India’s retail inflation surged to 6.30 per cent in the month of May, over and above the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) threshold of 6 per cent, data released by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) showed on Monday.
PM Modi sought G7's support for proposal moved at WTO by India, South Africa for patent waiver on Covid related technologies.
A row erupted on Saturday over Congress leader Digvijay Singh's purported comments in an audio chat on social media that his party will have a "relook" at Article 370 revocation and Jammu and Kashmir's lost statehood if it returns to power, with the BJP accusing him of speaking "the language of Pakistan" and spewing venom against India.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday morning met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi. The meeting took place at the Prime Minister's residence, 7, Lok Kalyan Marg. Adityanath, who arrived here on two-day visit on Thursday, met BJP national president JP Nadda later. Earlier on Thursday, he had met senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Thursday arrived in New Delhi where he met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence. His visit assumes significance as the politically crucial state of UP is going to polls early next year.
In a huge setback to the Congress party, its senior leader Jitin Prasada on Wednesday formally joined the BJP. He was formally inducted into the party in the presence of Union Minister Piyush Goyal and other top saffron leaders at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi.
The BJP, which has begun working on its poll strategy ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, will do a strength and weakness analysis and also prepare individual report cards of the leaders.
In his address to nation PM Modi primarily focused on India's new vaccine strategy. He said the Centre, after observing developments during the deadly second wave of infections, has decided to once again take charge of procuring vaccines and will provide them to the States. He added that those in the 18-44 age group will henceforth get their doses free.
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has questioned Punjab government's move to provide one-time limited vaccine doses to 18-44 age group population through private hospitals. The order was withdrawn after a backlash by the opposition. "Is an elected state government indulging in commercial profiteering?" Puri asked.
There has been rampant vaccine wastage in Rajasthan. Over 500 vials with around 2500 doses still left in them. However the state government has been denying wastage.
At present, 14 lakh registered candidates are eagerly waiting for an announcement on the CBSE Class 12 Board Exam 2021. When the CBSE Class 12 Board Exam 2021 was postponed on April 14, 2021, it was stated that the decision on the same will be taken after a thorough review of the COVID-19 situation in the country on June 1, 2021.
Describing the Central Vista Avenue redevelopment as a 'vital and essential' project of national importance, the Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the plea against it saying it was 'motivated' and filed with 'ill-intent' and 'lack of bonafides'.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes seven years in the top job of the country this week amidst of the deadly second wave of COVID-19. Congress on Sunday released a seven-point ‘chargesheet’ against Modi govt which has now completed seven years in power.
The Centre has allocated vaccine quotas to states for June to bring clarity on how many doses they will get. According to the information big states such as Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal will get at least 40 million doses in June.
A fresh controversy has erupted after former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath allegedly remarked that "India is not a mahan (great) country, but a badnam (ill-reputed) country' over the Central government's COVID-19 pandemic.
The BJP came down heavily on the Delhi government for spreading misinformation on the Covid-19 vaccination drive. BJP said that the Centre provided over 45 lakh free doses to Delhi and claimed that the Delhi government procured a little over 8 lakh vaccines while private hospitals in the national capital procured 9 lakh doses.
The Education Ministry had asked all the states and union territories (UTs) to send their suggestions on class 12 board examinations by May 25. After participating in a meeting convened by the Centre on the Class 12 board exams conducted on May 23.
Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp have not yet accepted the Union government’s new IT rules and the deadline was today, May 25. This has led to many believing that the social media giants could get banned in India.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that US pharmaceutical firms have refused to sell their coronavirus vaccines directly to the national capital. Kejriwal added that Pfizer and Moderna told the Delhi government that will deal with the Centre directly. the Punjab government also made similar claims.
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