India’s archers aim to strike Gold in Paris

India’s archers aim to strike Gold in Paris

Thursday, 25 July 2024 | PTI | Paris

A different year and another Olympics, but for Indian archers, the target will be the same — fetching their first ever medal at the Games. More or less regular at the Olympics since debuting back in 1988, the archers will kick off the nation’s Paris campaign here on Thursday with the...

Modi terms Budget visionary

Wednesday, 24 July 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed the Union Budget for its measures for every section of society, asserting that it has heralded better growth and a bright future. “The Budget will act as a catalyst in making India the third-largest economy in the world and will lay a solid foundation...

Big push to job creation

Wednesday, 24 July 2024 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

Silencing the critics, the Narendra Modi government on Tuesday allocated a whopping `2.10 lakh crore for job creation and also likewise amount of `1.52 lakh crore for agriculture and allied sectors to address the employment issue for which the BJP Government have faced flak during the last two tenure. Both the...

LESS TAX, MORE JOBS

LESS TAX, MORE JOBS

Wednesday, 24 July 2024 | Rahul Datta | New Delhi

Reaching out to the middle class, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced major income tax relief from which four crore salaried individuals and pensioners stand to benefit. She also made it known that the Government will undertake a comprehensive review of the Income Tax Act. Presenting Modi 3.0 Government’s...

NEET: Experts told to examine issue of correct answer

Tuesday, 23 July 2024 | PTI | New Delhi

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Director, IIT-Delhi to set up a team of three experts that would go into a particular question of Physics asked in the NEET-UG 2024 examination and submit a report on the correct answer by Tuesday noon. The top court’s order to IIT Delhi to...

Bihar’s demand for Special Status suffers setback

Tuesday, 23 July 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

The NDA partner JD(U)’s “pressure” on Centre over demand of Special Status to Bihar came down crashing after the Government on Monday cited an inter-Ministerial group report prepared in 2012 to assert that a case for granting special category status to Bihar is not made out. The BJP’s allies from...

SC stays nameplate order to eateries on Kanwar Yatra route

Tuesday, 23 July 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

In an interim order, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the directives issued by the Governments of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand directing eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display names of owners, the staff and other details  “to ensure... no confusion among kanwariyas” but said they will be required...

Modi slams Opp for silencing him for 2.5 hours, stifling his voice

Tuesday, 23 July 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

A day before his Government is to present its first Budget in the third term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined the agenda for this Session with an appeal to the Opposition to be constructive and a combative message saying some parties have practised “negative politics” and “misused” Parliament to hide...

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