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AP: Government comes up with new tourism policy
The Andhra Pradesh government came up with a new policy to revamp the outlook and give a paradigm shift to tourism in the state, with a theme- based approach, so as to make it a premier world-class destination.
Published on Dec 19, 2020 09:57 AM IST
Amaravati | Press Trust of India | Posted by Shivani Kale
Government plans varsity for languages’ promotion
The eleven-member panel, chaired by former chief election commissioner N Gopalaswami and comprising several eminent personalities, will outline the modalities of the Indian Institute of Translation and Interpretation, the order said.
Updated on Nov 29, 2020 09:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Amandeep Shukla
J&K government to implement Forest Rights Act
The Act, which grants and safeguard the rights of forest dwellers,was not applicable in the UT for the last 14 years
Updated on Nov 19, 2020 12:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times/Jammu | Press Trust of India, Jammu
Government allows ICRISAT Hyderabad to use drones for agricultural research
The exemption is valid for six months from the date of issuance of permission or until the full operationalization of Digital Sky Platform (Phase-1), whichever is earlier, the release said, adding that the exemption will be valid only if all conditions and limitations are strictly adhered to.
Updated on Nov 16, 2020 05:41 PM IST
Mumbai | Press Trust of India| Posted by Akhilesh Nagari
Government starts skill development academy under Jammu smart City Project, 250 to be trained per year
This is the first Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) certified green building in the UT of J-K having its own sewage treatment plant and rainwater harvesting facility.
Published on Nov 02, 2020 04:58 PM IST
Jammu | Asian News International| Posted by Akhilesh Nagari
Autonomous bodies are crucial to the government’s functioning. Streamline them
Define them properly, bring uniformity in their policies, facilitate senior officials’ attendance in their meetings, and seek independent audits
Updated on Sep 10, 2020 04:43 PM IST
Sudeshna Sen
Small farmers seek support from government to deal with stubble burning
Allege small farmers are being ignored and big farmers are taking advantage of govt’s cash subsidy schemes
Updated on Aug 19, 2020 12:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times/Karnal | HT Correspondent, Karnal
Puducherry government to give rice, money to parents as schools are closed due to COVID-19
“As the schools are not functioning due to the corona, 50,000 students for four months will be given 4 kg of rice and groceries of ₹250-330 per parent on the school premises,” said Kamalakannan.
Published on Jul 18, 2020 04:39 PM IST
Puducherry | Asian News International| Posted by Akhilesh Nagari
Government bans Chinese apps including TikTok: Celebs laud the move, say nation comes first
Actors Riteish Deshmukh, Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya, Mahhi Vij, Vatsal Sheth, Arjun Bijlani and Ravi Dubey voice support to government’s decision to ban 59 Chinese apps.
Updated on Jul 01, 2020 12:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Shreya Mukherjee, New Delhi
‘Mischievous’: PMO responds to barbs over Modi remarks on Ladakh face-off
Congress leaders have been tweeting jabs at the government ever since, asking if the Galwan region where the violent face-off took place, wasn’t Indian territory.
Updated on Jun 20, 2020 04:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi
Podcast: Roshan Kishore on India’s flagging economy, the impacts of the lockdown, and the government’s policy response
Two weeks ago, the Modi government announced a series of economic measures intended to get the Indian economy back on track after the country’s prolonged lockdown in the wake of the covid-19 crisis.
Updated on May 27, 2020 07:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times
In its approach to the IBC, the government got it right| Analysis
Instead of a blanket suspension, it went for a calibrated suspension. It will help India gain over other jurisdictions
Updated on May 20, 2020 08:58 PM IST
Anurag Das
Special parent-teachers meetings being organised in government, aided schools in northeast Delhi
Schools in the area are closed till March 7, while board exams are being conducted amid tight security.
Updated on Mar 04, 2020 12:37 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
India Open: Government seek health update of Chinese shuttlers
World No 1 Chen Yufei, world number eight He Bingjiao and former All England champion Shi Yu Qi are some of the stars of the 60-plus Chinese squad who are expected to compete at the Indira Gandhi International Stadium from March 24 to 29.
