
ED opposed the bail plea, saying the accused may flee from justice and "if there is any medical condition, the jail authorities will take care of it."
BFI to Pay Up Part of Outstanding International Dues by May 20; AIBA Threatens Suspension on Delay
Boxing Federation of India will be paying USD 120,000 by May 20 as International Boxing Association threatened to suspend if there is delay.
Plea in Delhi HC to Release Nearly 3,300 Tablighi Jamaat Members from Quarantine Centres
The petition, which is likely to come up for hearing on Friday, sought direction to the authorities to comply with the guideline of 14-day quarantine and to constitute a high level committee to enquire as to whether continuous confinement of the members i...
Lack of Medical Investment, Healthcare Infra Big Challenges for India's Covid-19 Fight: Fitch
Despite additional funding, the continued lack of medical investment and healthcare infrastructure will present challenges to mounting an effective response in India against COVID-19 pandemic, Fitch Solutions has said.
Shatabdi, Express Trains Set to Ply Soon, Railways May Allow Booking in Wait List But No RAC
In order to maintain adequate measures of social distancing, no RAC (Reservation Against Confirmation), which allows seat sharing, would be allowed for now.
Mamata Banerjee Wants to Turn West Bengal Into Islamic State, Says Union Minister Debasree Chaudhuri
In an exclusive interview with IANS, the MP from Raiganj alleged that Mamata Banerjee's policy of appeasement has pushed West Bengal to a situation where it is sitting on a dynamite.
Centre's Covid-19 Economic Package Has Nothing for Migrant Workers: Chidambaram
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced new financial incentives on top of the previously announced packages for a combined stimulus of Rs 20 lakh crore.
Retirement Age of Troops in Army, Air Force & Navy Set to Increase, Says CDS General Rawat
When asked about the impact of Covid-19 pandemic, General Rawat opined that the transformation and restructuring is required in the armed forces.
Vizag LG Polymers Plant Lacked Environmental Clearance Before Chemical Gas Leak
LG Polymers is facing charges following the disaster, which involved styrene gas, a neurotoxin, leaking from a storage tank as workers prepared to restart operations idled during coronavirus lockdown. In addition to the dead, more than 1,000 people were s...
Judges May Hear Cases From Courtrooms Via Video Conferencing From Next Week: Supreme Court
The apex court has been holding proceedings through video conferencing since March 25 due to the nationwide lockdown and had suspended the entry of advocates and other staff into the high security zone on the basis of their proximity cards.
Former PM Manmohan Singh Discharged from AIIMS
The Congress leader was admitted to the hospital on Sunday evening after he complained of uneasiness.
Amid Covid-19 Lockdown, Delhi Govt to Again Pay Rs 5,000 to Construction Workers
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, headed by Labour Minister Gopal Rai.