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  Government proposes 5-year jail for ads promoting magic remedies

  India | February 07, 2020 8:12 IST

  The Health and Family Welfare Ministry has proposed the draft amendment to the Drugs and magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements Act, 1954), with a stringent punishment of a jail term of up to five years and a fine of up to Rs 50 lakh for advertisements for magic remedies and drugs for fair skin, enhancing sexual performance, stammering, infertility in women, premature ageing and greying, increasing brain capacity among others.

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  Ensure no fare hike in rail luggage passes: Dabbawalas to government

  Business | January 31, 2020 12:02 IST

  Ahead of the presentation of the Union budget, the Mumbai Dabbawala Association on Friday said the Centre should ensure that there is no increase in the railway's luggage pass fares so that the tiffin box carriers are not burdened financially. 

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  Coronavirus: Travelling to China? Govt issues travel advisory you must follow

  India | January 25, 2020 18:30 IST

  It is estimated that the number of outbound tourists from India will reach 50 million overall in 2020

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  Govt likely to issue EoI, share purchase agreement for Air India within 3-4 days

  India | January 17, 2020 15:40 IST

  The Centre is likely to issue the expression of interest (EoI) and the share purchase agreement (SPA) for debt-ridden Air India's privatisation within the next three to four days, a senior government official said on Friday.

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  Govt should remove confusion over CAA among Muslims: Shia cleric

  India | January 01, 2020 21:10 IST

  Shia cleric and a member of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board, Maulana Kalbe Jawad, in Muzaffarnagar on Wednesday expressed concern over police action against anti-CAA protesters in the state and said the government should remove confusion among Muslims on the legislation. 

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  Govt mulls making process of granting citizenship under CAA online to bypass states

  India | December 31, 2019 18:46 IST

  The Centre is likely to make the entire process of granting citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act online to bypass states, some of which are dead set against the new legislation, officials said on Tuesday.

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  Govt mulls single application form, investment clearance cell to woo investors

  Business | December 31, 2019 16:12 IST

  For onboarding central departments and states, the government is looking at two single point of contacts, one each from central department and state; list of licences and documents; detailed processes; timelines for each approval /deemed approvals; and support for IT systems integration from all departments, the official added.  

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  Delhi govt decides to extend power subsidy to residents of Delhi Cantt

  India | December 30, 2019 18:01 IST

  The Delhi government has decided to extend the benefits of power subsidy to the residents of the Delhi Cantonment area, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday.

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  Govt to create 1 lakh tons of onion buffer stock in 2020

  Business | December 30, 2019 14:41 IST

  The government had created a buffer stock of 56,000 tonnes for the current year but it was not sufficient to contain the prices which are still ruling above Rs 100 per kg in most cities across the country. 

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  125 crore Aadhaar cards issued till now: Govt

  India | December 27, 2019 14:18 IST

  The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has announced a milestone of sorts with the total number of Aadhaar cards issued so far crossing the 1.25 billion mark.

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  Govt to sell 100% stake in Air India, says Puri

  India | December 12, 2019 16:28 IST

  The national carrier, which has a debt burden of more than Rs 50,000 crore, has been making loss for long and as part of revival efforts, the government has decided on disinvestment.

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  Govt hikes toria MSP by Rs 525 per quintal for this year

  India | December 09, 2019 17:38 IST

  The minimum support price (MSP) of toria was fixed at Rs 3,900 per quintal for 2018-19 rabi season.

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  Netanyahu calls for direct PM election amidst deadlock

  World | December 08, 2019 16:53 IST

  The Blue and White party dismissed the proposal, saying in a statement that the party was "engaged in efforts to avoid costly and unnecessary elections, and not with empty spin aimed at bringing back an election method that has shattered the governance and political system in this country in the past and resulted in complete failure".

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  UP government to provide job and security for Unnao victim's family

  India | December 08, 2019 13:36 IST

  UP government on Sunday announced steps being taken by the government to help the family of the Unnao rape victim who died in Delhi's Safdarjung hospital on Friday. Mukesh Meshram, Lucknow Commissioner, announced that the government had decided to give 24 hours security to the victim's family amid major death threats that they had been getting.

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  Govt finalising rules to mandate social media firms to remove child sexual abuse, terrorism content

  India | December 05, 2019 18:03 IST

  The government on Thursday said it is working on rules to mandate social media companies to identify and remove child sexual abuse material, rape images and content promoting terrorism without affecting privacy.

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  485 candidates with Hindi, other regional languages as mother tongue passed 2018 civil services exam

  India | December 05, 2019 15:07 IST

  A total of 812 candidates were recommended for central civil services on the basis of the 2018 test, it said. The civil services examination is conducted annually to select officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others.

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  No proposal to sell onions at uniform rate across country: Govt tells Parliament

  India | December 03, 2019 18:21 IST

  There is no proposal to provide onions at an uniform rate across the country, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday.  

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  Over 3.38 lakh companies struck off from govt records in last two years

  India | December 02, 2019 16:57 IST

  Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Anurag Singh Thakur told the Lok Sabha on Monday that the ministry through its RoCs (Registrar of Companies) files prosecutions against companies that have not filed financial statements from time to time.

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  Govt says no proposal to reduce taxes on petrol, diesel

  Business | December 02, 2019 13:35 IST

  The council, chaired by the Union Finance Minister, has ministers in-charge of finance or taxation from all states as members. "At present, there is no proposal to reduce taxes on petrol and diesel," Sitharaman said in response to a question on whether the government proposes to reduce taxes so thatprices of petrol and diesel would come down.

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  People in power trying to circumvent values of Constitution:Priyanka Gandhi

  India | November 26, 2019 11:13 IST

  "Today is Constitution Day and people in power are circumventing the values of the Constitution and weakening the power of the people in a democracy by promoting money power,"  Priyanka Gandhi tweeted.