Updated on Feb 29, 2020 12:57 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
The government has adopted a measured policy of planned recovery by a thousand cuts. It can work
The message is simple. The economy needs to strengthen itself. The State will help with spending, easing bottlenecks
Updated on Feb 01, 2020 10:29 PM IST
Govind Sankarnarayan
Queen Elizabeth II approves government’s Brexit bill
Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday formally approved the landmark law facilitating Britain’s departure from the European Union at the end of this month.
Updated on Jan 23, 2020 08:42 PM IST
London | Agence France Presse
Government approves model pact with foreign countries for seafarers’ competency certificate
The pact will facilitate unilateral recognition certificates issued by the Directorate General of Shipping to Indian seafarers by another country, without seeking similar acknowledgment by India of the certificates issued by that country.
Published on Jan 22, 2020 04:58 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
The government has done well with the Bru pact
The dignified settlement of the Bru people is laudable, from both a humane and a national security prism
Updated on Jan 21, 2020 06:49 PM IST
Swaraj Kaushal
Sachin Tendulkar, Vishwanathan Anand dropped from government advisory panel
The two other big names who were not included in the panel were badminton’s chief national coach Pullela Gopichand and former Indian football team captain Bhaichung Bhutia.
Updated on Jan 21, 2020 09:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Congress MLA in MP sits on dharna against own government
Goyal, who is considered close to former Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, reached the Assembly with his supporters before noon and climbed the barricades to reach the Gandhi statue on the Assembly campus to start his dharna.
Published on Jan 19, 2020 03:25 AM IST
Bhopal | Indo Asian News Service
Government may collect data on houses headed by trans persons
Census officers will be seeking specific information based on 31 questions from every household during the house listing and housing census exercise scheduled from April 1 to September 30.
Published on Jan 16, 2020 02:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
The inflation figures should worry the government | Opinion
The inflation rate is higher than the RBI’s comfort level (actually it’s well in excess), but much of the increase is because of food inflation, and an increase in communication costs after most telcos decided to increase tariffs
Updated on Jan 14, 2020 11:58 AM IST
Odisha government to approach Centre for caste-wise enumeration of SEBCs, OBCs during 2021 census
During the meeting, the Cabinet unanimously adopted a resolution to move the Centre so that an enumeration of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes and Other Backward Classes (SEBC/OBC) be conducted along with the general census. Read on to know more...
Published on Jan 12, 2020 09:25 AM IST
Bhubaneswar | Press Trust of India
Private doctors can now teach at government medical colleges, says Union Health Ministry
This new regulation will not be applicable to the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, and Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry.
Published on Dec 31, 2019 12:50 PM IST
New Delhi | Asian News International
In December, here is what the government did
Updated on Dec 30, 2019 12:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Ensure GST collection is Rs 1.1 lakh crore every month, government tells officials
Taxmen have been told that the corporate tax relief worth Rs 1.45 lakh crore should not be taken as an excuse for lesser direct tax collection target.
Updated on Dec 17, 2019 04:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajeev Jayaswal
Government to review free trade pacts with Asean countries
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Goyal cited growing trade deficit with ASEAN countries during 2010-11 until 2018-19 to state that the earlier trade pacts had been asymmetrical.
Published on Dec 11, 2019 06:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Congress MP urges government to fill vacant posts in courts
He said the “situation is really very serious,” adding that the “vacancies in High Courts hit a new high this month, with no incumbents for 38% of the sanctioned posts for permanent and additional judges”.
Published on Dec 10, 2019 06:36 AM IST
Hindustan times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Do government’s welfare schemes influence the patterns of voting?
They partly do. But for an improved outcome, it needs a Centre-state credit-sharing mechanism
Updated on Dec 06, 2019 08:13 PM IST
Louise Tillin
Government to push localisation of data after snooping row
WhatsApp acknowledged the flaw in its system as part of a vulnerability disclosure to American authorities published on May 14 and told the Indian government that 121 Indians had been targeted in a communication in September.
Updated on Nov 28, 2019 03:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sudhi Ranjan Sen and Rajeev Jayaswal, New Delhi